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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Final Update: Republicans Have A 3 In 4 Chance Of Winning The Senate — After two months of forecasting, it comes down to this: Republicans are favored to win the Senate. Their chances of doing so are 76 percent, according to FiveThirtyEight's Senate forecast, which is principally based …
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New York Times:
What to Watch For as G.O.P. Expects Big Night at Polls — WASHINGTON — It is a recipe for sensory overload: Election returns will start flooding every device and screen Tuesday evening, capturing the outcomes of 36 governors' contests, the battle for control of the Senate …
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Wall Street Journal, CANNONFIRE, ThinkProgress, The Hugh Hewitt Show and FOX News Radio
David Brooks / New York Times:
Death by Data — Over the past decade or so, political campaigns …
Death by Data — Over the past decade or so, political campaigns …
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Washington Monthly and Diane Ravitch's blog
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Biden Blows Greg Orman's Cover: He ‘Will Be With Us’ — Vice President Joe Biden blew Kansas independent Greg Orman's cover in a radio interview today. Orman hasn't stated which party he'll caucus with in the Senate—actively avoiding announcing whether he'll be with Republicans or Democrats …
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Hot Air, Ed Driscoll and The Last Refuge
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Patrick Howley / The Daily Caller:
BOMBSHELL MEMO: Jeanne Shaheen Conspired With White House Insider On IRS Targeting Scandal — Democratic New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen was principally involved in a plot with Lois Lerner and President Barack Obama's political appointee at the IRS to lead a program of harassment …
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his vorpal sword, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The PJ Tatler, The Gateway Pundit, Power Line and Truth Revolt
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Matthew Boyle / BREITBART.COM:
REPORT: ELECTION-EVE BOMBSHELL MEMO EMBROILS JEANNE SHAHEEN IN IRS TARGETING SCANDAL
REPORT: ELECTION-EVE BOMBSHELL MEMO EMBROILS JEANNE SHAHEEN IN IRS TARGETING SCANDAL
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Scared Monkeys and Bloomberg Politics
WAVY-TV:
Va. Beach, Newport News report voting machine calibration issues — VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — The Virginia Department of Elections has confirmed technical difficulties with the calibration of some touch-screen voting machines in Virginia Beach and Newport News, Tuesday.
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Hot Air, Watchdog.org, Daily Signal, Washington Free Beacon, The Gateway Pundit and The Daily Caller
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Scott Rigell / HAMPTON ROADS NEWS:
Voting problems now reported at 43 precincts
Voting problems now reported at 43 precincts
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National Review
Chicago Sun Times:
Calls to election judges a ‘serious attempt to disrupt’ voting — A barrage of automated phone calls offering false instructions to scores of election judges was “a serious attempt to disrupt” Chicago voting operations in the run-up to Tuesday's vote, elections officials said.
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Stephanie Ando / myfox8.com:
Burlington man eating Olive Garden every day, twice a day for seven weeks — BURLINGTON, N.C. — A Burlington man has used his “Never Ending Pasta Pass” from Olive Garden to eat 95 meals over the last six weeks. — Alan Martin bought it for $100 and he says he's gotten $1,510 worth of food so far.
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TIME:
Lena Dunham: ‘I Do Not Condone Any Kind of Abuse’ — In an exclusive statement to TIME, the author addresses recent controversy over a passage in her book, Not That Kind of Girl, regarding her relationship with her younger sister — I am dismayed over the recent interpretation of events described in my book Not That Kind of Girl.
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Talking Points Memo, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Don Surber, Mediaite, Althouse, Truth Revolt and The PJ Tatler
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama: Worst map since Eisenhower — Democrats are facing the worst midterm Senate map since President Dwight D. Eisenhower, President Obama bemoaned during an Election Day interview with a Connecticut radio station. — “There's no doubt that, when you look at the Senate races …
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Talking Points Memo and Washington Post
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Josh Rogin / The Daily Beast:
Coach K: Obama Is a Bad Coach in the ISIS War — The legendary Duke coach said Obama is foolishly telling ISIS what the U.S. team will or won't do - a bad strategy in both war and basketball. — Barack Obama is a bad coach in the U.S. military war against ISIS, according …
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Talking Points Memo, USA Today, Mashable, Washington Free Beacon, New York Magazine and SBNation.com
msnbc.com:
Problems reported at polls vary from state to state — HOUSTON — Voters in Connecticut, North Carolina, Georgia, Texas, Alabama and other states all encountered potentially serious problems casting ballots as Americans went to the polls Tuesday. — The issues included malfunctioning machines …
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Washington Post, The BRAD BLOG, Bloomberg Politics and Feeds
Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Former CBS News Reporter Sharyl Attkisson Claims Existence of Obama Enemies' List — “I kind of assume I'm on a list. I don't think I'm the only one” — Sharyl Attkisson is an investigative journalist who became the story when she quit CBS News after two decades amid allegations …
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Mediaite, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, Hit & Run, The Daily Caller and Rush Limbaugh
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Exit polls: Majority of voters dissatisfied or angry with Washington — Washington (CNN) — A majority of Americans are dissatisfied or angry with President Barack Obama's administration and GOP leaders, according to exit polls released Tuesday and analyzed by CNN.
Wall Street Journal:
How to Lose, and Win, Graciously — If the president's party loses big on Tuesday, as appears likely, much of the loss will be due to 3 C's—competence, coherence and credibility. Competence: The administration has shown little talent for or focused interest in running the federal government well …
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Mediaite
Jeffrey Rosen / The New Republic:
The Supreme Court Will Be a Disaster If a Justice Dies During a Republican Congress — On Friday, New York magazine's Jon Chait argued that the media has “wildly overstated the legislative importance of Republican Senate control” while at the same time understating its judicial importance.
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Power Line, The Atlantic Online, Business Insider, SCOTUSblog and Washington Post
Adam Taylor / Washington Post:
Map: The Africa without Ebola — Ebola is a frightening, unpredictable disease. Nearly 5,000 West Africans have died from the current outbreak with more than 13,000 people thought infected. — However, so far the problem remains largely limited to Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.
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ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Exit Polls: Why They So Often Mislead — Did you think John Kerry was poised to win the presidency? That Scott Walker was close to losing the 2012 governor's recall election in Wisconsin? Do you believe that the black share of the electorate in North Carolina dropped to 23 percent in 2012, from 26 percent in 2004?
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David K. Li / Page Six:
Is Angelina Jolie ready to run for office? — She has won an Oscar and regularly conquers the box office — so how hard could winning an election be? — Globe-trotting Hollywood do-gooder Angelina Jolie hints in a new interview that she's ready to enter politics.
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Vanity Fair, Talking Points Memo, Truth Revolt, Business Insider and FOX News Radio
David Ferguson / Raw Story:
Georgia Republican Secretary of State's voter info website abruptly crashes on Election Day — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Voters looking for their polling place information before work on Tuesday were out of luck in the state of Georgia. The state's “My Voter Page” …
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CNN, The Moderate Voice, Daily Kos, Addicting Info, Political Insider blog and Liberaland
Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
Jon Stewart Didn't Vote Today (VIDEO) — Jon Stewart may have covered every bizarre moment of this year's midterm election, but he didn't cast a vote in it. — The host of “The Daily Show” told CNN's Christiane Amanpour during an interview on Tuesday that he had abstained this year.
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Charlie Cook / National Journal:
How Big a Night Will It Be for the GOP? — At this point, a seven-seat gain would seem the most likely outcome for Senate Republicans. — The odds of Republicans winning a Senate majority are obviously getting very high. Indeed, it would be a real shocker if Democrats held the GOP …