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Anja Crowder / ABC News:
Midterm Elections 2014 Exit Polls: 4 Fast Facts on 4 Key States — According to preliminary exit poll data, here are four fast facts about voters in Virginia, Kentucky, Georgia and North Carolina. — Numbers will change as exit polls are updated and only reflect preliminary data. — 1.
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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.
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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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
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
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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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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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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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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
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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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 …
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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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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Jezebel
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
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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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
Michael Winter / USA Today:
U.S. judge voids Kansas ban on same-sex marriage — A federal judge Tuesday blocked Kansas from enforcing the state's ban on same-sex marriage, but he delayed the injunction for a week to allow an appeal. — The action follows last month's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court …
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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
Andy Cush / Gawker:
90-Year-Old Good Samaritan Arrested for Giving Food to the Homeless — In Fort Lauderdale, Florida, ninety-year-old volunteer worker Arnold Abbott was arrested this week for preparing and serving a meal to a group of homeless people. He faces a $500 fine and up to 60 days in jail, local news outlet KHON reports.
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Liberaland, Hit & Run and Raw Story
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
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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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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