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12:40 AM ET, October 25, 2006

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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
ANDREW SULLIVAN CRITICIZES ME for not voting for Harold Ford, Jr., saying that a libertarian would have supported him.  —  But Ford voted for the detainee military commissions bill, which Sullivan regards as anathema.  And he took a hard-line stance on immigration.
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Ronald Brownstein / Los Angeles Times:
Poll: Senate within Dems' grasp, but pitfalls remain  —  Control of the chamber could hinge on the outcomes in Missouri, Tennessee and Virginia.  —  Washington — Democrats are within range of capturing a Senate majority, but face potentially decisive resistance from rural voters …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and MyDD
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Is Ken Mehlman kidding?  We should ask Harold Ford  —  The answer to Josh's question is no. He's a guy who isn't afraid to smear people with racism.  He's a rich white guy who can spot insanely offensive racism instantly—except when he has a hand in it.  He only pays the bills …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
vote.com:
'06 ELEX: BACK TO TOSS-UP  —  The latest polls show something very strange and quite encouraging is happening: The Republican base seems to be coming back home.  This trend, only vaguely and dimly emerging from a variety of polls, suggests that a trend may be afoot that would deny the Democrats control of the House and the Senate.
Daniela Deane / Washington Post:
Limbaugh Says Actor Fox Exaggerates Effects of Disease in Ads  —  Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh attacked actor Michael J. Fox for inserting his halting voice into the U.S. Senate campaign in Missouri, suggesting Fox was "acting" in a commercial where he's shown shaking …
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rushlimbaugh.com:
Michael J. Fox Is Not Infallible; He's Just the Latest Victim Used by the Democrat  —  RUSH: One of the big issues in the Missouri Senate race — as you know, we touched on it yesterday — is the Michael J. Fox commercial which is entirely misleading and which is in itself an attack ad …
steeleformaryland.com:
SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT:  —  Cardin Voted Against Stem Cell Research for Pure Political Gain  —  TEMPLE HILLS, MD - Today, Michael Steele released the following statement setting the record straight on stem cell research:  —  Michael Steele said, "There is only one candidate in this race …
Dafydd / Big Lizards:
The Obama Drama  —  (The "Elections" category refers to '08, not '06 — forwarned is forsworn!)  —  So I'm just settling back down into my Hume-watching seat (which is generally lying prone on the carpet drinking a stiff apple martini through a Crazy Straw) — having previously leapt …
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ABCNEWS:
The Note: Pending: Six Days of November Surprises  —  It Isn't a "Surprise" If You Expect It  —  By MARK HALPERIN, DAVID CHALIAN, TEDDY DAVIS, TAHMAN BRADLEY, and EMILY O'DONNELL with KARUNA SESHASAI, MONA RAPHAEL, and MICHELLE DUBERT  —  How the (liberal) Old Media plans to cover the last two weeks of the election:
Dana Goldstein / American Prospect:
It's the Politics, Stupid  —  Gail Collins couldn't do bupkis for women in journalism.  That's because there's only so much journalists themselves can do about the problems of women and punditry.  —  Gail Collins stepped down earlier this month as editor of the New York Times opinion pages.
Discussion: Majikthise and Unfogged
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Jennifer Medina / The Empire Zone:
Correction: Joe and 'Stay the Course'  —  Senator Joseph I. Lieberman has used the phrase "stay the course" several times in discussing the war in Iraq in recent years, echoing a key phrase of the White House, contrary to an article published today in The Times.
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Leef Smith / Washington Post:
Some Voting Machines Chop Off Candidates' Names  —  Computer Glitch Affects Voters in 3 Jurisdictions; Error Cannot Be Fixed by Nov. 7  —  U.S. Senate candidate James Webb's last name has been cut off on part of the electronic ballot used by voters in Alexandria, Falls Church and Charlottesville …
Larry Margasak / Associated Press:
Rep. Reynolds set to face ethics panel  —  WASHINGTON - The House Republican campaign chairman and the speaker of the House are likely to be at odds this week as they testify about the handling of ex-Rep. Mark Foley (news, bio, voting record)'s come-ons to male pages.
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
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Newsdesk / The Swamp:
What's Hastert saying on Foley affair?
Discussion: The Next Hurrah and The Caucus
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Obama Offers More Variations From the Norm  —  Senator Barack Obama, the Illinois Democrat who said Sunday that he was considering running for president in 2008, created a little sunlight on Monday between himself and both Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton.  —  For one thing, he said that as a youth he had inhaled.
Bill Dedman / MSNBC:
Can the '20th hijacker' of Sept. 11 stand trial?  —  Aggressive interrogation at Guantanamo may prevent his prosecution  —  Bill Dedman  —  Mohammed al-Qahtani, detainee No. 063, was forced to wear a bra.  He had a thong placed on his head.  He was massaged by a female interrogator who straddled him like a lap dancer.
Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Bush's new tack steers clear of 'stay the course'  —  Phrase became liability for GOP in election year … Today show  —  President Bush and his aides are annoyed that people keep misinterpreting his Iraq policy as "stay the course."  A complete distortion, they say.
Jerry Adler / Newsweek:
Remember Global Cooling?  —  Why scientists find climate change so hard to predict.  —  Hot and Cold: Signs of global warming at a dried-up pond in China in August 2006 (left) and a 1975 NEWSWEEK report on the threat of global cooling.  —  In April, 1975, in an issue mostly taken …
Blaine Harden / Washington Post:
Solidly Republican, Suddenly in Doubt  —  COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — It is, perhaps, the political equivalent of hell freezing over in the interior West.  —  This red state where conservative Republicans routinely wipe the floor with hapless Democrats has a Republican running for Congress who just might lose.
Discussion: MyDD, Daily Kos, The Reaction and The Caucus
Washington Post:
U.S. Officials: Iraqi Security Could be Ready in 12-18 Months  —  Ambassador Says Iraqi Political Leaders 'Must Step Up'  —  Top U.S. officials in Iraq today predicted that Iraqi security forces could be largely self-sufficient within 12 to 18 months and said the Iraqi government is building …
Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Seats in Danger, Democrats Proclaim Their Conservatism  —  Listening to Congressional candidates in middle Georgia, it is easy for someone to think that he is in a different year and, possibly, a different country.  —  Democrats defend themselves against accusations that they are rubber stamps for their party's leadership.
Richard Holbrooke / Washington Post:
Three Choices, Mr. President  —  The Least Bad Option on Iraq: Disengagement and Damage Control  —  Dear Mr. President:  —  As soon as the midterm elections are over — and regardless of their outcome — you will have to make the most consequential decision of your presidency …
Think Progress:
Rumsfeld Agrees Bush Is 'Not Backing Away From Stay The Course'  —  Faced with widespread disappoval of its Iraq policy, the Bush administration launched a coordinated effort this week to convince Americans it has never had a stay-the-course strategy in Iraq.  On Sunday, President Bush said, "We've never been stay the course."
Discussion: CorrenteWire
 
 
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Barney Frank Comes Through For Democrats
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Marc Danziger / Examiner:
Are journalists really just objective observers?
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
It's The Economy, Stupid MSM
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Shaun D. Mullen / Kiko's House:
It's Still the Economy, Stupid
John B. Judis / The New Republic:
IS OBAMA READY?:  —  I'm not convinced by Noam Scheiber's arguments …
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Photographer Worked With - and Kidnapped by - Arab Terrorists
Holly Yeager / Financial Times:
Elections could be most costly in US history
Reuters:
Egyptians who enslaved girl, 10, get U.S. prison
Multi-National Force:
U.S. Marines capture sniper rifles, kill 6, wound 4 insurgents
Tom Morton / jacksonholestartrib.com:
Cubin tells challenger, 'I'd slap you'
Jack Shafer / Slate:
If You Don't Buy This Newspaper ...  WE'LL SHOOT YOUR DEMOCRACY.