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9:50 PM ET, October 26, 2006

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Business Wire:
Voters Increase Support for Stem Cell Research After Viewing Michael J. Fox Ad  —  Republicans' Support for Republican House Candidates Declines  —  FLEMINGTON, N.J.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—A new national study revealed that American voters' support for stem cell research increased after they viewed …
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Good Morning, Creep  —  This Michael J. Fox controversy is making me more angry than I can remember being in a long time.  There is something wrong with people who think like this: … If Michael J. Fox could still act he would be making millions of dollars acting in paying TV commercials, films or sitcoms.
Roger Friedman / Fox News:
PATRICIA HEATON: NOT EVERYONE LOVES MICHAEL J. FOX
James Boyce / The Huffington Post:
Rush Limbaugh: Winner Of The 2006 Swift Boat A**hole In Action Award
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Drudge Report:
ALLEN'S REVENGE: EXPOSES UNDERAGE SEX SCENES IN OPPONENT'S NOVELS  —  Sen. George Allen, R-VA, unleashed a press release late Thursday that exposed his rival's fiction writing, which includes graphic underage sex scenes.  —  The press release, as provided by the Allen Campaign:  —  WEBB'S WEIRD WORLD
Norah O'Donnell / MSNBC:
GOP retires 'Playboy' ad in Tennessee  —  Day after Mehlman defended anti-Ford spot, party says it's 'run its course' … Norah O'Donnell  —  The Republican National Committee said Wednesday it was taking off the air an attack ad that critics said was a racial slur against Democratic …
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Peter Bergen / New York Times:
What Osama Wants  —  THE French saying, often attributed to Talleyrand, that "this is worse than a crime, it's a blunder," could easily describe America's invasion of Iraq.  But for the United States to pull entirely out of that country right now, as is being demanded by a growing chorus of critics …
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Rights Group Fires Publisher of Foley E-Mail  —  A liberal gay rights group said Wednesday that one of its employees, acting anonymously, had created the Web site that first published copies of unusually solicitous e-mail messages to teenagers from former Representative Mark Foley, which led to his resignation.
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
A Match Made In Washington: It's A Quote Off!  Round 1...  (H/T to Steve Clemons for the pix.)  —  It's down to the final decisions on the Match Made in Washington Quote Off.  But I need your help to determine the winners.  Voting begins now, and will continue until tomorrow …
The Blotter:
Trandahl Names Kolbe as a 'Problem' With Page Program, Source Says  —  Rhonda Schwartz and John Yang Report:  —  A source close to former House Clerk Jeff Trandahl told ABC News that Arizona Congressman Jim Kolbe (R-Ariz.) was one of a small number of "problem members" …
Discussion: DownWithTyranny! and CorrenteWire
Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Bush Signs U.S.-Mexico Border Fence Bill  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush signed a bill Thursday authorizing 700 miles of new fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border, hoping to give Republican candidates a pre-election platform for asserting they're tough on illegal immigration.
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
In Iraq, Journalist Richard Engel Sticks to the Story  —  NBC Correspondent Has Made War Coverage His Life  —  NEW YORK — After struggling for years to make it as a Middle East journalist, Richard Engel was living in Cairo, married to his college girlfriend and itching for a new adventure.
Discussion: The Corner
Hotline On Call:
Seven Reasons Why Karl Rove Is Optimistic  —  Ok, well, actually, we can't break into Rove's head and we don't know why he's personally confident.  Many speculate that the veneer of hope masks unalloyed fear.  But here are seven reasons cited by people who also read "THE polls" …
Tim Tagaris / Ned Lamont for Senate:
Barack Obama Writes Emails [17]  —  Barack Obama Writes Emails  —  (Barack Obama sent out an email to his CT list supporting Ned Lamont earlier today - Tim)  —  Ned Lamont has waged an impressive grassroots campaign to give the people of Connecticut a choice in the November Senate election.
BBC:
Travelling with the Taleban  —  The BBC's David Loyn has had exclusive access to Taleban forces mobilised against the British army in Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan.  —  There is no army on earth as mobile as the Taleban.  —  I remember it as their secret weapon when I travelled …
Jonathan S. Landay / Miami Herald:
Cheney calls 'water-boarding' a valuable interrogation tool  —  The vice president confirmed that an interrogation technique that simulates drowning and has been called 'cruel and inhumane' was used on al Qaeda suspects.  —  jlanday@mcclatchydc.com  —  WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney …
Bill Turque / Washington Post:
An Ascent Shadowed By Questions on Race  —  In February 2004, Sen. George Allen was on a bus taking him from Birmingham to Selma, Ala. On a video screen in front of him was "Eyes on the Prize," the acclaimed documentary chronicling the civil rights movement.
Larry J. Sabato / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
2006: THE BIG PICTURE  —  We've been through a lot together this election cycle, and now we're headed for the last round-up on November 7th.  Your Crystal Ball staff will be tweaking our predictions right up until election eve, taking into account last-minute shifts, scandals, and surprises.
Tom Zeller Jr / New York Times:
A New Campaign Tactic: Manipulating Google Data  —  If things go as planned for liberal bloggers in the next few weeks, searching Google for "Jon Kyl," the Republican senator from Arizona now running for re-election, will produce high among the returns a link to an April 13 article from The Phoenix New Times, an alternative weekly.
 
 
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Gallup Poll:
What Democrats Would Do If They Win Control of Congress
DefenseLINK:
Presenter: Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld
Discussion: The Swamp and All Spin Zone
Ralph Peters / New York Post:
KILL MUQTADA NOW  —  IT WAS wrenching to listen to President …
Harper's:
Mba's House: Bush Administration renting embassy property from known torturer
Discussion: CorrenteWire and TPMmuckraker
Aftenposten:
Terrorism rehearsal on Oslo flight
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
"Dems Dodge Big Gay Bullet?"
CNN:
Poll: Most feel civil liberties not harmed by war on terror
Discussion: Hot Air and Stop The ACLU
Adam Cohen / New York Times:
The Supreme Court's Crusade: Fairness for the Powerful
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MSNBC:
'Hardball with Chris Matthews' for Oct. 24, 5 p.m.
Discussion: Think Progress
Indianapolis Star:
Poll: Democrat leads in 8th District
David Segal / Washington Post:
Atheist Evangelist  —  In His Bully Pulpit, Sam Harris Devoutly …
Thomas Harding / Telegraph:
British troops in Iraq likely to be halved after success
Discussion: EU Referendum and Whiskey Bar
Jack Shafer / Slate:
Love Me, I'm a Journalist  —  A PROFESSION'S ROMANCE WITH ITSELF.
Matt Miller / Fortune:
Revolt of the fairly rich
Cincinnati Enquirer:
Schmidt angry to see 'cowards' speech in TV ad
Katherine Kersten / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Airport taxi flap about alcohol has deeper significance
 

 
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