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10:35 PM ET, October 26, 2006

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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.
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
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Taylor Marsh / The Huffington Post:   George Allen's Desperation Hits TILT!
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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 …
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Spencer Ackerman / TAPPED:
YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT.  Ezra, I really …
Discussion: Abu Aardvark
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
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.
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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.
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
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 …
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.
The Brussels Journal:
The Rape of Europe  —  The German author Henryk M. Broder recently told the Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant (12 October) that young Europeans who love freedom, better emigrate.  Europe as we know it will no longer exist 20 years from now.  Whilst sitting on a terrace in Berlin …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and Tim Blair
Cecile Brisson / Associated Press:
Youths Torch Buses Around Paris  —  Youths forced passengers off three buses and set them on fire overnight in suburban Paris, raising tensions Thursday ahead of the first anniversary of the riots that engulfed France's rundown, heavily immigrant neighborhoods.
David Greenberg / The New Republic:
DEMOCRATIC ORTHODOXY ON GAY MARRIAGE:  —  I've always wondered why The New Yorker, with its huge stable of talented political journalists—Goldberg, Grann, Hertzberg, Lemann, Mayer, Packer, Singer, Toobin, and Walsh, not to mention Remnick—continues to use glossy-magazine feature writers …
Discussion: Outside The Beltway and TAPPED
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
"Dems Dodge Big Gay Bullet?"  —  Says ... asks ... Mickey Kaus: … That is, we don't have the instant spectacle of people suddenly going to New Jersey to get married.  (Going to New Jersey to get married sounds like the least cutting-edge thing in the world to do, doesn't it?
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.
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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Ralph Peters / New York Post:
KILL MUQTADA NOW  —  IT WAS wrenching to listen to President …
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Mba's House: Bush Administration renting embassy property from known torturer
Discussion: CorrenteWire and TPMmuckraker
Aftenposten:
Terrorism rehearsal on Oslo flight
Hindrocket / Power Line:
Kennedy Surging  —  Last Friday, we posted Mark Kennedy's …
CNN:
Poll: Most feel civil liberties not harmed by war on terror
Adam Cohen / New York Times:
The Supreme Court's Crusade: Fairness for the Powerful
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Thomas Harding / Telegraph:
British troops in Iraq likely to be halved after success
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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
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Airport taxi flap about alcohol has deeper significance
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