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11:50 AM ET, October 30, 2006

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Andy Soltis / New York Post:
NOW 5TH LARGEST NEWSPAPER IN U.S.  —  The New York Post today surpassed the Daily News and The Washington Post to become the 5th largest newspaper in America after bucking the national trend and chalking up a whopping 5.1 percent jump in circulation.  —  The Post's average paid circulation …
Discussion: Gawker and Pajamas Media
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Jennifer Saba / Editor and Publisher:
Big Metros Show Severe Declines in Latest Circ Report  —  NEW YORK The Audit Bureau of Circulations FAS-FAX report for the six-month period ending September 2006 released this morning confirmed yet again that major metros are struggling to show growth.  The losses are steep while the gains are meager.
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Gaius / Blue Crab Boulevard:
Are You Kidding Me?  —  What in the hell is wrong with the left today?  What makes them think this is acceptable?  ANOTHER incident of putting someone in blackface. … This is sick.  —  UPDATE: Would-be commeters really should read the comment policy on the "About" page.
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
Wolf Blitzer In Blackface, Courtesy Of The Liberal Blog, Whiskey Bar
Discussion: Hot Air
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Sam Rosenfeld / TAPPED:
HERE WE GO AGAIN.  Well, this was a nice little present a week …
Discussion: The Mahablog and The Agonist
Michael Barone / Real Clear Politics:
The Story Behind the Polls  —  What's with the polls?  —  In 2004, the electorate that went to the polls or voted absentee was, according to the adjusted NEP exit poll, 37 percent Democratic and 37 percent Republican.  In party identification, it was the most Republican electorate since …
Michael Abramowitz / Washington Post:
Midterm Vote May Define Rove's Legacy  —  Big Losses Could Dim Aura of Bush Adviser  —  By many calculations, Democrats are ready to make big gains in the midterm elections, enough to take over the House and possibly the Senate.  But White House Chief of Staff Joshua B. Bolten …
George E. Condon Jr / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Hunter set to announce presidential bid  —  Some surprised by lawmaker's timing  —  WASHINGTON - With his prized committee chairmanship very much in peril, Rep. Duncan Hunter is poised to announce today that he is considering a long-shot run for the White House.
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Associated Press:   Rep. Duncan Hunter Mulls White House Run
James Glanz / New York Times:
U.S. Is Said to Fail in Tracking Arms for Iraqis  —  The American military has not properly tracked hundreds of thousands of weapons intended for Iraqi security forces and has failed to provide spare parts, maintenance personnel or even repair manuals for most of the weapons given to the Iraqis …
ABCNEWS:
'Go Ahead, Put Marks on Me'  —  Second Dancer: Alleged Duke Lacrosse Rape Victim Said to Bruise Her  —  ABC News Law & Justice Unit  —  The second dancer in the Duke rape case has said for the first time that the accuser told her to "go ahead, put marks on me" after the alleged attack.
Cliff Schecter / AlterNet.org:
Joe Lieberman's Endless Hypocrisy  —  If you don't like Sen. Joe Lieberman's position on an issue today, just check back with him tomorrow.  —  In 1988 a slightly younger but no-less-father-on-the-show-Alf- looking Joe Lieberman stared into a camera during one of his commercials in the Senate race …
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Bush Appointee Said to Reject Advice on Endangered Species  —  A senior Bush political appointee at the Interior Department has rejected staff scientists' recommendations to protect imperiled animals and plants under the Endangered Species Act at least six times in the past three years, documents show.
Sebastian Mallaby / Washington Post:
The Decline Of Trust  —  In 1995 Francis Fukuyama came out with a book called "Trust," in which he argued that a society's capacity for cooperation underpins its prosperity.  The same year, Robert Putnam's famous article, "Bowling Alone," lamented that the United States was depleting its stock of precious social capital.
Kristen Mack / Houston Chronicle:
Write-in tightens race in District 22  —  Sekula-Gibbs running close to Lampson for the seat DeLay held  —  The Republican write-in effort to hold former Rep. Tom DeLay's congressional seat, once viewed as a long shot, has created a tight race, according to a Houston Chronicle-11 News poll.
Washington Post:
Debate Puts Steele on Defense  —  Republican Michael S. Steele struggled to soften his long-held views on touchstone social issues yesterday after being challenged repeatedly on his conservative beliefs during his final televised debate in the campaign for Maryland's open U.S. Senate seat.
Discussion: Power Line
David Lightman / Hartford Courant:
Tired Of GOP; Wary Of Dems  —  HARRISONBURG, Va. — The mood on the streets of this small Virginia town is the same one dominating the political landscape across key states in this last full week before the Nov. 7 election: People are fed up with Republicans, but not sure they want to vote for Democrats.
Discussion: The Huffington Post
 
 
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Thomas Sowell / Opinion Journal:
Diversity's Oppressions  —  Why Iraq has proven to be so hard to pacify.
Discussion: Austin Bay Blog
Michael McDonald / Washington Post:
5 Myths About Turning Out The Vote
Discussion: The Next Hurrah and Pollster
Las Vegas Review-Journal:
PARKING GARAGE ALLEGATIONS: Mazzeo to press ahead
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
Rinker Buck / Hartford Courant:
Johnson Losing Her Hold?
Jodi Kantor / New York Times:
Liberal Republican Suburb Turns Furious With G.O.P.
Discussion: Andrew Sullivan
Christopher Bodeen / Associated Press:
100 Americans die in Iraq during October
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
John / Argghhh!:
PROJECT VALOUR-IT BLOGWAR.
John Fund / Opinion Journal:
Absent Without Leave
 Earlier Items: 
Ben Wallace-Wells / New York Times:
What He's Trying to Say  —  The White House, like any castle …
Associated Press:
Poll: Nevada incumbent senator continues to lead Carter
Discussion: Riehl World View and Wonkette
George F. Will / Newsweek:
Togetherness In Baghdad  —  A surreal facet of the Iraq fiasco …
Discussion: The Heretik and All Spin Zone
Associated Press:
Poll: Wyo. House race gets tighter
Michel Allione / Associated Press:
France sends riot police to Marseille
Los Angeles Times:
Bush on late campaign blitz; gay-marriage stand draws big response
Newsweek:
A Centurion's E-mails  —  Through the eyes of a frontline fighter …
Discussion: Michelle Malkin and SEIXON
John Ferro / The Journal News:
Dead voters continue to cast ballots in New York
 

 
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