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7:00 AM ET, October 30, 2006

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Kleinheider / Volunteer Voters:
What's The Difference Between You And Me?  —  If you watched the debate last night, it is clear that Harold Ford is making a conscious attempt to both placate the fears, and grab the votes, of white evangelicals.  —  Most of his statements, actions, and positions have gone a long way to that end.
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IAN / Hot Air:
Video: Harold Ford says Republicans don't love, but just fear God  —  Harold Ford Jr., the Tennessee Democrat running for the U.S. Senate, spoke to an audience in Paris, Tennesse on Saturday afternoon.  Quoting Rep. Lincoln Davis (D-TN), Ford Jr. told the crowd "Republicans fear the Lord, Democrats fear and love the Lord".
New York Times:
In Key House Races, Democrats Run to the Right  —  In their push to win back control of the House, Democrats have turned to conservative and moderate candidates who fit the profiles of their districts more closely than the profile of the national party.  —  One such candidate, Heath Shuler …
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Matt Stoller / MyDD:
On Eve of Election, New Democrats Declare Intraparty War
Discussion: The American Street
CNN:
Lynne Cheney novel churns controversy in Senate race  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Lynne Cheney is deflecting talk of the sexual content in her novel "Sisters," a 25-year-old book that resurfaced in a campaign Friday and is stirring up controversy.  —  The novel, featuring a lesbian love affair …
Discussion: Firedoglake and Alternate Brain
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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 …
Matt Stoller / MyDD:
Senate Democrats and Bill Clinton Stab Us In The Front  —  In the Lieberman-Lamont fight, there has been a fair amount of handwringing over why Lamont isn't blowing Joe out of the water.  Why, if Joe lost to Lamont, isn't he losing in the general?  Why did Lamont let Joe get away?
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Andrew Miga / Associated Press:
Lieberman says potential for leadership role helps candidacy
Discussion: Firedoglake and Nitpicker
Judith / Kesher Talk:
Nation-building and good intentions  —  Cal Thomas interviews Condi Rice, who tries to make the case for a Palestinian State, based on the universal appeal of freedom and prosperity: … Thomas says Rice is naive.  I think she is confusing cause and effect.
Associated Press:
Poll: Wyo. House race gets tighter  —  CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The Democratic candidate in the race for Wyoming's only House seat has nearly caught up to Rep. Barbara Cubin after a third candidate accused the Republican of threatening to smack him, a poll published Sunday found.
Discussion: The American Street
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Daily Kos:
WY-AL: The Slap Effect
Jo Mannies / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
October 2006: McCaskill and Talent deadlocked  —  After all their ads, attacks and debates, Missouri's two major candidates for the U.S. Senate are heading into the campaign homestretch in roughly the same spot as they were almost a year ago — deadlocked.  —  U.S. Sen. Jim Talent …
Newsweek:
A Centurion's E-mails  —  Through the eyes of a frontline fighter: The Marine captain asked for a tougher assignment.  The one he got seemed all but impossible.  —  Courtesy of the Secher family  —  Weary Warrior: 'This war is futile,' wrote Secher after three months in Iraq.  But he still believed in it.
Discussion: Michelle Malkin and SEIXON
John Ferro / The Journal News:
Dead voters continue to cast ballots in New York  —  Steven T. Vermilye was a home inspector and general contractor who grew up in Croton-on-Hudson - he and his father helped build the boat launch at Senasqua Park - went to college in Texas and settled in New Paltz in 1971.
Habibullah Khan / Associated Press:
Pakistan destroys al-Qaida-linked site  —  KHAR, Pakistan - Pakistani troops backed by missile-firing helicopters destroyed a purported al-Qaida-linked training facility in a northwestern tribal area near the Afghan border Monday, officials said.  At least 20 people were killed.
George F. Will / Newsweek:
Togetherness In Baghdad  —  A surreal facet of the Iraq fiasco is the lag between when a fact becomes obvious and when the fiasco's architects acknowledge it.  —  Many months ago it became obvious to all but the most ideologically blinkered that America is losing the war launched to deal …
Discussion: All Spin Zone
euronews.net:
Silent march for dead youths in France's suburbs  —  Relatives and friends of two French teenagers who were electrocuted as they fled from police a year ago have gathered in Clichy-sous-Bois near Paris.  A plaque was unveiled in front of their school, and a wreath-laying ceremony was held …
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Little Green Footballs:   French Jawdropper of the Day  —  You think you've seen French appeasement at its worst.
Steve Clemons / The Washington Note:
Dismantling Cheney's Control  —  The next two years are going to be politically bloody and difficult ones for the nation and the world.  There is a somewhat understandable, yet naive, hope that Democratic success in the coming election will somehow corner President Bush and his team into a more rational national security posture.
CNN:
CNN LATE EDITION WITH WOLF BLITZER  —  Interview With Zalmay Khalilzad; Interview With Senators Lugar, Biden  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.  THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.  —  WOLF BLITZER, HOST: It's 11 a.m. in Washington and here in New York, 8 a.m. in Los Angeles …
Michel Allione / Associated Press:
France sends riot police to Marseille  —  MARSEILLE, France - France's interior minister sent riot police to patrol the southern port city of Marseille on Sunday after a group of marauding teenagers torched a bus, gravely burning a young woman.  —  French police braced for violence this weekend …
Discussion: Ed Driscoll.com
Washington Post:
What Democrats Would Do  —  PERHAPS, AS President Bush says, it's too early for Democrats to be "measuring their drapes" in congressional leadership offices.  But with it looking increasingly as if Democrats, after 12 years in the minority, will take over the House at least …
 
 
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Mark Hosenball / Newsweek:
Al Qaeda: Plans for an October Surprise?
Los Angeles Times:
Bush on late campaign blitz; gay-marriage stand draws big response
Jason Burke / Observer:
Taliban plan to fight through winter to throttle Kabul
Discussion: USS Neverdock and The Agonist
Larry McShane / Associated Press:
Book Paints Escape-Artist Houdini As Spy
Jamie Holly / Crooks and Liars:
SNL's Glimpse Into The Final Week Of RNC Ads
Newsweek:
Rethinking Iraq: The Way Forward
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Crying Uncle … Translation: Oh Lawdy!  Massa's wife so mad …
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A Profound Twelve Minutes
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
'Antiwar' and Other Fighting Words
Max Blumenthal / The Huffington Post:
A Chat With Republican Race-Baiter Scott Howell
Discussion: MyDD and The Patriot Project
Miami Herald:
Glitches cited in early voting
Anne E. Kornblut / New York Times:
The Elephant in the Room  —  FOR years, Sheri Langham looked …
Redstate:
Loins & Breasts — Unfortunately We're Not Talking Pork & Poultry.
Richard Kerbaj / The Australian:
Sheik Hilali praises Iraq jihadists
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Michael J Fox's compasionate plea
Discussion: Daily Kos
MSNBC:
MTP Transcript for Oct. 29