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9:45 AM ET, October 31, 2006

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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Audio: John Kerry on America's lazy, uneducated military  —  People send me these audio clips all the time and I'm never sure whether to run them or not.  Without the audio of the whole speech, I can't tell if the comments were later qualified, retracted, embellished, etc.
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Cortney Fielding / Pasadena Star News:
Dem stars rally on campus  —  Angelides comes to PCC  —  PASADENA - Hoping to breathe life into a flagging gubernatorial run, Democrats on Monday turned out a cast of party all-stars for Phil Angelides at a Pasadena City College appearance.  —  Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts …
Michelle Malkin:
John Kerry said what?!  —  ***10/31 7:35am updated with more reax...  ...909am update San Gabriel Valley Tribune reports on the Angelides campaign event at Pasadena City College where Kerry trashed the troops..."Kerry then told the students that if they were able to navigate the education system …
Discussion: Villainous Company and moxie
Associated Press:   Schwarzenegger praises Reagan, as Kerry campaigns for Angelides
Ovetta Wiggins / Washington Post:
Black Democrats Cross Party Lines To Back Steele For U.S. Senate  —  George's Politicians Lash Out at State Party  —  A coalition of black Democratic political leaders from Prince George's County led by former county executive Wayne K. Curry endorsed Republican Michael S. Steele's bid for the U.S. Senate yesterday.
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Jon Ward / Washington Times:
Curry, key Democrats back Steele  —  Former Prince George's County executive Wayne K. Curry, backed by five black members of the Prince George's County Council, today endorsed Republican Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele's campaign for the U.S. Senate.  —  Mr. Curry, a Democrat who became …
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:   Steele Steals Prince George's County
Amit R. Paley / Washington Post:
In Baghdad, a Force Under the Militias' Sway  —  Infiltration of Iraqi Police Could Delay Handover of Control for Years, U.S. Trainers Suggest  —  BAGHDAD — The signs of the militias are everywhere at the Sholeh police station.  —  Posters celebrating Moqtada al-Sadr, head of the Mahdi Army militia, dot the building's walls.
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Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Spate of Bombs Sweeps Baghdad; Cleric Faults U.S.
Discussion: AMERICAN FUTURE
Michael Abramowitz / Washington Post:
Bush Says 'America Loses' Under Democrats  —  White House Talk Heats Up As Polls Show Tight Races  —  President Bush said terrorists will win if Democrats win and impose their policies on Iraq, as he and Vice President Cheney escalated their rhetoric Monday in an effort to turn out Republican voters in next week's midterm elections.
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Audrey Hudson / Washington Times:   Democrats wait in the wings with subpoenas
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Warming Called Threat To Global Economy  —  Failing to curb the impact of climate change could damage the global economy on the scale of the Great Depression or the world wars by spawning environmental devastation that could cost 5 to 20 percent of the world's annual gross domestic product …
Discussion: The Democratic Daily
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Andrew C. Revkin / New York Times:
Budgets Falling in Race to Fight Global Warming
Discussion: Daily Kos and On Deadline
Kirk Johnson / New York Times:
Democrats Are Seen to Gain in Statehouse Races  —  Candidates for the Iowa Legislature answered questions at a forum in Waterloo last week.  Analysts say local campaigns are getting rougher as control slips toward centralized parties or interest groups.  —  More than 6,000 state legislative seats …
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
Rushing for the Exit  —  IF WE LEAVE IRAQ, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE SUPPORTERS OF DEMOCRACY?  —  To say that "exit strategies" from Iraq have become the flavor of the month would be to exaggerate the situation to the point of absurdity.  Exit strategies are not even the fall fashion.
Wall Street Journal:
Republicans See Edge From Early Voting  —  Democrats Question Specific Claims and Believe  —  They Are Catching Up With the Trend  —  WASHINGTON — Down in the polls and with their majorities in Congress at risk, Republicans say they have some good news in early-voting statistics that suggest …
Discussion: Firedoglake and The Strata-Sphere
Aryn Baker / Time:
Pakistan Braces for a Backlash After "Taliban" Raid  —  An air strike on a religious school kills 80, raising prospects for new unrest directed at Musharraf  —  A Pakistani military air strike on a pro-Taliban religious school in the country's volatile North West Frontier Province has set off …
CNN:
Poll: Stumping not boosting Bush popularity  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush's popularity has not been buoyed by a series of public events in recent days, a new CNN poll suggests.  —  Bush's approval rating hovers in the high 30s, where it has been throughout October.
Dr. Sanity:
HOW TO MAKE SURE YOU WIN AN ELECTION EVEN IF YOU LOSE ***Updated***  —  UPDATE 10/31/06 6:44am: In case you thought I was kidding, here are today's batch of headlines supporting the Democratic election storyline:  —  CNN - Poll: Stumping Not Helping Bush Popularity  —  NYT - Democrats Are Seen to Gain in State Races
Steven E. Landsburg / Slate:
How the Web Prevents Rape  —  ALL THAT INTERNET PORN REDUCES SEX CRIMES.  REALLY.  —  Does pornography breed rape?  Do violent movies breed violent crime?  Quite the opposite, it seems.  —  First, porn.  What happens when more people view more of it?  The rise of the Internet offers a gigantic natural experiment.
Fiona MacRae / Daily Mail:
British scientists grow human liver in a laboratory  —  British scientists have grown the world's first artificial liver from stem cells in a breakthrough that will one day provide entire organs for transplant.  —  The technique that created the 'mini-liver', currently the size of a one pence piece …
Michael Barone / Opinion Journal:
The Six-Year Itch  —  Democrats may take Congress, but will it matter in the long run?  —  As Democrats begin, in George W. Bush's words, "measuring the drapes" in the offices of the House speaker and Senate majority leader, it's worth looking back on the history of sixth-year-of-the-presidency off-year elections.
Discussion: Power Line and Blue Crab Boulevard
 
 
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Fights Brew Over House Posts
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8th anniversary of Iraq Liberation Act
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Directorblue / Doug Ross:
George Soros was only following orders
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
Supporting Democracy — Or Not  —  With a clutch of new books …
Mark Niquette / dispatch.com:
Court revives voter-ID measure
CNN:
Polls: 4 key Senate races tight
Kevin Drum / Political Animal:
DEMOCRATS, LIBERALS, AND RELIGION....Scott Lemieux comments about Democrats and religion:
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Write-in tightens race in District 22
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The ball is in Congress's court - Act now!
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New Poll Alert: Webb Beating Allen
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Five Israeli-Arabs Arrested on Terror Charges
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The Eid sexual harassment incident
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Ryan Nakashima / Associated Press:
Nev. congressman assault probe reopens
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Tom Baldwin / Times of London:
Democrats fear the storm could leave them high and dry
Spencer Platt / MSNBC:
U.S. death toll in Iraq tops 100 in October
 

 
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