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11:00 PM ET, November 6, 2006

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WDBJ-TV:
News-7 Poll: Webb surges ahead of Allen  —  Democrat Jim Webb has surged ahead of Republican George Allen in the last poll of the campaign, conducted for News-7 by SurveyUSA.  —  The survey shows Webb with 52% of the likely voters, with 44% going to Allen.
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
FOX NEWS POLL: DEMS TOP GOP BY 13 POINTS IN RACE TO CONTROL CONGRESS  —  NEW YORK — Nearly half of likely voters — 49 percent — favor the Democratic candidate in their House district and 36 percent the Republican, with 15 percent still undecided in a FOX News poll conducted the final weekend before the midterm elections.
CNN:
Poll: Democrats boost advantage in races for Congress  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — The percentage of likely voters who plan to vote for Democrats in Tuesday's congressional elections increased in the past week, according to a CNN poll conducted during the weekend.
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Independent:
Robert Fisk: This was a guilty verdict on America as well  —  So America's one-time ally has been sentenced to death for war crimes he committed when he was Washington's best friend in the Arab world.  America knew all about his atrocities and even supplied the gas - along with the British …
GOP.com:
Memorandum From RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman: Another Poll Confirms GOP Momentum  —  Memorandum From RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman: Another Poll Confirms GOP Momentum  —  TO: REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP AND INTERESTED PARTIES  —  FROM: KEN MEHLMAN  —  RE: ANOTHER POLL CONFIRMS GOP MOMENTUM
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Anne Gearan / Associated Press:
U.S. envoy to Iraq likely quitting post  —  WASHINGTON - Zalmay Khalilzad, the plainspoken dealmaker and Republican insider who has won praise and criticism for attempts to broker Sunni political participation in Iraq's fragile government, is likely to quit his post as U.S. ambassador in Baghdad …
Newsdesk / The Swamp:
GOP 'robocalls' enrage Democrats  —  Somewhat ironically, I have received a deluge of emails since last night from Democrats complaining about the flood of last-minute phone calls Republicans are making to voters in an effort drive down the Democratic vote tomorrow.
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Political Radar:
Stop Illegal Robocalling!:  Democrats Send Cease and Desist Letter to Republicans
Discussion: The RBC
Examiner:
Sleepwalking into the gathering storm?  —  The Washington DC Examiner Newspaper, The Examiner  —  WASHINGTON - "You ask, what is our aim?  I can answer in one word: It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival."
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David Cox:
Saddam: a tribute  —  Three months ago, Tony Blair warned the world that an "arc of extremism" now stretches across the Middle East from Iran to Lebanon.  This phenomenon, he suggested, threatens the survival of the very values on which western society is based.  Yet, when Blair came to power, no such claim could have been made.
Kos / Daily Kos:
Prediction thread  —  Here are my predictions.  Note, for the record, that I've been way off on my predictions the past two cycles.  So there's no particular wisdom or inside knowledge or track record to give these predictions any more weight than anyone else's.  They're just for fun.
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Jennifer Loven / Associated Press:
White House miffed by Fla. GOP candidate  —  PENSACOLA, Fla. - The closer the election came to the finish line, the more President Bush's aides battled the perception he was doing his party as much harm as good and was unwanted in many districts.  —  On Monday, Bush jetted to a conservative corner …
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Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Fla. GOP candidate snubs a visiting Bush
The Daily Dish:
Even Lower  —  Here's a flyer being distributed by the New York State Republican party:  —  The Democrats, in other words, want to let a darker-skinned man rape your white wife.  You know what?  I just found out nothing about Democratic values.  But I learned a hell of a lot more about Republican ones.
James Q. Wilson / Opinion Journal:
The Press at War  —  What ever happened to patriotic reporters?  —  We are told by careful pollsters that half of the American people believe that American troops should be brought home from Iraq immediately.  This news discourages supporters of our efforts there.  Not me, though: I am relieved.
Proteus / Eject! Eject!:
SEEING THE UNSEEN Part 1  —  Folks, as in The Olden Days, this is a long read.  It is an essay, not a blog entry.  Print it, copy and paste it, or just grab a cup of coffee and settle back.  —  Oh, and all the pictures enlarge with a click, if you are so inclined.  MMMnnnnn...pictures....
Discussion: Flopping Aces and IMAO
Bryan / Hot Air:
Hot Air introduces...the Absolute Moral Authority card  —  Find yourself in a jam?  Are your anti-war lies catching up with you?  Then use the Absolute Moral Authority card and get right out of trouble free.  Once you play the Absolute Moral Authority card, no one can ever question you again, no matter what you say or do!
Discussion: GINA COBB and Iowa Voice
Michael Powell / Washington Post:
Exceedingly Social, But Doesn't Like Parties  —  Bernie Sanders Aims to Move Out of the House  —  BRATTLEBORO, Vt. — Are you now or have you ever been a socialist?  —  The white-haired candidate for the United States Senate lies propped on his elbows on top of a too-old bed …
Robert Novak / humanevents.com:
To: Our Readers  —  Democrats are set to gain 19 House seats, two Senate seats, and five governorships in tomorrow's elections.  It is a sign of Republicans' sorry state that, at this point, this is actually a very favorable outlook for them.  —  In the last day of the midterm election campaign …
Discussion: Power Line, TIME and Viking Pundit
Cillizzac / The Fix:
The Best Campaign Commercials of 2006  —  As any regular reader knows, The Fix LOVES campaign commercials.  We spend hours watching them over the final weeks of the campaign and relish either a really nicely crafted positive ad or a stinging negative one.  —  So what better way to spend election eve …
John / AMERICAblog:
Signorile interviews fallen-evangelical-leader Ted Haggard's male hooker  —  Signorile will be playing the interview on his show at 2pm Eastern - here are some excerpts:  —  The Preacher's Gay Hustler: The Signorile Interview  —  The revelations about Ted Haggard — the influential evangelical leader …
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
 
 
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americanchronicle.com:
Sec. of Virginia State Board of Elections Finds Widespread Incidents …
Discussion: Lean Left
Christopher Hitchens / Times of London:
The election? It's about the Redskins, stupid
Discussion: Don Surber
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