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Hindrocket / Power Line:
ARE TERRORISTS THE DEMOCRATS' BIGGEST FANS? THE DEBATE CONTINUES — Last night I posted al Qaeda: "Democrats Are Reasonable"!. That post discussed the support for the Democrats in the midterm elections that has been voiced by terrorists around the world.
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Associated Press, Roger L. Simon, Balloon Juice, Blue Crab Boulevard, Hyscience and Channel NewsAsia
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Marcus Mabry / Newsweek:
Feeling Blue? — After the Democratic sweep of Congress, President Bush's approval reaches a new low. But voters want Democrats to chart a moderate course. — Brendan Smialowski / Getty Images — Can They Work Together? Pelosi has 34 percent approval ratings, slightly better than Bush's 31 percent
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Daily Kos, The Democratic Daily, TalkLeft, MyDD, Whiskey Bar, Decision '08 and Liberal Values
Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report:
Claim: Cat Stevens Financed Terrorists, Tied to Radical Clerics — The Jawa Report has obtained evidence that Yusuf Islam, the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens, was once connected to radical clerics Omar Bakri Mohammed & Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman. According to at least one credible source …
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Hyscience
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RJ Eskow / The Huffington Post:
What a Mandate! Popular Vote For Senate Was 55%-43% Democratic — Look how easily the media manipulates everyone's perceptions, including our own. An hour of vote tabulation reveals a stunning fact: Democrats won the popular vote for the Senate by an overwhelming 12.6% margin - 55%/42.4%.
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The Heretik
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Ed Stoddard / Reuters:
Poll: More evangelicals sour toward Republicans — DALLAS (Reuters) - U.S. evangelicals have lost some of their enthusiasm for the Republican Party, a factor contributing to the party's drubbing in Tuesday's congressional elections, a new survey found. — In a Beliefnet poll …
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Alan Cooperman / Washington Post:
Democrats Win Bigger Share of Religious Vote
Democrats Win Bigger Share of Religious Vote
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MyDD, The Carpetbagger Report, Townhall.com Blog's …, The BRAD BLOG, Liberal Values and The American Street
Kevin Drum / Political Animal:
RELIGIOUS VOTERS....Why do I keep writing about the exit polls?
RELIGIOUS VOTERS....Why do I keep writing about the exit polls?
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Hullabaloo
Charles Bremner / Times of London:
Actually, it's more a case of Europe falling apart in 2006 — France has sent a stiff complaint to Brussels about the European Union's choice of logo to commemorate its 50th birthday next year. — The offending image, a child-like rendition of the English word together …
New York Times:
For Incoming Democrats, Populism Trumps Ideology — The newly elected Democratic class of 2006, which is set to descend on the Capitol next week, will hardly be the first freshmen to arrive in Washington promising to make a difference. — The last time Congress changed hands …
Arthur Silber / Once Upon a Time:
Call It Treason — Via one of the deep...ah, "thinkers" at The American Thinker (never has there been such a wildly inaccurate name in the entire history of the bleedin' universe), we learn that John Conyers is a traitor. So sez Investor's Business Daily, which helpfully assembles the terrifying evidence for us:
New Jersey Online:
More subpoenas in Menendez probe — Feds seek documents on rental, but senator's office denies contact — Federal investigators have resumed their inquiry into a rental deal between U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and a nonprofit agency, issuing new subpoenas in the days after he was elected …
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The Blotter
Jon Swift:
Save Britney's Marriage — When CNN sent out a Breaking News email on Election Day saying that Britney Spears was filing for divorce from her husband of two years, Kevin Federline, I didn't realize just how important this story was at first. But now that the election is over, the full the impact of this tragedy is finally sinking in.
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Booman Tribune
Dafydd / Big Lizards:
The Missing Earpiece — Congressional Calamities , Econ. 101 — Hatched by Dafydd — Ladies and gents, this here post falls into that beloved category of What Is Wrong With This Picture? We seem to play that a lot on this blog. — Yesterday, AP rolled out the first of what will undoubtedly …
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Larry Cohler-Esses / thejewishweek.com:
Christian Right Agenda In Shambles After GOP Defeat — Moderate Evangelicals seen chafing against narrow priorities like abortion, gay rights. Will some work with Dems? — For a man witnessing a debacle in real time, Rev. Louis Sheldon, a leader of the Christian Right political movement …
Michelle Boorstein / Washington Post:
For Georgetown 'Apostles,' A Rowhouse Rebellion — Religious Immunity to Zoning Laws Cited — It's about God, America and the bonds of friendship. Or, maybe, it's just about beer. — On one side of the battle: nine best buds at Georgetown University who hung a skull-and-crossbones flag outside …
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The Volokh Conspiracy
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: LaShawn Barber talks Campaign '08 on MSNBC — Another day, another Vent alumna on cable news. Granted, she was appearing on cable news long before she ever did Vent. Let's not get bogged down in details. — Here she is, mano a mano with sane lefty Jeralyn Merritt of TalkLeft and insisting that …
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7.62mm Justice
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Audio: Charles Johnson and Tammy Bruce on the midterms — A little free publicity for two of our favorite bloggers on Saturday night. — Update: Note their discussion about Muslim women's liberation. One means to that end: blogging.
Pajamas Media:
Veteran's Day: "In the Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month" — VETERAN'S DAY: "IN THE ELEVENTH HOUR OF THE ELEVENTH DAY OF THE ELEVENTH MONTH" — The oldest living veteran is Ernest Charles Pusey, one of 15 living World War I veterans.