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2:45 PM ET, October 30, 2007

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John R. Wilke / Wall Street Journal:
How Lawmaker Rebuilt Hometown on Earmarks  —  Johnstown Gets Billions  —  With Power Broker's Aid;  —  FBI Questions a Contract  —  JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — If John Murtha were a businessman, he'd be the biggest employer in this town.  —  The powerful U.S. congressman has used his clout …
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Mike Faher / The Tribune Democrat, Johnstown, PA:
Career Army man to challenge Murtha
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
We Built This City On Pork And Bull
Discussion: Sister Toldjah
Brian Faughnan / Weekly Standard:
Murtha: Hasn't Pennsylvania Had Enough?
Discussion: BitsBlog
Patrick O'Connor / The Politico:
New Congress at war over everything  —  In a closed-door meeting before the last vote on the children's health care bill, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer appealed for the support of about 30 wavering Republican lawmakers.  What he got instead was a tongue-lashing, participants said.
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Michelle Malkin:
Another showdown in Congress; latest Field Poll results show Dems turning on Pelosi  —  The Republicans held the line and staved off one attempt at the Dems' massive entitlement expansion the S-CHIP program.  They'll have to join the White House to kill it again soon.
Mike Soraghan / The Hill:
Pelosi finesses tax message
main.uab.edu:
"Ron Paul Spammers" Targeted by UAB Spam Team  —  Contact: Deborah Lucas or Virginia Smith UAB Media Relations, 205-934-8946  —  UAB Spam Team Spots First Presidential Campaign Spam  —  Anti-spam researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) noted a disturbing …
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Rasmussen Reports:
Poll Matching Hillary Clinton and Ron Paul Tells A Lot About Clinton …
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
The Tonight Show: Heeeere's.... Ron Paul
Discussion: LewRockwell.com Blog
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Online NewsHour:
Debate Stirs Over Possible U.S. Military Action Against Iran
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:   Podhoretz v. Zakaria
clinton.senate.gov:
Statement of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on Her Opposition to the Nomination of Judge Michael Mukasey to be Attorney General of the United States  —  We need an Attorney General who has the strength to challenge this Administration when it is wrong, who is committed to reestablishing …
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Ken / Progress Now Action:
RE: Mukasey doesn't know the techniques of torture
Discussion: TalkLeft and TPMmuckraker
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Hillary to Oppose Mukasey
Zogby:
Zogby Poll: 52% Support U.S. Military Strike Against Iran  —  Most see Clinton as the presidential candidate best equipped to deal with Iran, followed by Giuliani and McCain—but many express uncertainty  —  A majority of likely voters - 52% - would support a U.S. military strike to prevent Iran …
Howard Fineman / MSNBC:
Fineman: What Obama must do in the debate  —  WASHINGTON - As Sen. Barack Obama prepared for Tuesday night's crucial NBC debate in Philadelphia, his high command back in Chicago was watching a lot of old Clinton videotape — not of Hillary Clinton, but of Bill, and not of Bill as president …
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CNN Political Ticker:
Richardson: No more negative campaigning
Discussion: TIME
Amit R. Paley / Washington Post:
Iraqi Dam Seen In Danger of Deadly Collapse  —  AT THE MOSUL DAM, Iraq — The largest dam in Iraq is in serious danger of an imminent collapse that could unleash a trillion-gallon wave of water, possibly killing thousands of people and flooding two of the largest cities in the country …
NY Daily News:
Sharpton chides Cheney over Confederate flag flap  —  Nobody got shot, but Vice President Cheney still fired up controversy Monday when he went hunting at a private club that hangs the Confederate flag.  —  A Daily News photographer captured the 3-by-5 foot Dixie flag affixed to a door …
Keith Ervin / Seattle Times:
Three plead guilty in fake voter scheme  —  Three of seven defendants in the biggest voter-registration fraud scheme in Washington history have pleaded guilty and one has been sentenced, prosecutors said Monday.  —  The defendants were all temporary employees of ACORN …
Patricia Leigh Brown / New York Times:
Gay Enclaves Face Prospect of Being Passé  —  This Halloween, the Glindas, gladiators and harem boys of the Castro — along with untold numbers who plan to dress up as Senator Larry E. Craig, this year's camp celebrity — will be celebrating behind closed doors.
Discussion: Lone Star Times
Sean O'Neill / Times of London:
Lessons in hate found at leading mosques  —  Books calling for the beheading of lapsed Muslims, ordering women to remain indoors and forbidding interfaith marriage are being sold inside some of Britain's leading mosques, according to research seen by The Times.
Ron Silver / Pajamas Media:
HOW TO GET THE WORLD TO LIKE US -THE CASE FOR ISOLATIONISM  —  Bummed out about international hostility to the US of A?  Waiting for the good times to roll again?  Actor/activist Ron Silver has a proposal for you.  (NOTE: Silver begins his new PajamasXpress blog "Silver Bullet" for Pajamas Media on Wednesday)
Travis Reed / Associated Press:
Lawyer: No Charges for Tasered Student  —  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A University of Florida student who was shocked with a Taser after persistently questioning Sen. John Kerry won't face criminal charges and has apologized for his actions, his attorney said Tuesday.
Discussion: Attytood and Hot Air
Webutante / Pajamas Media:
ARI FLEISCHER: A NEW BREED OF JEWISH LEADER  —  Jane Whitson - AKA Nashville-based blogger Webutante - barely knew Jewish Republicans existed until last week, when she met former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer, whom she now views as "a modern day Moses leading his people out of slavery, into freedom.
Discussion: Think Progress and INSTAPUTZ
 
 
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Generic Youths Riot in Netherlands
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Mega-donors prepare for '08 battle
James Inhofe / Washington Times:
Getting LOST
Telegraph:
The most influential US conservatives: 61-80
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Terry Frieden / CNN:
Official: Blackwater not offered immunity
Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard:
(Now w/More Stupidity) Unprecedented Stupidity at HuffPo
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Pete Du Pont / Opinion Journal:
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Nature or Nurture? Well, Smart Guy?
Discussion: The Plank
ij.org:
Victory for Minneapolis Taxi Entrepreneurs
Stephen Labaton / New York Times:
Bigger Budget? No, Responds Safety Agency
Janny Scott / New York Times:
Memories of Obama in New York Differ
Discussion: The Swamp, MSNBC, Reuters and TIME