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NBC's Tim Russert dead at 58 — Washington bureau chief, ‘Meet the Press’ moderator collapsed on job — Tim Russert at the Newseum in Washington on Nov. 14. — Live video — LIVE: Remembering Tim Russert — LIVE VIDEO: Watch MSNBC's coverage of the life of NBC News Washington …

John Cole / Balloon Juice:

Let's Get Something Straight — I liked Tim Russert, even though I thought his BS gotcha nonsense was thorough idiocy and not helping the debate at all. He was a likable guy- friendly, always smiling. I understand it is a loss for the beltway folks, and he had a lot of really good friends …

Discussion: Brilliant at Breakfast, Emptywheel, TBogg, Oliver Willis and Gateway Pundit

Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:

Obama on Russert's death — Obama in Columbus, Ohio:

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Ezra Klein / American Prospect:

SAD NEWS. — The wires are reporting that Tim Russert died from a heart attack today. He was 58. — I had a weird experience a few months ago where a Twitter message I thought private was accessed by someone outside my circle and leaked to Wonkette. The message was written during …

Discussion: The Raw Story and The Daily Dish

Charles Hurt / New York Post:
TIM RUSSERT DIES FROM APPARENT HEART ATTACK

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Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
Talk Radio Reacts To News Of Tim Russert's Sudden Passing

Discussion: NewsBusters.org, Ed Driscoll.com and American Street

Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
NBC's Tim Russert Dies at 58

Discussion: TVNewser, Tammy Bruce, The News Buckit, GregsOpinion.com and TownHall Blog

Katharine Q. Seelye / The Caucus:
NBC's Tim Russert Dies

Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
On Tim Russert — News of the sudden death of Tim Russert …

Discussion: Political Perceptions, Washington Wire, The Trail, TVNewser, Wonkette, Law Blog and FishBowlDC

Michelle Malkin:
Reports: Tim Russert dead after heart attack; was working in NBC Washington bureau

Discussion: CBN.com, Talking Points Memo, New York Post, Althouse, AMERICAblog News, American Spectator, Hot Air, TVNewser, The Other McCain and The Sundries Shack

Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:

Giuliani Plans to Aid Hopefuls, for His Share — WASHINGTON — With the Republican Party in need of money for the November elections, former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani has offered to appear at fund-raisers around the country for G.O.P. candidates. But there is a catch: He wants some cash out of the deal.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos

Noemie Emery / Weekly Standard:

It's Not Race, It's Arugula — Obama's real electoral challenge. — On the way to his rendezvous with destiny, Barack Obama consistently lost white voters, especially of the middle and working classes, to Hillary Clinton—voters variously known as Appalachians or Reagan Democrats …

Discussion: michellemalkin.com

Larry Rohter / MSNBC:

NYT: McCains owed $225,000 in credit card debt — Senate disclosure statements give look at candidates' personal finances — Senators John McCain and Barack Obama released their Senate financial disclosure statements on Friday, revealing that Mr. McCain and his wife had at least $225,000 …

Discussion: Daily Kos, Salon and Balloon Juice

Matthew Mosk / Washington Post:

Court Deems Campaign Finance Rules Too Weak — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled yesterday that the Federal Election Commission has failed to adequately enforce key aspects of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance restructuring that Congress passed six years ago …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Democracy Project

The Campaign Spot:

Obama vs. The New Rochelle Train — David Mendell's Obama: From Promise to Power, p. 148-149: … Obviously, if Barack Obama were satisfied with an office job, not only would he have not spent three years as a community organizer, he probably wouldn't have ever run for office.

Discussion: TalkLeft, Redstate and Ed Driscoll.com

John Coleman / KUSI-TV:

John Coleman's Comments Before the San Diego Chamber of Commerce — Global Warming and the Price of a Gallon of Gas — You may want to give credit where credit is due to Al Gore and his global warming campaign the next time you fill your car with gasoline, because there is a direct …

Discussion: The Diplomad, A Tiny Revolution and Maggie's Farm

Sara Just / Political Radar:

McCain Cancels Event with Controversial Fundraiser — ABC's Rick Klein reports: Sen. John McCain on Friday abruptly cancelled a Monday fundraiser that had been scheduled at the home of a Texas oilman, after ABC News contacted the campaign inquiring about a verbal blunder the Texan made during …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Oliver Willis, Cliff Schecter, RADAMISTO and The Jed Report

Rasmussen Reports:

Election 2008: Minnesota Presidential Election — Minnesota: Obama Continues to Dominate — The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in Minnesota the state shows that Barack Obama leads McCain by double-digits, 52% to 39%. That's the third straight month with virtually identical poll results.

Discussion: Daily Kos, MyDD, Real Clear Politics, Donklephant, The New Republic and TPM Election Central

Leslie Wayne / New York Times:

Senators Caught in Mortgage Fallout — When Senator Kent Conrad of North Dakota wanted a mortgage for his beach house, he turned to a Washington insider, James A. Johnson, former head of Fannie Mae, the government mortgage giant, who then put the senator in touch with Angelo Mozilo …

Glenn Kessler / The Trail:

Obama Defines Social Security ‘Doughnut’ Plan — COLUMBUS, Ohio — Sen. Barack Obama today plans to make a firm commitment to a Social Security tax hike on people making more than $250,000 a year, stepping away from an earlier plan he floated last year to boost the 12.4 percent payroll tax …

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