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11:50 PM ET, May 18, 2010

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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Sestak, Paul score wins as Lincoln waits  —  Upstart Senate candidates claimed two stunning victories in primary elections Tuesday night as Pennsylvania Rep. Joe Sestak denied incumbent Democrat Arlen Specter renomination to a sixth term and Kentucky insurgent Rand Paul easily bested establishment …
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
Arlen Specter warns of tea party ‘take over’  —  As voters considered his fate throughout Pennsylvania, Sen. Arlen Specter warned on Tuesday that without him Democrats may not be able to fend off a tea party “takeover.”  —  “What you see happening across the country is that the tea party organization …
Discussion: CNN, Michelle Malkin and Weasel Zippers
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Specter Loses Pennsylvania Senate Seat  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, who bolted the Republican Party more than a year ago in a bid to salvage his Senate career as a Democrat, was defeated in a primary for his new party's nomination on Tuesday, as Democratic primary voters turned …
NBC Philadelphia:
Sestak Knocks Out Specter  —  Specter concedes race  —  To view this video you must to have Flash Player 9.0 or later installed.  Click to download the most recent version of Flash.  —  U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak has knocked off five-term U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter in the Democratic Senate primary.
Jill Lawrence / Politics Daily:   Sestak Beats Specter in Pa. Senate Primary, Paul Wins in Kentucky
ABCNEWS:
Longtime Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter Loses Bid for Sixth Senate Term
Discussion: The Politico and CNN
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
Is Rand Ron's Son? Or The Most Powerful Republican In The Woooorld?
Discussion: Hot Air
DavidNYC / Swing State Project:
Kentucky, Pennsylvania & Arkansas Primary Results Thread
Manu Raju / The Politico:
Rand Paul tapped into ‘anger’
Discussion: CNN, TPMDC, Wizbang and Guardian
CNN:
Rand Paul hopes to celebrate at local country club
Discussion: The Swamp
Justin Elliott / TPMMuckraker:
Rep. Souder And Mistress Recorded Video Praising Abstinence (WATCH)  —  Rep. Mark Souder (R-IN) had an affair with a part-time staffer named Tracy Jackson, Fox is reporting.  Jackson played the role of interviewer for a Souder Web video show on the issues of the day — including one on the value of abstinence.
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Fox News:
Exclusive: Indiana Rep. Mark Souder to Resign Amid Allegations of Affair With Staffer  —  Eight-term Rep. Mark Souder will announce his resignation Tuesday after it came to light that he was conducting an affair with a female staffer who worked in his district office, Fox News has learned.
The Politico:
Souder: ‘I am so shamed’  —  Rep. Mark Souder (R-Ind.) is resigning from Congress after telling colleagues he had an affair with a female aide.  —  “I sinned against God, my wife and my family by having a mutual relationship with a part-time member of my staff,” Souder said in a statement Tuesday.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Uh oh: Media not rallying to Blumenthal's side after press conference  —  A bit of candy to chew on while we await Benedict Arlen's fate.  I think Blumenthal went out there today figuring that a confrontational, rather than contrite, posture — let no one impugn my service! — was the fastest way to the lefty base's hearts.
Discussion: Slate and Associated Press
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James Hohmann / The Politico:
VFW leader rips Blumenthal
Discussion: Gateway Pundit and RedState
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Richard Blumenthal will survive
David M. Halbfinger / New York Times:
Shays Watched as Blumenthal's War Claims Evolved
Ray Sanchez / ABCNEWS:
Blumenthal: ‘I Have Misspoken About My Service’
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
PA-12 LIVE Election Results; UPDATE: Democrat Wins; Burns Concedes  —  Election results online here.  —  Part 1 of the concession speech:  —  Part II of the concession speech:  —  10:55 p.m. ET: The people who supported his campaign “will not give up, and they will not give in,” Burns said in his concession speech.
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Smitty / The Other McCain:
PA-12: Shoe Leather Update.  Burns Victory? …
Christina Bellantoni / TPMDC:
Confident Dems Goad GOP By Calling PA-12 A ‘Must-Win’ For Republicans Today
Marie Leech / The Birmingham:
Jefferson County geometry teacher uses wrong example to teach angles —  assassination of President Barack Obama  —  and Carol Robinson —  The Birmingham News  —  A Jefferson County teacher picked the wrong example when he used as­sassinating President Bar­ack Obama as a way to teach angles to his geome­try students.
Jerry Markon / Washington Post:
Memo from 2002 could complicate challenge of Arizona immigration law  —  In the legal battle over Arizona's new immigration law, an ironic subtext has emerged: whether a Bush-era legal opinion complicates a potential Obama administration lawsuit against Arizona.
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Associated Press:
Arizona Immigration Law Faces New Legal Fight
Discussion: Politics Daily
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Leadership by the Wilfully Ignorant
Discussion: Hot Air and JammieWearingFool
Steve Krakauer / Mediaite:
Breaking: Campbell Brown Leaving CNN After Network Grants Release From Contract (UPDATE)  —  Mediaite has learned CNN has granted anchor Campbell Brown's request to be let out early from her contract.  —  She has agreed to stay on and anchor the 8pmET hour until a replacement is found.
Discussion: Media Decoder, Wonkette and Romenesko
Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
EpicFail: Blanche Lincoln Turned Away From Home Polling Place This Morning  —  Sen. Blanche Lincoln suffered what might be one of the all-time greatest campaign staff fails this morning.  According to her campaign staff, Lincoln was initially turned away when she tried to vote at her home …
Boston Globe:
Ex-Harvard student accused of living a lie  —  He crafted an elaborate web of lies to con his way into Harvard University, authorities say, but Adam B. Wheeler wasn't content to graduate quietly and get away with just a degree.  —  After two years of blending into campus life and racking …
Discussion: ACS Blog, Gawker and Matthew Yglesias
New York Times:
Grim Milestone: 1,000 Americans Dead  —  He was an irreverent teenager with a pregnant girlfriend when the idea first crossed his mind: Join the Army, raise a family.  She had an abortion, but the idea remained.  Patrick S. Fitzgibbon, Saint Paddy to his friends, became Private Fitzgibbon.
New York Times:
Major Powers Have Deal on Sanctions for Iran  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration announced an agreement on Tuesday with other major powers, including Russia and China, to impose a fourth set of sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, setting the stage for an intense tug of war …
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Washington Post:
South Korea: North responsible for torpedo attack on warship
Discussion: Outside The Beltway and Hit & Run
Bloomberg:
Conspiracy of Banks Rigging States Came With Crash  —  A telephone call between a financial adviser in Beverly Hills and a trader in New York was all it took to fleece taxpayers on a water-and-sewer financing deal in West Virginia.  The secret conversation was part of a conspiracy stretching across …
Chris Bowers / Open Left:
Crotchety Progressive Rant  —  I am outraged by this, because this is outrageous.  —  And yet, where are the street protests in response to this outrage?  No, not those protests—we need bigger ones.  There should be hundreds of thousands of people out there protesting this.  Every day.
 
 
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