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11:05 AM ET, September 13, 2010

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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Too Close to Call in Delaware  —  It looks like there's a real possibility of a major upset in the Delaware Senate primary on Tuesday night, with insurgent conservative Christine O'Donnell leading longtime Congressman and Governor Mike Castle 47-44.  That 3 point lead is well within the poll's margin of error.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Trainwreck A'Comin'  —  Delaware is not normally where you go for exciting politics.  It's a small state, totally dominated for most of the last three or four decades by three or four guys who keep getting reelected, except when they trade one of the state's four major offices and get elected again.
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
In Ad Wars, Democrats Shy From Ties to Own Party  —  WASHINGTON — Representative Mark Schauer of Michigan does not dwell on the legislation he has voted for during his first term in Congress, which includes the Democratic stimulus plan and health insurance overhaul.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
The public hates almost everything Congress has done
Discussion: Say Anything
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Among Recent Bills, Financial Reform a Lone Plus for Congress
Discussion: Hot Air and National Review
Chris Smith / New York Magazine:
America Is a Joke  —  The worst of times for politics and media has been the best of times for The Daily Show's host—and unfortunately things are getting even funnier.  —  I  —  t's hard to top a kick in the nuts.  —  Especially when the kicker is Linda McMahon, the Connecticut Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate.
Adam Serwer / American Prospect:
Forbes Embraces Birtherism Lite.  —  Sometimes it's best to think of racism as intellectual laziness.  That is, it reflects a failure to evaluate people for who they actually are, because its easier to slip them into a familiar, predetermined category that doesn't upset other related conclusions a person might have come to as a result.
Michael Barone / Townhall.com:
Gangster Government Stifles Criticism of Obamacare  —  “There will be zero tolerance for this type of misinformation and unjustified rate increases.”  —  That sounds like a stern headmistress dressing down some sophomores who have been misbehaving.  But it's actually from a letter sent Thursday …
The Note:
Back to the Morass: Congress Returns to Work  —  ABC News' Matthew Jaffe reports:  —  They're ba-aa-ack!  The Senate returns Monday from its summer recess with - what else? - a lot of work and little time to do it, not when lawmakers are only planning to stay in Washington for another month …
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Washington Post:
Tax cuts to occupy returning Congress
Discussion: The Page
CNN:   Democrats return to Capitol Hill, mount final push to keep control
Mark Halperin / The Page:
Halperin's Take: Brown Escalates War of Words With Bill Clinton  —  HALPERIN'S TAKE: The Whitman ad is probably the best TV spot by any campaign all cycle.  Clinton and Brown have always had a rough relationship, which probably hit rock bottom...  ... in 1992, when, in the same debate …
Christina Wilkie / The Hill:
Big party week for the Obamas  —  President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have a packed social schedule this week, with two major galas and a reception for college athletes.  —  On Monday evening, the president will welcome collegiate star athletes to the White House for a reception …
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Michael Bloomberg takes show on the road
Discussion: The Page
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
China, Japan, America  —  Last week Japan's minister of finance declared that he and his colleagues wanted a discussion with China about the latter's purchases of Japanese bonds, to “examine its intention” — diplomat-speak for “Stop it right now.”  The news made me want to bang my head against the wall in frustration.
CNN:
Impeachment trial of federal judge gets underway in U.S. Senate  —  Washington (CNN) — The U.S. Senate on Monday begins the impeachment trial of federal judge G. Thomas Porteous Jr. — the first such trial since the impeachment of former President Bill Clinton in 1999.
Discussion: The BLT
Lori Preuitt / NBC Bay Area:
State Orders Inspection of All Natural Gas Lines  —  To view this video you must to have Flash Player 9.0 or later installed.  Click to download the most recent version of Flash.  —  The California Public Utilities Commission announced Sunday it's ordered Pacific Gas and Electric to inspect its entire natural gas system.
Fox News:
Austan Goolsbee Talks Economy and Elections |  Fox News Sunday  —  The following is a rush transcript of the September 12, 2010, edition of “Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace.”  This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.  —  CHRIS WALLACE, ANCHOR: The political battle lines …
Discussion: Hot Air and The Politico
People-Press.org:
Americans Spending More Time Following the News  —  Ideological News Sources: Who Watches and Why  —  OVERVIEW  —  There are many more ways to get the news these days, and as a consequence Americans are spending more time with the news than over much of the past decade.
msnbc.com:
The Exit Interviews: Sen. Bob Bennett  —  Q: What things do you think are most misunderstood by the public about being a senator or how Congress works?  —  A: They have no understanding of what we do.  They expect that we spend most of our time on the Senate floor debating.
Discussion: The Hill and Taegan Goddard's …
Martin Peretz / The New Republic:
An Apology  —  Nicholas Kristof and I do not see the world—and America's role in it—in the same way.  I have sometimes expressed my disagreements with his opinions vociferously (vociferousness is my business).  But in yesterday's The New York Times, he quotes two sentences that I recently wrote …
Patrick Gavin / The Politico:
MIDTERM BIEBER FEVER  —  Internet-savvy types know that teen heartthrob Justin Bieber pretty much rules the web.  Just last week, rumor spread that Bieber's fan base was so active on Twitter that the microblogging website has servers dedicated just to him.  Twitter didn't confirm, but they didn't deny it, either.
John Byrne / Raw Story:
Exclusive: Florida Governor Charlie Crist prepared to endorse broad swath of gay rights  —  MIAMI — Charlie Crist, the current governor of Florida and Independent candidate for US Senate, is prepared to issue a ringing endorsement of gay rights in a document slated to be released as early as this week …
Jason Groves / Daily Mail:
High life of the poverty quango bosses: Officials ‘living it up in luxury hotels at taxpayers’ expense'  —  Officials at an anti-poverty quango are ‘ living it up’ in luxury hotels at taxpayers' expense, devastating documents reveal.  —  Executives at the Commonwealth Development Corporation …
Discussion: Telegraph and Guardian
 
 
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A Scary Thought  —  Here's a scary thought: Let's say the …
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias and Free exchange
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