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10:40 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.
Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Tea Partiers Bring Cause to Washington
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Citing “Mental Anguish,” …
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 …
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
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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
David Herszenhorn / New York Times:
House G.O.P. Leader Signals He's Open to Obama Tax Cut
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Among Recent Bills, Financial Reform a Lone Plus for Congress  —  Most Americans oppose four other prominent legislative acts  —  PRINCETON, NJ — The financial reform bill President Obama signed into law in July is the most popular of five major pieces of legislation Congress has passed …
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
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
Joseph R. Mason / New York Post:
The prez's new 150,000-jobs killer  —  Tweet  —  The president and many in Congress are using this year's catastrophe in the Gulf to push for sweeping, unrelated measures that would punish not only the US oil and gas industry but the American economy as a whole.
Discussion: Michelle Malkin and Say Anything
 
 
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
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Economics of Contempt:
A Scary Thought  —  Here's a scary thought: Let's say the …
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias and Free exchange
Laura Myers / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
THE BIG STORY: Poll: Reid, Angle still neck and neck
John Byrne / Raw Story:
Exclusive: Florida Governor Charlie Crist prepared to endorse …
Adam Entous / Wall Street Journal:
Saudi Arms Deal Advances
Discussion: Guardian and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
Rick Rojas / Washington Post:
As Obama's popularity drops, so do sales of his merchandise
James Surowiecki / New Yorker:
SECOND HELPINGS  —  When President Obama unveiled an array …
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Joe Weisenthal / The Business Insider:
Left-Wing Terrorism Surges In Europe, As Governments Dismantle Social Safety Net
Discussion: Doug Ross
Joe Weisenthal / The Business Insider:
Obama's Top Econ Chief: No Relief Coming In The Jobs Market
The Politico:
GOP W.H. contenders map slow start
Discussion: Guardian and GOP 12
BBC:
Turkey backs constitutional changes
Discussion: Jihad Watch and PoliBlog
Ben Geman / The Hill:
Giuliani: Imam behind NYC mosque plan puts ‘confrontation’ first