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Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:

O'Donnell In 1996: Investigate Bill Clinton For Murder Of Vince Foster (VIDEO) — Here's another wonderful gem from Christine O'Donnell's past as a frequent guest on TV shows. Back in 1996, when then-Speaker Newt Gingrich's finances were being investigated, O'Donnell complained that people …

Discussion: Weigel, Ben Smith's Blog, The Other McCain, Power Line, Delaware Liberal, New York Magazine, Talking Points Memo, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Matthew Yglesias and Outside the Beltway

Glenn Greenwald / Salon:

The misguided reaction to Tea Party candidates — The “tea party” movement is, in my view, a mirror image of the Republican Party generally. There are some diverse, heterodox factions which compose a small, inconsequential minority of it (various libertarian, independent, and Reagan Democrat types) …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, JOSHUAPUNDIT, Hullabaloo, The Talking Dog, The Daily Dish, Eunomia, No More Mister Nice Blog, pandagon.net, The Huffington Post, The Agonist, Eschaton, Michelle Malkin and The Hill

Michelle Goldberg / The Daily Beast:

My Ex-Gay Life With the Tea Party Queen — trending topics - COLLEGE RANKINGS - GET AMERICA BACK TO WORK - NY FASHION WEEK - MIDTERMS - CHRISTINE O'DONNELL - TEA PARTY — Wade Richards helped Senate nominee Christine O'Donnell rail against gay rights—until he came out.

Discussion: CNN, LGBT POV, TPMMuckraker, Wonk Room and TPMDC

Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Mike Castle won't endorse Christine O'Donnell for Senate, citing ‘smears’

Discussion: Hotline On Call, Politerati, Hot Air, Ben Smith's Blog, National Review, TPMDC, The Fix and Michelle Malkin

Alex Seitz-Wald / Think Progress:
Palin Advises Christine O'Donnell To ‘Speak Through Fox News’

Discussion: Media Matters for America, Salon, The Democratic Daily, TPMDC, Outside the Beltway, Washington Wire and NewsBusters.org

MoJo Articles:
A Tale of Two Sisters — Tea party/Christian right Senate …

Discussion: The Atlantic Online and The Daily Dish

Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
Karl Rove Walks Back His Diss And Gives In To O'Donnell Fever (VIDEO)

Discussion: Rumproast, TPMMuckraker, Scared Monkeys, sisu, Weasel Zippers, Political Byline, Gateway Pundit, Gawker, No More Mister Nice Blog, Examiner, The Impolitic and Talking Points Memo

Lisa Lerer / Business Week:

Jim DeMint's Path to Power — Some Republicans are bristling over his successful backing of Tea Party candidates — The phones wouldn't stop ringing at the Capitol Hill office of South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint on Sept. 15, the day after Tea Party-backed Christine O'Donnell …

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Washington Independent and Daily Kos

Boston Herald:

John Kerry bitter as Tea Party gains steam — U.S. Sen. John Kerry yesterday mocked Republicans as “Sarah Palin's party” even as the New Hampshire Senate candidate she backed claimed victory in Tuesday's primary and a Tea Party favorite emerged as the GOP's best hope to break the Democratic stranglehold on the Bay State delegation.

Discussion: Hot Air, Don Surber, Riehl World View and AmSpecBlog

The Hill: New Contract With America nearly done but candidates won't sign it

The Politico: GOP to roll out election agenda

New York Times:
Primary Day 2010: The Tea Party's Snarl

Discussion: Right Wing News, Hot Air, Pajamas Media, Connecting.the.Dots, NewsBusters.org, PoliPundit.com, Prairie Weather, The Hill and New York Times

Russell Berman / The Hill:

Maxine Waters's aides are expelled from event of Speaker Pelosi's — Three staffers working for embattled Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) were asked by security officers to leave an event in downtown Washington on Thursday after they tried to display large campaign signs just as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was about to speak.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and JammieWearingFool

Gene / The Hill: WHIP COUNT: Democrats in favor of extending all of the Bush tax cuts

Jake Sherman / The Politico:
Pelosi hedges on tax cuts

Discussion: CNN, Congress Blog, John Boehner and Pajamas Media

Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Is the Dems' Bush strategy finally gaining traction?

Discussion: CNN, Daily Kos, skippy the bush kangaroo, iOwnTheWorld.com and Blue Hampshire

Michael O'Brien / The Hill:

Gregg: Warren will promote ‘social justice’ at consumer agency — A top Republican on financial issues said Thursday he was concerned that Elizabeth Warren would use a position in a new consumer protection agency to promote “social justice.” — Gregg, the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee …

Discussion: CNN, The Politico, Daily Kos, The Note, Washington Monthly, Shakesville, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Blue Hampshire and FrumForum

DealBook:
Obama's Plan for Elizabeth Warren Is Questioned

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Ezra Klein, Truthdig and The Page

Meredith Shiner / The Politico:
Chris Dodd warns White House on Elizabeth Warren move

Discussion: CNN

Wall Street Journal:

The Tsunami Heads to Shore — The GOP casualties are over. Now the voter uprising is aiming right at the Democrats. — The pros tell us that 2010 will be a “wave” election, and if that's true then think of Republicans as passengers on a ship who have just watched the tsunami roll over them.

Discussion: The Future of Capitalism, American Power, NRSC and Weekly Standard

Manu Raju / The Politico:
Jim DeMint blasts D.C. GOP

Discussion: Hot Air and Washington Wire

New York Times:
Rebel Republican Marching On, With Baggage

Discussion: CNN, New York Times, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Ben Smith's Blog, AmSpecBlog and The Huffington Post

Andy Barr / The Politico:
Rove to O'Donnell: Tell the truth

Discussion: Beltway Confidential, CNN, FrumForum and JOSHUAPUNDIT

U.S. Census Bureau News:

Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2009 — The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that real median household income in the United States in 2009 was $49,777, not statistically different from the 2008 median. — The nation's official poverty rate in 2009 was 14.3 percent …

Discussion: Liberal Values, Political Punch, The Huffington Post, The New Republic, Ezra Klein, The Reality-Based Community, ABCNEWS, Politics Daily, The Foundry, Daily Kos, Wonk Room, msnbc.com, AmSpecBlog and Newshoggers.com

Carol Morello / Washington Post:
One in seven Americans is living in poverty, Census shows

Discussion: The Huffington Post, New York Magazine, The New Republic and Suburban Guerrilla

Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:

O'Donnell In 2007: Scientists Have Created Mice With Human Brains! — Delaware Republican Senate nominee Christine O'Donnell has previously sounded the alarm against cloning and stem-cell research — and what she's described as the current terror of human-mouse hybrids.

Discussion: The Impolitic and Balloon Juice

Charles Johnson / Little Green Footballs:
O'Donnell: Evil Scientists Are Creating Mouse-Human Hybrids

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Politerati, New York Magazine, The Reality-Based Community and FrumForum

Kerry Eleveld / Advocate:

DADT Held Hostage? — Sen. Joseph Lieberman summed it up best Thursday, suggesting that breaking next week's potential GOP filibuster on the National Defense Authorization Act, which houses “don't ask, don't tell” repeal, depended almost entirely on a procedural showdown between Democrats and Republicans.

Discussion: LGBT POV, The Politico, Wonk Room, Pam's House Blend, Towleroad News #gay and FrumForum

Nathan Hodge / Washington Wire:
Gay-Rights Activists Give McCain the ‘Silent Treatment’

Discussion: Politics Daily

Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:

FOX NEWS SUES DEMOCRATIC SENATE CANDIDATE — EXCLUSIVE: Fox News and one of its top journalists have filed a lawsuit against the campaign of Missouri senate candidate Robin Carnahan, alleging that the Democrat used proprietary footage in a campaign advertisement to make it appear that the network was endorsing her.

Discussion: Politics Daily, TPMMuckraker, Washington Post, Examiner, Raw Story, The Huffington Post, Daily Kos and All American Blogger

Jake Wagman / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Fox News sues Robin Carnahan over campaign commercial

Discussion: AMERICAblog News, Media Matters for America and The Atlantic Online

John Hawkins / Right Wing News:

The 40 Best Conservative Blogs For 2010 (Version 3.0) — It's time for me to rank my favorite blogs for the 3rd quarter of 2010. — Do keep in mind that as the quarter has progressed, some blogs have, of course, moved up and others have dropped, based on how often I visit them …

Discussion: Liberal Values

The Cook Political Report:

Connecticut Senate: A Slow, Steady Move to Toss Up — The contest between Democratic Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon has been gradually closing over the past few months, and is now in single digits, according to some polls.

Discussion: FoxNews.com, OpenSecrets.org and JammieWearingFool

Mary Katharine Ham / Weekly Standard:
Charlie Cook Moves Connecticut Senate to Toss Up

Discussion: WCTX-TV and TPMDC

Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:

Where Fenty Went Wrong — Ta-Nehisi writes what I think is a fair critique of how Fenty lost: “A lot has been made of the role of race in this campaign, and the sense that Fenty is the tool of white interlopers seeking to turn D.C. into Seattle. Fear of the oncoming white horde of gentrifiers …

Courtland Milloy / Washington Post:
D.C. election didn't just unseat abrasive Mayor Fenty. It was a populist revolt.

Discussion: The Atlantic Online, D.C. Schools Insider, Ezra Klein, Mike DeBonis on Local Politics, Hit & Run, Matthew Yglesias, DCist, National Review, Ben Smith's Blog, The BLT and ABCNEWS

CBS News:

Jimmy Carter Slams Ted Kennedy On Health Care — Tells “60 Minutes” Comprehensive Care Would Be In Place Had The Late Senator Not Killed His Bill — (CBS) The late Sen. Ted Kennedy, champion of the recent health plan legislation, actually delayed comprehensive coverage for Americans for decades, says former President Jimmy Carter.

Discussion: Politics Daily, Raw Story, Political Insider and FrumForum

Terry / CNSNews:

White House Science Czar Says He Would Use ‘Free Market’ to ‘De-Develop the United States’ — In a video interview this week, White House Office of Science and Technology Director John P. Holdren told CNSNews.com that he would use the “free market economy” to implement the “massive campaign” …

Discussion: theblogprof, The Confluence, Neptunus Lex, Breitbart.tv, Weasel Zippers and Beltway Confidential

Des Moines Register:

Sarah Palin in Iowa under political microscope — The political eyes of the nation and world will be watching Sarah Palin's scheduled appearance in Iowa Friday for signals about her plans. — More than 50 news media organizations, from as far away as London, plan to cover …

Discussion: GOP 12