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12:50 PM ET, September 21, 2010

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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Reid calls Gillibrand the ‘hottest’ member at fundraiser  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had an unusual form of praise for New York's junior senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, this morning at the fundraiser Mayor Bloomberg hosted for him at his townhouse - referring to her as “the hottest member” …
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CNN:
Reid calls Gillibrand ‘the hottest member’
Discussion: TPMDC
Shankar Vedantam / Washington Post:
Senate to look at Dream Act for illegal immigrants
Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2010: Alaska Senate  —  Alaska Senate: Miller (R) Holds Double-Digit Lead Over McAdams (D), Murkowski  —  Republican Joe Miller attracts 42% of the vote in the first Rasmussen Reports poll of the Alaska Senate race since GOP Senator Lisa Murkowski announced her write-in campaign to try to keep her job.
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The Independent:
Madam President?  It could happen  —  Speculation that she will run for President in 2012 is reaching fever pitch.  But what do those who watched Sarah Palin grow up make of her meteoric ascent - and ruthless ambition?  By Shushannah Walshe  —  The first thing you notice …
J. Taylor Rushing / The Hill:
GOP worries Murkowski write-in bid could cost party a Senate seat  —  Republican leaders are angry with Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) for jeopardizing their chances of winning the Senate.  —  Murkowski's decision to mount a write-in campaign risks splitting the Republican vote between …
Roxana Tiron / The Hill:
Levin: Defense bill may fall off schedule if procedural vote fails  —  The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said the defense authorization bill may not win approval this year if it does not pass a key procedural hurdle on Tuesday.  —  Sen. Carl Levin (Mich.) …
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The Politico:
'Don't ask' vote hangs on moderates  —  Gay rights and immigration reform advocates mounted a last-ditch effort Monday to overcome an expected Republican filibuster of a defense authorization bill that could lead to a repeal of the military's “don't ask, don't tell” policy and create a pathway …
Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Promise to Repeal Gay Ban Faces Filibuster
ABCNEWS:
Don't Ask Don't Tell Repeal Faces Filibuster, Key Senate Vote
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Tea party picking up steam nationwide  —  Fresh off big primary wins in Delaware and Alaska, national “tea party” groups are redirecting the energy of the movement toward the November midterm elections, raising millions of dollars, expanding their advocacy into dozens of congressional races …
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Republican lawmaker: Reagan would face ‘tough time’ in today's GOP
Discussion: CNN
Haley Barbour / Wall Street Journal:
GOP, Tea Party Unity Spells Defeat For Obama
Discussion: Commentary
N.C. Aizenman / Washington Post:
Major health insurers to stop offering new child-only policies  —  Some of the country's most prominent health insurance companies have decided to stop offering new child-only plans, rather than comply with rules in the new health-care law that will require such plans to start accepting children …
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Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Health insurers drop coverage for children ahead of new rules
Discussion: Verum Serum and AMERICAblog News
Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Watchdog: Christine O'Donnell “Clearly a Criminal”  —  Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, or CREW, today filed a pair of complaints concerning Delaware Republican Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell's use of more than $20,000 in campaign funds for personal expenses.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland:
Christine O'Donnell's History Of Activism To “Pray Away The Gay”
CNN:
O'Donnell sidesteps specifics on funds, says ‘no truth’ to allegations
Discussion: Gateway Pundit and FrumForum
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Close Race in West Virginia  —  PPP's first look at the West Virginia Senate contest finds a very tight race with John Raese up 46-43 on Joe Manchin, a result within the poll's margin of error.  —  The contest provides a fascinating choice for voters in the state who love their Democratic Governor …
Wall Street Journal:
Why the GOP Should Repeal DADT  —  Gays in the military: The White House and Congress owe them better.  —  'Gay-Pride Parade Sets Mainstream Acceptance of Gays Back 50 Years.  " The line is a bit of satire from the Onion.  But it came to mind after Lady Gaga released a video …
Stable Hand / The Jawa Report:
Facebook Jihad: KILL A JEW DAY/JihadTube: KILL A JEW DAY (Hamas: Galid Shalit)  —  Please report this Nazi douchebag's FB event page.  Report link on bottom of page under last entry.  Thanks in advance.  —  Also, this terrorist vid below needs to be flagged (h/t Bubbe).
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Jerusalem Post:
Schalit family attacks Hamas posting of new Youtube clip
Discussion: American Power and Biased BBC
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
A Message from Israel  —  Israel's ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren, spoke at three Washington, D.C. synagogues on Yom Kippur—at Adas Israel at Kol Nidrei services last Friday night, then at Washington Hebrew Congregation Saturday morning and at Kesher Israel in the afternoon.
Discussion: Power Line
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Debra Rubin / Washington Jewish Week:
A warning from Israeli ambassador?
Stan Schroeder / Mashable!:
Twitter Mouseover Security Flaw Affecting Thousands of Users [WARNING]  —  Update (10:00 a.m. ET): A spokesperson for Twitter tells us “This should now be fully patched and is no longer exploitable.”  —  A new Twitter security flaw has been widely exploited on thousands of Twitter accounts …
Bureau of Labor Statistics:
Regional and State Employment and Unemployment Summary  —  Technical information:  —  Employment: (202) 691-6559 * sminfo@bls.gov * www.bls.gov/sae  —  Unemployment: (202) 691-6392 * lausinfo@bls.gov * www.bls.gov/lau  —  Media contact: (202) 691-5902 * PressOffice@bls.gov
Major Garrett / Congressional Connection Poll:
Americans Want Their Leaders To Stand And Fight  —  Nearly half of America — including nearly two-thirds of Republicans and 53 percent of independents — admires political leaders who refuse to compromise.  This is further evidence that the current political atmosphere is not merely contentious …
Boston Weather, Breaking News and Sports from WBZ-TV:
Aunt Zeituni: ‘The System Took Advantage Of Me’  —  President Obama's Aunt Speaks Exclusively With WBZ-TV  —  BOSTON (WBZ) ― “If I come as an immigrant, you have the obligation to make me a citizen.”  Those are the words from 58-year-old Zeituni Onyango of Kenya in a recent exclusive interview with WBZ-TV.
Christina Wilkie / The Hill:
Speaker Pelosi would take big pay cut if Republicans take back the House  —  Call it a redistribution of wealth, Washington-style.  —  If Republicans win the House this fall, House GOP leader John Boehner (Ohio) stands to get a pay raise and Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) salary would be cut.
Discussion: JammieWearingFool
Kenneth Lovett / NY Daily News:
Can I ‘call him an a—hole?’  Andrew Cuomo in tizzy after GOP foe Carl Paladino questions his manhood  —  ALBANY - Stung by Carl Paladino's below-the-belt attacks, an angry Andrew Cuomo summoned his war council on Monday to figure out how to fight back against his slash-and-burn GOP rival.
Jenny Nordberg / New York Times:
Afghan Boys Are Prized, So Girls Live the Part  —  KABUL, Afghanistan — Six-year-old Mehran Rafaat is like many girls her age.  She likes to be the center of attention.  She is often frustrated when things do not go her way.  Like her three older sisters, she is eager to discover …
New York Times:
The Brothers Koch and AB 32  —  Four years ago, bipartisan majorities in the California Legislature approved a landmark clean energy bill that many hoped would serve as a template for a national effort to reduce dependence on foreign oil and mitigate the threat of climate change.
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Shelby: GOP majority would ‘revisit’ Wall Street reform law  —  A Republican majority in the Senate would “revisit” the Wall Street reform bill passed earlier this year, Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) said Tuesday.  —  Shelby, the ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Russell Berman / The Hill:
Majority Leader Hoyer says House will stay in session next week  —  House lawmakers will stick around at least another week before bolting Washington for the campaign trail, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said Tuesday.  —  Hoyer dismissed a report that the House was considering adjourning …
Discussion: The Politico
Washington Post:
Fearing a soaring deficit, many analysts favor letting Bush tax cuts expire  —  The tax cuts at the heart of a fierce pre-election battle on Capitol Hill were designed when the economy was booming, the federal budget was in surplus and George W. Bush was campaigning for president on a promise to return the extra cash to taxpayers.
Tom Topousis / New York Post:
Mosque ally's vid shows ‘Hez’ true colors  —  Tweet  —  Among the Islamic clerics defending plans for a mosque near Ground Zero yesterday was an outspoken critic of Israel who enthusiastically signaled his support for terror groups Hamas and Hezbollah during a rally a decade ago.
 
 
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The Huffington Post:
McCain Knocks Amendments To Defense Authorization Despite Once Offering His Own
Bob Herbert / New York Times:
Neglecting the Base
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Natasha Korecki / Chicago Sun Times:
Fund-raiser: Jackson behind $6M Senate-seat scheme
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Newt Gingrich / RedState:
Winning in '10 Means Utilizing the Power of 10
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Daniel Indiviglio / The Atlantic Online:
Housing Starts in August Flew Past Expectations
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Spelling Murkowski
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Corbett Has Big Lead In Pennsylvania Governor's Race, Quinnipiac …
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
Jimmy Carter clarifies - sort of
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Adama D. Brown / the albany project:
NY-18: Lowey's challenger opposes interracial marriage and school …
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