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8:55 AM ET, October 4, 2010

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Las Vegas Sun Blogs:
Angle: “I'm not sure I can win” if Ashjian's in, nat'l GOPers “have lost their principles,” need to “leave me alone”  — Team Angle on tape: Shows she is ‘blunt, plain spoken’ leader: Team Reid: ‘supreme hypocrisy’ by trying to make deal  —  That's just some of what GOP Senate nominee Sharron Angle …
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Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
Brown: Tea Partiers ‘do not seem to much like America the way we are’  —  Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) argued in an op-ed that the Tea Party is divisive, driven by anger and doesn't like America “the way we are.”  —  Writing in Monday's USA Today, Brown said that liberals should be proud …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Tell us what you really think, Ms. Angle  —  Jon Ralston today posted a remarkable audio recording of Nevada Republican Sharron Angle meeting privately with a conservative rival, Scott Ashjian, and his allies.  —  The recording is worth listening to in full despite its poor quality.
Discussion: Las Vegas Sun Blogs
Michael Patrick Leahy / Big Journalism:
News the Old Media Won't Tell You: More Trash at One Sparsely …
Discussion: The Other McCain and Wolf Files
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / Washington Examiner:
Tea Party dominance was inevitable — and I told you so
Kathleen Hennessey / Los Angeles Times:
Democrats playing on opponents' words
Discussion: Politics Daily
Jason Mattera / Human Events:
HUMAN EVENTS Reporter Assaulted at Leftist Rally  —  A liberal protester at the “One Nation Working Together” march physically assaulted a HUMAN EVENTS reporter who was videotaping Rep. Charlie Rangel (D.-N.Y) at the event at the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Fear and Favor  —  A note to Tea Party activists: This is not the movie you think it is.  You probably imagine that you're starring in “The Birth of a Nation,” but you're actually just extras in a remake of “Citizen Kane.”  —  True, there have been some changes in the plot.
Discussion: Guardian and Prairie Weather
John / Verum Serum:
Restoring Honor vs. One Nation: The Animated Gif  —  I have tweaked the photos a bit to make them more similar (exposure, sharpening, etc.) but I have not done anything to the crowds or any cloning.  Quite a difference:  —  Remember, the organizers were claiming they definitely had more people.
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
DNC boasts best fundraising month in 2010 cylce with $16M  —  Democrats boasted their best fundraising month of this cycle, raising over $16 million in the month of September.  —  The Democratic National Committee (DNC) will report over $16 millIon in revenues from last month when its files …
Discussion: The Politico and Prairie Weather
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
AS THE WORLD BURNS  —  How the Senate and the White House missed their best chance to deal with climate change.  —  On April 20, 2010, Senators John Kerry, Lindsey Graham, and Joseph Lieberman, along with three aides, visited Rahm Emanuel, President Obama's chief of staff, at the White House.
Erika Lovley / The Politico:
Disloyal Dems: Will Pelosi strike back?  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has become a punching bag for struggling Democratic House colleagues this fall, but some mouthy members have hit below the belt, raising questions about whether they'll face a Pelosi punishment after the elections.
Discussion: Sweetness & Light
Richard Norton-Taylor / Guardian:
British intelligence denies US terror warnings sparked by new info  —  US warning of commando terror attacks in Europe irritates European officials, who say no evidence plot is imminent  —  Fresh warnings of possible terror attacks in Europe issued by the US were not sparked any new intelligence …
Jonathan Weisman / Wall Street Journal:
Obama Likely to Scale Back Legislative Plans  —  In New Political Landscape, Incremental Approach Is in Works to Get Support for Some Proposals on Energy, Immigration  —  President Barack Obama, facing at best narrower Democratic majorities in Congress next year, is likely to break …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House: Dems gaining ground on GOP in voter enthusiasm
Discussion: The Politico
thepage.time.com:
TRUMP CARD  —  PAGE EXCLUSIVE: New Hampshire voters polled by phone on their feelings about The Donald and 2012.  —  Read the startling details after the jump.  —  According to sources familiar with the calls, New Hampshire residents received a telephone poll in September testing multiple …
Discussion: CNN
Jeff Poor / NewsBusters.org:
‘This Week’ Wages ‘Holy War’ Month Before Midterms: ‘We Believe that One Day the Flag of Islam will Fly Over the White House’  —  You have to wonder what on earth ABC's “This Week” host Christiane Amanpour is thinking by holding a so-called town hall meeting this close to a pivotal midterm election.
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Susan Crabtree / The Hill:
Conyers lost driver's license after renewal check bounced  —  Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) lost his driver's license temporarily this summer because he bounced the check used to pay the renewal fee, according to an Associated Press report.  —  Conyers, who chairs the Judiciary Committee …
Discussion: Gateway Pundit and Weasel Zippers
Steve Kingstone / BBC:
Rousseff falls short of outright win in Brazil election  —  For Serra's supporters, a second round is an achievement in itself  —  Brazil's presidential election will go to a second round after Dilma Rousseff failed to gain the 50% of votes needed for an outright victory.
Discussion: PoliBlog
Neil Steinberg / Washington Post:
Chicago, get ready for Rahm Emanuel's charm offensive  —  CHICAGO — So Rahm Emanuel, the ultimate sharp-elbowed Washington power broker, thinks he can just quit his job as White House chief of staff, catch a plane to O'Hare, slip on a Bears jacket midflight, land smiling and convince a majority …
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Jim Efstathiou Jr / Bloomberg:
New York Times to Repay Carlos Slim's $250 Million Loan Three Years Early
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Ground Zero mosque likened to Superman's HQ
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Ynetnews:
Lieberman: Obama trying to force agreement on Israel
Discussion: Israel Matzav
T.W. Farnamand Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Interest-group spending for midterm up fivefold from 2006; many sources secret
Jonathan / Rebellious Pixels:
Donald Duck Discovers Glenn Beck in “Right Wing Radio Duck”
Malcolm Gay / New York Times:
More States Allowing Guns in Bars
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The Rise of Black Republicans
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Tea Party-backed Carl Paladino gets millions in tax breaks …
 

 
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