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3:45 PM ET, October 12, 2010

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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Sharron Angle raised $14 million in 3rd quarter  —  Former Nevada state Assemblywoman Sharron Angle raised $14 million over the last three months for her race against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.  AP Photo/Cathleen Allison  —  Former Nevada state Assemblywoman Sharron Angle (R) …
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Chris Stirewalt / Fox News:
Fox News Polls: GOP Sees Senate Chances Improve  —  The race for the Senate continues to heat up as Republicans lead for two seats currently held by Democrats — Nevada and Washington — while another Republican has closed into striking distance for an open seat in Connecticut.
Shira Toeplitz / The Politico:
Sharron Angle announces $14 million haul
Discussion: CNN and Ballot Box
CNN:
CNN Poll: Americans like Obama but disagree with him on issues  —  Washington (CNN) - Hours before President Barack Obama holds a town hall to try and energize Democratic voters, a new poll indicates that he remains personally popular but a majority of Americans disagree with his positions on issues that matter to them.
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
For Democrats, Even ‘Safe’ Seats Are Shaky
ABCNEWS:
Foreign Money Flowing Into Campaign?
The Politico:
White House ‘out of the fetal position’
Mike Dorning / Bloomberg:
Obama Loses Support in Poll as Joblessness Prompts Growing U.S. Discontent  —  Hope has turned to doubt and disenchantment for almost half of President Barack Obama's supporters.  —  More than 4 of 10 likely voters who say they once considered themselves Obama backers now are either less supportive …
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Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Nearly half of Obama's supporters have now given up on him: poll  —  Nearly half the people who once considered themselves supporters of President Barack Obama don't anymore.  —  Other than that, his virtually nonstop cross-country campaigning for embattled Democrats in the Nov. 2 election is working perfectly.
John McCormick / Bloomberg:
Republicans Prove Unpopular With Voters Against Obama in Poll
The Huffington Post:
Ken Buck Explained To Alleged Rape Victim Why He Wouldn't Take Her Case (AUDIO)  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?  —  A five-year-old rape case that was never prosecuted is suddenly causing major ripples in the Colorado Senate race and headaches for Republican candidate Ken Buck.
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Michelle Malkin:
Smearing Ken Buck
Jillian Rayfield / TPMDC:
Rich Iott Defends Nazis He Dresses Up As: ‘They Were Doing What They Thought Was Right’ (VIDEO)  —  Ohio Congressional candidate Rich Iott got grilled by Anderson Cooper last night on his rather unusual hobby of dressing up as a member of the 5th SS Wiking Panzer Division, a unit in the German army during World War II.
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Peter Baker / The Caucus:
White House Is Lifting Ban on Deepwater Drilling  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration announced on Tuesday that it was immediately lifting a moratorium on deepwater drilling that was imposed after the BP oil spill, as new rules are put in place that are intended to prevent another disaster.
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Laura Rozen / The Politico:
Researcher: Suicide terrorism linked to military occupation  —  Robert Pape, a University of Chicago political science professor and former Air Force lecturer, will present findings on Capitol Hill Tuesday that argue that the majority of suicide terrorism around the world since 1980 has had a common cause: military occupation.
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:   They hate us for our occupations
Wall Street Journal:
Wall Street Pay: A Record $144 Billion  —  Financial Overhaul Has Affected Structure but Not Level; Revenue-to-Compensation Ratio Stays Flat  —  Pay on Wall Street is on pace to break a record high for a second consecutive year, according to a study conducted by The Wall Street Journal.
Matthew L. Wald / New York Times:
Offshore Wind Power Line Wins Backing  —  Correction Appended  —  WASHINGTON — Google and a New York financial firm have each agreed to invest heavily in a proposed $5 billion transmission backbone for future offshore wind farms along the Atlantic Seaboard that could ultimately transform the region's electrical map.
Ezra Klein:
The irrelevance of the liberal ‘brand’  —  There is perhaps no surer signal that Democrats are about to suffer a terrific defeat than to see liberals begin discussing how to define, redefine, or otherwise burnish their “brand.”  So far as I'm concerned, this falls firmly in the “doesn't matter” category of American politics.
Sean Cockerham / Anchorage Daily News:
Miller vows silence on background until election  —  Republican Senate nominee Joe Miller said this afternoon that he will not be answering any more questions about his personal background for the remainder of the campaign.  —  “We've drawn a line in the sand.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Murkowski names Democrats as senators she admires
Tony Perkins / Washington Post:
Christian compassion requires the truth about harms of homosexuality  —  The media has recently been filled with reports of several recent suicides by teenagers who are reported to have been victims of “anti-gay” bullying.  Some homosexual activist groups lay blame at the feet …
Bill Estep / Lexington Herald-Leader:
Bill Clinton blasts Rand Paul, GOP tactics at UK rally for Conway  —  Former President Bill Clinton campaigned for Attorney General Jack Conway in Lexington on Monday, delivering a hard-nosed repudiation of Republican Rand Paul's “radical ideas” to cut government spending.
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Paralysis of the State  —  Sometimes a local issue perfectly illuminates a larger national problem.  Such is the case with the opposition of the New Jersey governor, Chris Christie, to construction of a new tunnel between his state and New York.  —  Christie argues that a state …
Jim Treacher / The Daily Caller:
You just keep leaning forward, Keith  —  Yesterday we showed you Keith Olbermann's contribution to MSNBC's great new “Lean Forward” campaign.  You know, the one that's going to turn everything around and make people watch their channel.  Why would they want to miss this?
Jeremy P. Jacobs / Hotline On Call:
Paladino Curses Eric Holder  —  It's already been a rough week for Republican Carl Paladino's New York gubernatorial campaign and it looks like the hits are going to keep on coming.  —  In a previously unreleased video obtained by Hotline On Call, Paladino has some choice words …
Wall Street Journal:
The 2010 Spending Record  —  In two years, a 21.4% increase.  —  Perhaps you missed it, but then so did the Washington press corps.  Late last week the Congressional Budget Office released its preliminary budget tallies for fiscal year 2010, and the news is that the U.S. government had another fabulous year—in spending your money.
New York Times:
Offering Donors Secrecy, and Going on Attack  —  The American Future Fund, a conservative organization based in Iowa, has been one of the more active players in this fall's campaigns, spending millions of dollars on ads attacking Democrats across the country.
Jim VandeHei / The Politico:
The race that says it all  —  OSHKOSH, WI.  — Until last fall, Ron Johnson was just an intensely private guy with a good business and a nice house on Lake Winnebago.  He kept a stack of Wall Street Journals next to his bed, folded just right so he wouldn't forget to read columnist Dan Henninger on this or Paul Gigot on that.
Alex Tabarrok / Marginal Revolution:
Economic Misconceptions  —  Students typically come to an economics class with many misconceptions, not just random errors but systematic biases (see especially Caplan 2002).  —  Bill Goffe recently (2009) surveyed one of his macro principles classes and found, for example …
Scott / Power Line:
The Stanford Daily's Two Minute Hate  —  Victor Davis Hanson recently noted some of the ironies and absurdities of the regime of affirmative action enforced in American institutions of higher learning.  The rationale of the affirmative action regime is of course “diversity.”  Regarding this rationale, Hanson wrote:
Michelle Malkin:
Celebrating American greatness...in Chile  —  In a different day and age, Jeff Hart would be the most famous American in our country right now.  He would be honored at the White House.  Schoolchildren would learn of his skill and heroism.  But because Jeff Hart works in an industry under fire …
Glen Bolger / Public Opinion Strategies:
The Myth of the Democrat Surge  —  At the entrance to the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort in South Carolina is a sign that reads, “The noise you hear is the sound of freedom.”  Well, the noise you hear right now is the sound of Democrats whistling past the graveyard, with various claims …
Discussion: Ballot Box
Dan Klein / Tablet Magazine:
Jews in the Senior Chamber  —  Democratic politicians are bracing for big losses three weeks from today.  According to election-predicting honcho Nate Silver (to whom many apologies), eight senators are likely to turnover their seats.  According to The Scroll, three are Members of the Tribe …
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog and Commentary
Susan Dominus / New York Times:
The True Mission of ‘Crisis Pregnancy Centers’  —  Imagine a young woman riding the subway, consumed by her thoughts: she is pregnant, considering abortion, but unsure of where to turn.  She looks up midcommute and notices a sign with three bold words, one beneath the other: “Free abortion alternatives.”
Ed Lavandera / CNN:
Woman, 101, to become U.S. citizen with help of 69-year-old document  —  Brownsville, Texas (CNN) — Eulalia Garcia Maturey has outlived two husbands, her two children and decades of bygone immigration laws.  At 101, Maturey will become a U.S. citizen on the 101st anniversary of her crossing into the United States from Mexico.
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog
 
 
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Sharon Otterman / New York Times:
Lauded Harlem Schools Have Their Own Problems
Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Palin PAC raises $1.2 million in third quarter
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Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
Watchdog group: Boxer not transparent over all Countrywide mortgages
Discussion: GayPatriot and Big Government
Ethan Rome / The Huffington Post:
Jack Black, America Ferrera Use Comedy to Help HCAN Unmask ‘Liars for Hire’
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Poll: Obama leads Palin by 16 in 2012 test
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
VFW battles VFW PAC over endorsements
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Democrat rules out supporting ‘too extreme’ Pelosi as speaker
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Boehner's ‘Plan B’ for ObamaCare
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Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun Times:
Poll suggests Gutierrez can win
Nancy Folbre / Economix:
The Spousal Safety Net
Bill Hutchinson / NY Daily News:
Staten Island man Juan Rodriguez may not get ‘reward’ …
Marin Cogan / The Politico:
Democrats fear wipeout for women
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