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2:40 AM ET, October 12, 2010

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Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
Axelrod to US Chamber: What Are You Hiding That You Don't Want the American People to See?  —  We caught up with White House senior adviser David Axelrod today to chat about the current controversy about the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and whether any of its ads are being funded with foreign money.
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ABCNEWS:
Fact Check: Is Foreign Money Behind U.S. Chamber of Commerce Ads?  —  President Obama, Democrats Say There's Foreign Influence in Election, Scant Evidence to Prove Claims  —  To many Democrats, the accusation by President Obama and other party leaders that foreign money might be bank rolling …
BBC:
Banksy creates new Simpsons title sequence  —  The Simpsons, Thursday 21 October, 1930BST, Sky 1 HD and Sky 1  —  UK graffiti artist Banksy has created a controversial title sequence for long-running US animation The Simpsons.  —  The intro, which was shown in the US on Sunday …
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Dave Itzkoff / ArtsBeat:
‘The Simpsons’ Explains Its Button-Pushing Banksy Opening  —  How did “The Simpsons” manage to track down Banksy, the pseudonymous British artist, and get him to create the powerful opening-credit sequence from Sunday's episode, which seems to reveal the torturous sweatshop responsible for the show's creation?
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Gallup poll shows GOP isn't losing steam with likely voters  —  Republicans maintained their edge over Democrats in the generic ballot as Nov. 2's elections drew nearer.  —  The GOP kept its healthy lead over Democrats in both high and low turnout scenarios in Gallup's weekly test of likely voters' preference between the two parties.
Discussion: Riehl World View and GayPatriot
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DCCC:
MORE DISTRICT BY DISTRICT POLLS SHOW DEMOCRATS WELL-POSITIONED FOR NOVEMBER
Frank Newport / Gallup:   Republicans Maintain Strength Among Likely Voters
Sewell Chan / The Caucus:
Soros: I Can't Stop a Republican ‘Avalanche’  —  George Soros, the billionaire financier who was an energetic Democratic donor in the last several election cycles but is sitting this one out, is not feeling optimistic about Democratic prospects.  —  “I made an exception getting involved in 2004 …
Sarah Palin / Facebook:
More Great Candidates to Support This Year  —  I've just finished up another great week of travel across our country.  From Florida to California, the feeling is unmistakable.  A commonsense grassroots movement is determined to get our country back to its founding principles and constitutional roots.
Richard Sisk / NY Daily News:
Former VP Dick Cheney appears gaunt at California event months after heart procedure  —  WASHINGTON - Former Vice President Dick Cheney appeared gaunt and frail as he defended Bush administration terror policies before a sellout California crowd over the weekend.
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Hetz Shahor / The Jawa Report:
North Carolina Muslim Admits Working with al Qaeda: “Proud to be an American Traitor” [Full text]  —  I think we can quit with the speculation about where he went and why  —  Update by Rusty: The full text of Khan's story can be found at the end of this post.  —  I'm reading the magazine now and will continue to update.
Kerry Eleveld / Advocate:
GetEqual Protests Obama  —  See more photos of the protest below.  —  A group of LGBT equality activists working to end “don't ask, don't tell” launched an elaborate protest early Monday evening as President Barack Obama attended a private Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee fund-raiser …
Elizabeth A. Harris / New York Times:
Unrepentant, Paladino Calls Gay Parades ‘Disgusting’  —  Despite an uproar over his remarks about gays, Carl P. Paladino appeared on national television on Monday and expressed revulsion at gay pride parades.  —  Mr. Paladino restated his criticism of Andrew M. Cuomo, his Democratic opponent …
Alexander Mooney / CNN:
Trending: ‘Exuberant’ author aims for President, meets Secret Service  —  (CNN) - The Secret Service is now shedding some more light on the circumstances surrounding a man who threw a book at President Obama at an event in Pennsylvania Sunday.  And they're not throwing the book at him.
Chris Ciarlo / KTVN-TV:
Woman Says She Worked for Sandoval Illegally  —  Ana Padilla used to be go by her middle name, Maritza.  She told us that was when she first came to the United States illegally.  —  “I come from Guatemala City in 1986,” said Padilla.  —  She told us after working in the States for about ten years …
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Fiorina: Palin is qualified to be president  —  (CNN) - Carly Fiorina, the Republican Senate candidate in California gifted Sarah Palin a high compliment on Monday.  —  “I certainly think she's qualified to be president of the United States,” Fiorina said in an interview on CNN's The Situation Room.
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Meredith Shiner / The Politico:
Fiorina, Whitman down tequila shots
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.
Discussion: New York Magazine
Aaron Lucchetti / Wall Street Journal:
Signing Bonuses Haunt Wall Street  —  Some Deals Made in the Heat of the Financial Crisis Haven't Paid Off; Finra Arbitration in Demand  —  Securities firms dangled big bucks to lure thousands of brokers away from rival companies during the past two years.  Now those signing bonuses are causing an epidemic of buyer's remorse.
Discussion: Felix Salmon and Mother Jones
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Offering Donors Secrecy, and Going on Attack  —  The American Future Fund has spent millions on campaign advertising, taking on Democratic candidates like Rep. Bruce Braley.  —  Multimedia  —  Graphic  —  Behind Attack Ads, Hints of a Pattern  —  The latest on President Obama …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Michael Wines / New York Times:
U.S. Alarmed by Harsh Tone of China's Military  —  BEIJING — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates met his Chinese counterpart, Liang Guanglie, in Vietnam on Monday for the first time since the two militaries suspended talks with each other last winter, calling for the two countries to prevent “mistrust, miscalculations and mistakes.”
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
For Democrats, Even ‘Safe’ Seats Are Shaky  —  ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio — Republicans are expanding the battle for the House into districts that Democrats had once considered relatively safe, while Democrats began a strategy of triage on Monday to fortify candidates who they believe stand the best chance of survival.
Keka's Open Salon Blog:
White Men With Guns—Reconstruction Redux  —  I saw it.  But I couldn't believe it.  —  There I was, in a fast food drive through, behind a man whose back window decal, in small white letters, sent me a message that sent a chill down my spine—just as he'd hoped it would, no doubt.  It said:
KGO-TV:
Source: Brown's wife called Whitman a ‘whore’  —  gubernatorial race, meg whitman, jerry brown, politics  —  Fox News is claiming it has sources whom have identified the person in Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown's campaign who called Republican challenger Meg Whitman a “whore.”
NABE:
NABE Outlook, October 2010  —  Growth Projections Marked Down: Higher Unemployment and Lower Inflation  —  Summary: NABE panelists trimmed their projections on economic growth; those projections now remain sub-par through year-end.  Real GDP will accelerate gradually during 2011, but remain moderate for the whole of next year.
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Scarborough retracts false claim about lefty groups' disclosure.  Will Rove and other righties do same?  —  I suppose this is par for the course.  But perhaps it should be part of the discussion that right wing commentators who claim lefty groups and unions are running ads funded by anonymous donors …
Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal:
Democrats Are Conflicted Over Black Vote, Obama  —  ST. LOUIS—Democrats say it is critical that they turn out African American voters this November.  But for Robin Carnahan, the party's nominee for Senate in Missouri, that is proving to be a tricky proposition.
Barry Meier / New York Times:
Supreme Court to Consider Vaccine Case  —  The safety of vaccines is at the heart of a case expected to be heard on Tuesday by the United States Supreme Court, one that could have implications for hundreds of lawsuits that contend there is a link between vaccines and autism.
Liberty Chick / Big Journalism:
Progressives Embrace Convicted Terrorist  —  This past July, in a formal request it filed with the prosecutors of Maryland state and the city of Baltimore, a left-leaning organization known as Velvet Revolution urged prosecutors to press criminal charges against James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles …
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Pat Toomey: Human activity might not be main cause of global warming  —  As many people have already pointed out, some of the leading beneficiaries of this season of Tea Party craziness are Republican candidates who hold extreme views on specific issues but nonetheless come across as moderate …
Krystal Ball / The Huffington Post:
The Next Glass Ceiling  —  What's Your Reaction:  —  When I was fifteen-years-old, I watched Hillary Clinton during the difficult times she faced when her private life and President Clinton's private life became public.  Nevermind that the people conducting the impeachment hearings were having multiple affairs and oozed hypocrisy.
Discussion: Right Wing News and Pirate's Cove
 
 
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