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1:05 PM ET, October 13, 2010

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The Hill:
THE HILL POLL: Republicans are up in 8 of 10 open House districts  —  Republicans are winning eight out of 10 competitive open House seats surveyed in a groundbreaking new poll by The Hill.  —  Taken on top of 11 GOP leads out of 12 freshman Democratic districts polled last week …
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Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
Four Causes that Will Lead to a Democratic Election Nightmare  —  Locked in place.  —  The four causes of what's likely to be a landslide defeat for Democrats in the midterm election are now locked in place.  All that's left for Democrats in the final three weeks of the campaign is to trash Republicans …
Discussion: Liberty Pundits Blog
The Hill:
THE HILL POLL: A district-by-district analysis of results and interactive map  —  D: Roy Herron, 37% R: Stephen Fincher, 47%  —  Washington 3  —  D: Denny Heck, 40% R: Jaime Herrera, 42%  —  Arkansas 1  —  D: Chad Causey, 34% R: Rick Crawford, 46%  —  Wisconsin 7  —  Illinois 10
Discussion: WisPolitics DC Wrap
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Education of a President  —  On a busy afternoon in the West Wing late last month, President Barack Obama seemed relaxed and unhurried as he sat down in a newly reupholstered brown leather chair in the Oval Office.  He had just returned from the East Room, where he signed the Small Business Jobs Act …
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Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
President Obama Looks Forward — and Back  —  President Obama said that he expected Republicans to offer him more cooperation after November's elections, no matter the outcome.  —  In an hour-long interview with the Times's White House correspondent, Peter Baker, Mr. Obama predicted …
Mike Allen / The Politico:
20 DAYS OUT - Obama to Peter Baker: 'There's no such thing …
NY Daily News:
GOP governor hopeful Carl Paladino cashed in on Buffalo gay clubs Cobalt, Buddies II  —  Carl Paladino says kids shouldn't be “brainwashed” into thinking it's okay to be gay or be taken to a “disgusting” gay pride parade.  —  But he had no problem when his son, William, ran Cobalt …
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Jocelyn Noveck / Associated Press:
Obama's related to Palin  —  NEW YORK - President Barack Obama has family ties to none other than Sarah Palin, according to the genealogists at Ancestry.com, a discovery the family history site made when looking for connections between political foes.  —  And that's not all …
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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
President Obama ads: Not just for the GOP
Discussion: CNN
Washington Post:
Michelle Rhee to announce resignation as D.C. schools chancellor on Wednesday  —  D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee will announce Wednesday that she is resigning at the end of this month, bringing an abrupt end to a tenure that drew national acclaim but that also became a central issue …
Chris Moody / The Daily Caller:
‘Spirit of Political Disclosure’?  White House Press Sec once part of group that refused to disclose donors  —  The White House plans to continue attacking groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other conservative organizations for not disclosing the names of donors behind political ads.
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Gerald F. Seib / Washington Wire:
Political Wisdom: The ‘Foreign Campaign Money’ Can of Worms
Cathleen Decker / Los Angeles Times:
Whitman and Brown's final debate a contentious one  —  The rivals for California governor continue their attacks on each other and stick to their talking points without offering details on how they would fix the troubled state.  —  Meg Whitman called Jerry Brown “the same old same old,” …
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The Note:
Attacks Get Personal in California Gubernatorial Debate
Discussion: CNN
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Paladino Says Sorry II  —  Judge for yourself.  But what this incident really indicates to me is the total conflation of religion and politics.  The speech Paladino gave was written in consultation with Orthodox Jewish rabbis: … So a Republican candidate doesn't exactly pander …
Discussion: driftglass
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New York Times:
Paladino Apologizes for Remarks About Gays
Lynn Brezosky / Houston Chronicle:
Mexican investigator in Falcon Lake probe beheaded  —  The severed head of a Mexican police commander investigating the fatal shooting of U.S. citizen David Michael Hartley on Falcon Lake was delivered Tuesday to Mexican military in a suitcase, authorities said.
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Michael Hirschorn / The Atlantic Online:
Truth Lies Here  —  How can Americans talk to one another—let alone engage in political debate—when the Web allows every side to invent its own facts?  —  THIS PAST AUGUST, the left-leaning San Francisco-based Web site AlterNet posted a remarkable scoop: members of a group calling itself …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Christian Rudder / OkTrends:
Gay Sex vs. Straight Sex  —  Gay issues have been in the news a lot lately, from the debate over same-sex marriage in Congress to a sickening rash of gay-bashing here in New York City.  We see a lot of emotion out there, instead of information, and we wanted to provide some data-based context …
Wall Street Journal:
GOP Groups Launch Massive Ad Blitz  —  Alliance Spends $50 Million on Competitive House Races Where Democrats Have More Money Now  —  An alliance of Republican groups is launching a $50 million advertising blitz this week in a final push to help the GOP win a majority in the House …
Jeremy Pelofsky / Reuters:
Obama administration appeals gay marriage ruling  —  (Reuters) - The Obama administration decided on Tuesday to appeal a judge's rulings that prevented the U.S. government from banning same-sex marriages, a move that could undermine support among President Barack Obama's traditional liberal base ahead of a key election.
Jonah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
Obama's outsized ego  —  Obama's arrogance problem isn't a matter of psychology but of strategy.  —  “That's all right, all of you know who I am,” President Obama joked last week when the presidential seal fell off his podium during a speech in Pittsburgh.
Discussion: The Agonist
New York Times:
Chile Rejoices as Miners Taste Freedom  —  President Sebastián Piñera of Chile embraced Florencio Ávalos, the first of the miners trapped in the San José Mine to come to the surface.  Mr. Piñera has staked his presidency on the rescue.  More Photos »
Eric Dondero / Libertarian Republican:
MAINE: Nazi symbols spray-painted on Jewish Republican candidate's signs  —  Media Blackout!  —  From Eric Dondero:  —  Symbols of the National Socialist Party (NAZIs) were recently spray-painted on signs of a Jewish Republican candidate for Maine State Senate.  Blogger Al Diamon DownEast.com explains:
Discussion: Right Wing News
ABCNEWS:
In South Dakota: Another Sarah Palin?  —  A New Republican Star Takes on a Tough Democratic Incumbent  —  If money is any indication, the hottest Republican House candidate in the country is Kristi Noem.  The 38-year-old rancher has raised more campaign cash than any Republican house challenger in the country.
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Dem candidate: DCCC canceled ads because I won't support Pelosi  —  A Democratic candidate for Congress accused the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) of pulling its support for his campaign because he said he wouldn't support Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) as House Speaker.
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Geithner jabs at GOP for socialist ‘myth’ about Obama  —  Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner jabbed at Republicans on Tuesday evening for creating a “political myth” that President Obama is a socialist.  —  The top remaining member of the president's economic team defended the administration's record …
Politifact.com Truth-O-Meter rulings from National:
Pat Quinn: Says Illinois gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady's first priority after winning the primary “was to sponsor a bill that would mass-euthanize sheltered dogs and cats in gas chambers.”  —  Pat Quinn blasts Bill Brady for sponsoring bill on pet euthanasia in Illinois gubernatorial race
Quinnipiac University:
Rubio Shows Crist His Heels In Florida Senate Race, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Democrat Meek A Distant Third  —  In the Florida U.S. Senate race, Republican Marco Rubio is running away with a commanding 44 - 30 percent likely voter lead over Gov. Charlie Crist, running as an independent …
Zaid Jilani / Think Progress:
GOP Congressional Candidate Walberg Suggests Using Impeachment To Get Obama's Birth Certificate  —  As ThinkProgress previously noted, Tim Walberg — a former GOP congressman and current Republican nominee for the House of Representatives from Michigan's seventh congressional district …
Kate Andersen Brower / Bloomberg:
Biden, Obama's Traveling Salesman, Makes Hard Sell to Voters  —  He's flown 330,000 miles since taking office, the equivalent of circling the globe 13 times, much of it campaigning for Democrats and telling anxious voters that the $814 billion stimulus measure is working.  Vice President Joe Biden knows it's a hard sell.
Ezra Klein:
What to do about state pensions  —  Yesterday's post on state pension plans emphasized the problems with spinning the state fiscal crunch into a morality tale of greedy public employees and weak-kneed state legislators.  That's useful for Republicans who want to score some points against unions …
Discussion: The New Republic
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Gore vs. the Supreme Court: The justices and the ‘CSI effect’  —  In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police, who investigate crime; and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders.
 
 
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Nigel Jaquiss / blogs.wweek.com:
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The Note:
Bachmann Rakes in $5.4 million in 3rd Quarter
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Matt Bai / New York Times:
Midterms Are a Test for Obama's Ground Game
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Vice President Tries to Energize Democrats
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
NO WAY TO RUN A GOVERNMENT, CONT'D.... When President Obama …
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National Review:
Obama the Alien
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Kathryn Joyce / The Nation:
At Claremont Institute, Christine O'Donnell Was Taught ABCs of Homophobia
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