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7:45 PM ET, October 16, 2010

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Wall Street Journal:
Democrats Retrench as GOP Pulls Away  —  Democratic strategists acknowledged they are abandoning a dozen House seats the party now holds, as they try to salvage their majority in the chamber by shoring up candidates with better chances.  —  With Republicans expanding their advertising …
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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Pelosi Renounced by Candidates in Her Own Party  —  PERRY, Ga. — As if embattled Congressional Democrats did not have enough on their hands, some are opening up a new front in their fight to save their seats — against Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the House and a leader of their own party.
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Consensus Points to 50-Seat G.O.P. Gain in House, But May Understate Uncertainty  —  FiveThirtyEight's projection for the U.S. House shows little change from last week.  Republicans are given a 73 percent chance of taking over the House, up incrementally from 72 percent last week.
Abby Phillip / The Politico:
Fired up?  Not so much  —  If President Barack Obama needed any more reminders that it's not 2008, he got another one Thursday night in a town hall with young voters.  —  Back when he was a candidate, Obama inspired legions of young people who responded to his message of hope …
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Obama stumps in Massachusetts  —  (CNN) - Incumbent Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick received some help Saturday from the most powerful Democrat in the country: President Barack Obama.  —  “The reason I came today isn't just because Deval has been there for me as a friend …
Discussion: The Politico
Peter Berkowitz / Wall Street Journal:
Why Liberals Don't Get the Tea Party Movement  —  Our universities haven't taught much political history for decades.  No wonder so many progressives have disdain for the principles that animated the Federalist debates.  —  Highly educated people say the darndest things, these days particularly about the tea party movement.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
You've Gotta See This Ad  —  Jack Conway's trailing Rand Paul down in Kentucky.  But he's not out of it yet.  And there are some signs he's starting to turn the corner.  (The current TPM Poll Average is Paul 46.9%, Conway 41.7%.)  But this ad ... man, this ad.  Whew.
Paul Krugman:
The Boehnerization of Barack Obama  —  Why has stimulus become a dirty word?  Many reasons, I guess: an inadequate plan combined with a wildly overoptimistic forecast was more or less guaranteed to create the impression of a failed program.  But it's also true that the president himself …
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BBC:
Merkel says German multicultural society has failed  —  Angela Merkel said Germany had “kidded itself” multiculturalism was working  —  Attempts to build a multicultural society in Germany have “utterly failed”, Chancellor Angela Merkel says.  —  In a speech in Potsdam, she said the so-called …
Kasie Hunt / The Politico:
GOP longshot outraises Pelosi  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Republican challenger raised more than $1.1 million over the past three months, more than three times as much as Pelosi did.  —  John Dennis, the Ron Paul-backed GOP nominee running against the Speaker in her liberal San Francisco …
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Alex Isenstadt / The Politico:
GOP challengers outraise 30-plus Democratic incumbents
Discussion: National Review
Kimberly Winston / Washington Post:
Stephen Colbert may play religion for laughs, but his thoughtful Catholicism still shows through  —  When comedian Stephen Colbert brought his act to Capitol Hill last month and stole the spotlight with his satirical shtick, no one was more surprised than lawmakers.
Discussion: NewsBusters.org blogs
David Neiwert / Crooks and Liars:
Threats against liberal Democrats keep bubbling up — and it's not just the ‘nutcases’  —  It turns out that the right-wing crazy who was threatening Patty Murray supporters with a cleaver in Spokane on Thursday is a man with a history of mental illness:
Sig Christenson / Agence France Presse:
Fort Hood soldier ordered to delete video of rampage  —  FORT HOOD, Texas — A US soldier who captured a deadly 2009 rampage at Fort Hood with his cell phone camera testified Friday that he was ordered to erase the video by his commanders.  —  The video could have provided key evidence …
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org blogs:
Bill Maher Uses Brett Favre's Penis Sexting To Bash Sarah Palin and White Men  —  Bill Maher on Friday used Brett Favre's penis sexting incident to bash Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, Christine O'Donnell, and white men.  —  During the “New Rules” segment of HBO's “Real Time” …
Discussion: Gateway Pundit and Gothamist
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
U.S. Will Enforce Marijuana Laws, State Vote Aside  —  LOS ANGELES — The Department of Justice says it intends to prosecute marijuana laws in California aggressively even if state voters approve an initiative on the Nov. 2 ballot to legalize the drug.  —  The announcement by Eric H. Holder Jr. …
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Shane D'Aprile / The Hill:
In debate, Crist says Rubio ‘turned his back’ on his Hispanic family  —  Gov. Charlie Crist (I) hit Republican Marco Rubio's stance on immigration during a contentious debate exchange Friday in the state's three-way race for Senate.  —  Crist referenced an article in the Hispanic newspaper La Gaceta …
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