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10:45 AM ET, October 19, 2010

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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Democrats' Grip on the South Continues to Slip  —  JONESBORO, Ark. — The Southern white Democrat, long on the endangered list, is at risk of being pushed one step closer to extinction.  —  From Virginia to Florida and South Carolina to Texas, nearly two dozen Democratic seats are susceptible …
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Alex Isenstadt / The Politico:
99 Dem House seats in danger  —  With two weeks remaining until Election Day, the political map has expanded to put Democrats on the run across the country - with 99 Democratic-held House seats now in play, according to a POLITICO analysis, and Republicans well in reach of retaking the House.
Discussion: CNN and Commentary
David Brooks / New York Times:
Don't Follow the Money  —  Over the past few months …
Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
Albany Governor Debate Verges on Farce  —  The moderators' questions were frequently ignored.  The candidates barely looked at one another.  One wore black gloves and spoke of himself repeatedly in the third person.  And Andrew M. Cuomo, the Democratic candidate and the race's front-runner, at times struggled to suppress laughter.
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Crazy Carl (Paladino) and His Radical Plan for New York
Michael Cooper / New York Times:
From Obama, the Tax Cut Nobody Heard Of  —  HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. — What if a president cut Americans' income taxes by $116 billion and nobody noticed?  —  It is not a rhetorical question.  At Pig Pickin' and Politickin', a barbecue-fed rally organized here last week by a Republican women's club …
RushLimbaugh.com:
Helpless Liberals Watch as Obama Switches from Messiah to Demon  —  BEGIN TRANSCRIPT  —  RUSH: I don't care where you look today, folks.  Everywhere in the State-Controlled Media, this election is being reported as a Democrat disaster.  Anywhere from 55 to 70, maybe 80 seats in the House …
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Gregg: Repeal not best tactic on healthcare law  —  A top Senate Republican suggested Monday night that the party's prevailing strategies to curtail the new healthcare law might not be good ideas.  —  Sen. Judd Gregg (N.H.), the top Republican on the Senate Budget Committee …
Discussion: RedState
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Almost half of likely voters view healthcare reform unfavorably
Bob Herbert / New York Times:
That Sinking Feeling  —  Barack Obama seems to think he's done a pretty terrific job as president, but maybe he hasn't trumpeted his accomplishments effectively enough.  —  He told The Times's Peter Baker, in an interview for the Sunday magazine, “Given how much stuff was coming at us …
Discussion: Economist's View and Commentary
Phil Willon / Los Angeles Times:
Judge tentatively rejects 'don't ask, don't tell' stay request  —  The federal government had asked to delay enforcement of the ruling allowing gays to serve openly in the military.  A final decision is expected Tuesday.  —  A federal judge in Riverside who declared the military's “don't ask …
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Andrew Harmon / Advocate:
Judge Skeptical of Govt. Arguments
Mark Knoller / CBS News:
National Debt Up $3 Trillion on Obama's Watch  —  New numbers posted today on the Treasury Department website show the National Debt has increased by more than $3 trillion since President Obama took office.  —  The National Debt stood at $10.626 trillion the day Mr. Obama was inaugurated.
Discussion: The Foundry and Hot Air
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The Huffington Post:
Conway's Attack On Paul Slammed By Fellow Dems  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?  —  WASHINGTON — Democrats in Kentucky and elsewhere seem ready to bail — perhaps wholesale — on Democrat Jack Conway for his “mocking Christianity” attack on Dr. Rand Paul.  —  “I wouldn't have done it,” …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The Conway Rorschach  —  I'm fascinated by the divide among Democrats …
Charleston Daily Mail:
U.S. Senate endorsement: John Raese  —  The nation is on the wrong track, and changing the Senate is essential  —  WEST Virginians must soon choose who will represent them in the U.S. Senate for the next two years.  The issue in the race is how Democrats have used their 59-41 majority …
Discussion: The Note and National Review
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Lpratapas / CNN:
In West Virginia, a debate about Obama
Discussion: The Politico
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Just Coming Right Out & Saying It  —  There are a lot of subterranean efforts afoot around the country right now to suppress the vote of various racial minorities.  But a group styling itself Latinos for Reform is taking a more straightforward approach: they're running ads in Nevada asking Latino voters simply not to vote.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Anti-Reid group to Hispanic voters: 'Don't Vote'
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Victorino Matus / Weekly Standard:
Ick-arus Syndrome  —  Do poor ratings for ‘Parker Spitzer’ mean viewers have yet to forgive the former governor?  —  “Struggling cable news net CNN has fallen to another 10-year low in terms of ratings,” MediaBuyerPlanner reported last week. … This isn't the way it was supposed to happen.
Molly Ball / The Politico:
Canada annoyed with Sharron Angle  —  Canada's ambassador to the U.S. has called on Nevada Senate candidate Sharron Angle to take back her claim that terrorists have come into the country over the northern border.  —  “Our Northern border is where the terrorists came through,” Angle told a group of Hispanic students last week.
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Jon Ralston / Las Vegas Sun Blogs:
Angle to Hispanic children: “Some of you look a little more Asian to me”
Caroline May / The Daily Caller:
Confusion was the word of the day on MSNBC's “Morning Joe” this morning when the panel questioned why so many women have been drawn to the Tea Party movement.  —  Co-host Mika Brzezinski, The New York Times' Sam Tanenhaus, CBS's Lesley Stahl, columnist Mike Barnicle, and Newsweek's Jon Meacham …
Discussion: NewsBusters.org blogs and Hot Air
Molly Ball / The Politico:
Barack Obama cuts radio ad for Barbara Boxer  —  President Barack Obama urges Californians to “get out and vote for Barbara Boxer” in a new radio ad being aired across the state by the Democratic senator's campaign.  —  “Barbara Boxer is fighting every single day for jobs …
Discussion: Right Wing News
Quinnipiac University:
Kasich Holds Off Strickland In Ohio Gov Race, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Independent Voters Back Republican Almost 2-1  —  Republican John Kasich remains in command of the Ohio governor's race with a 51 - 41 percent likely voter lead over Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland …
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press:
Citing health care law, Boeing pares employee plan  —  WASHINGTON - Aerospace giant Boeing is joining the list of companies that say the new health care law could have a potential downside for their workers.  —  In a letter mailed to employees late last week, the company cited the overhaul …
The Daily Caller:
Guy gets revenge on ex-girlfriend on CSPAN2  —  When the audience gathered for a Book TV discussion of Jonah Goldberg's new book, “Proud to be Right,” they got more than your average CSPAN fare.  —  It turns out panelists Todd Seavey and Helen Rittelmeyer, both contributors to Goldberg's collection …
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
GOP Holds Solid Leads in Voter Preferences for Another Week  —  Gallup trends from prior midterm years suggest shifts are still possible  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup's tracking of the generic ballot for Congress finds Republicans leading Democrats by 5 percentage points among registered voters …
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
U.S. Pushes to Ease Technical Obstacles to Wiretapping  —  WASHINGTON — Law enforcement and counterterrorism officials, citing lapses in compliance with surveillance orders, are pushing to overhaul a federal law that requires phone and broadband carriers to ensure that their networks can be wiretapped, federal officials say.
Michael Kinsley / The Politico:
Rich professors doth protest too much  —  President Barack Obama plans to raise taxes on “the rich,” and he defines rich as those making more than $250,000 a year.  Two professors at prestigious universities have started brush fires on the Web during the past couple of weeks by taking issue and offering themselves as examples.
Discussion: Right Wing News
Kevin Sack / New York Times:
Ruling on Health Law Is Due by End of Year  —  RICHMOND, Va. — A federal judge said Monday that he would rule by the end of the year on the constitutionality of the new health care law, as lawyers for the Obama administration and the Commonwealth of Virginia debated whether the entire 2,700-page act …
Leslie Kaufman / New York Times:
In Kansas, Climate Skeptics Embrace Cleaner Energy  —  SALINA, Kan. — Residents of this deeply conservative city do not put much stock in scientific predictions of climate change.  —  “Don't mention global warming,” warned Nancy Jackson, chairwoman of the Climate and Energy Project …
 
 
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Dean Baker / Guardian:
Timothy Geithner forecloses on the moratorium debate | Dean Baker
Discussion: CEPR and The Huffington Post
Naftali Bendavid / Wall Street Journal:
GOP House Leaders Seek to Avoid Mistakes of '94
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Discussion: The Agonist
New York Times:
Tribune Is Said to Seek Chief's Resignation
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Miller admits borough disciplined him
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Cooperation vs. Confrontation: Do Nice Guys Finish First?
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