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12:30 PM ET, October 26, 2010

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The Atlantic Online:
MoveOn Supporter Brutally Attacked by Rand Paul Supporter  —  The Rand Paul-Jack Conway debate may have been staid, but things were not so outside the debate.  A Kentucky reader sends word that according to the local Fox affiliate, a young woman affiliated with MoveOn.org was brutally attacked …
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Rand Paul Supporter Stomps Head Of Female MoveOn Member Outside KY Debate (VIDEO)  —  Josh Green flagged an incident that occurred outside of the Rand Paul-Jack Conway debate in Lexington, Kentucky Monday night that's already dominating the news in Kentucky and could easily make headlines nationally.
The Huffington Post:
Apparent Rand Paul Supporter Stomps On MoveOn Member's Head (VIDEO) (UPDATED)  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? … An ugly scene took place outside the Kentucky Senatorial debate Monday night as what appeared to be a supporter of Republican candidate Rand Paul was captured by a local news affiliate …
Lauren Valle / WDRB-TV:
Woman stomped outside Conway-Paul debate  —  Watch Video  —  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB Fox 41) — Outside the Conway-Paul debate, a Rand Paul supporter pulled the woman's blonde wig off and stomped on her head.  She was representing the liberal organization MoveOn.org and claimed to be presenting Paul with an award from RepubliCorp.
CNN:
Woman stomped outside Kentucky debate  —  (CNN) — An employee with the liberal group Moveon.org was stomped on by a man wearing a “Rand Paul for Senate” T-shirt outside a televised debate in Lexington, Kentucky, Monday night, police said.  —  The incident took place before the debate between Republican Paul and Democrat Jack Conway.
Emily Maxwell / Kentucky Post:
2 fights break out during Paul/Conway debate
Discussion: The Hill and Confederate Yankee
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
CONDEMNING VIOLENCE SHOULDN'T BE DIFFICULT.... We talked earlier …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Paul pulls away
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Are Democrats Overachieving in the Senate?  —  It's looking increasingly likely that Democrats will hold the Senate but not the House, although upsets in either chamber remain possible.  —  In recent days, I've heard a lot of speculation about why this is so.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
G.O.P. Senate Odds Slip on Colorado, West Virginia Polls  —  While Republicans' position is holding steady in the House — where they are 4:1 favorites to win control of the chamber according to our analysis — their chances of also taking over the Senate declined in today's forecast.
Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Manchin ad labels GOP opponent ‘crazy’
Discussion: CNN
Fhardingj / CNN:
Aide fired over Florida debate foul  —  Tampa (CNN) - Alex Sink's campaign violated rules Monday evening at the CNN/St. Petersburg Times Florida gubernatorial debate when her make-up artist delivered a message during a television break.  —  Sink, the Democratic nominee …
Dave Poff / RedState:
And Even STILL I Am Not Allowed To Make A Racial Slur About Our President?  After THIS?  AYFKM!?!?!?  —  I almost don't have words...almost: … In the new post-racial America, brought to us by Barack “don't call me black or white, just call me American” Obama, we have been told our differences …
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Obama Gets a Caustic Welcome in Rhode Island
Discussion: The Politico, Scared Monkeys and CNN
Jana Winter / Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Aide to Harry Reid Lied to Feds, Submitted False Documents About Sham Marriage  —  An aide to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid repeatedly lied to federal immigration and FBI agents and submitted false federal documents to the Department of Homeland Security to cover …
David Brooks / New York Times:
No Second Thoughts  —  When times get tough, it's really important to believe in yourself.  This is something the Democrats have done splendidly this year.  The polls have been terrible, and the party may be heading for a historic defeat, but Democrats have done a magnificent job of maintaining their own self-esteem.
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
Jon Stewart's march is no laughing matter  —  I don't know about you, but my heart sank when I read about Jon Stewart's Million Moderate March, planned for the Mall next weekend.  My heart sank further when I learned that liberal groups, lacking any better ideas, have decided to take this endeavor seriously.
Chris Stirewalt / Fox News:
Fox News Polls: Dems Make Gains as Republicans Hang Tough in Battleground States  —  With just seven days until Election Day, Democrats are picking up support on their home turf, as Republicans look to hang on to deliver upset wins.  —  The latest surveys were conducted on Oct. 23 by Pulse Opinion Research for Fox News.
Discussion: TPMDC
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Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times:
Treasury Hid A.I.G. Loss, Report Says  —  The United States Treasury concealed $40 billion in likely taxpayer losses on the bailout of the American International Group earlier this month, when it abandoned its usual method for valuing investments, according to a report by the special inspector general …
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J.P. Freire / Beltway Confidential:
Treasury hiring FOIA officers ‘to withhold information from release to public’
Discussion: The Sundries Shack and Bloomberg
Kenric Ward / sunshinestatenews.com:
Poll: Webster Beats Down ‘Angry’ Grayson  —  Republican nears 50 percent mark in Central Florida's 8th Congressional District … Holding a steady 7-point lead over a controversial and increasingly malodorous incumbent, Republican Daniel Webster is poised to knock out U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, a new Sunshine State News Poll shows.
Las Vegas News, Nevada News and Local Weather …:
Voters Complain Of Problems At Polls  —  Election Registrar Says Election Fraud-Free  —  LAS VEGAS — Some voters in Boulder City said they are concerned about fraud at the electronic ballot box.  —  Voter Joyce Ferrara said when they went to vote for Republican Sharron Angle …
Discussion: Pajamas Media
Kevin Cullum / Ballot Box:
Bad news for Dems: Rain in the forecast for 2010 Election Day  —  In more bad news for Democrats, rain is in the forecast for much of the country on Election Day.  —  Weather tracking websites, including weather.com and The Old Farmer's Almanac, are calling for rain in the Midwest …
George Soros / Wall Street Journal:
Why I Support Legal Marijuana  —  We should invest in effective education rather than ineffective arrest and incarceration.  —  Our marijuana laws are clearly doing more harm than good.  The criminalization of marijuana did not prevent marijuana from becoming the most widely used illegal substance …
George Zornick / ThinkProgress:
GOP Senate Candidate Ken Buck: ‘I Disagree Strongly With The Concept Of Separation Of Church And State’  —  During a debate last week, Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell (R-DE) repeatedly questioned whether the First Amendment laid out a separation between church and state.
Discussion: RHRealityCheck.org
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Deficit Divisions Likely to Grow After Election  —  WASHINGTON — A midterm campaign that has turned heavily on the issue of the mounting federal debt is likely to yield a government even more split over what to do about it, people in both parties say, with diminished Democrats …
Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Michigan Judge Sentences 15 Year Old to Life Without Parole  —  14 year old Dakota Eliason shot and killed his grandfather.  He said he went back and forth for hours debating whether to kill him or commit suicide, and decided to on the former.  —  The DA charged him in adult court.
Discussion: WSBT-TV
Robert Draper / GQ:
Hopeless  —  You think your job sucks?  Trade with Robert Gibbs.  His boss is “methodical.”  His workplace is hostile.  His job is Sisyphean.  And, everyone is blaming him for a communication problem that may hand Washington to the opposition.  Inside the woeful world of the White House press secretary
Discussion: Salon
The Huffington Post:
Angle Campaign Used Decoy To Duck Press: Nevada Reporters  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? … Nevada Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle used a decoy to dodge members of the press at an event on Monday, a reporter on the scene tells the Huffington Post.  —  The Tea Party-backed pol …
Dave Graham / Reuters:
U.S. slips to historic low in global corruption index  —  (Reuters) - The United States has dropped out of the “top 20” in a global league table of least corrupt nations, tarnished by financial scandals and the influence of money in politics, Transparency International said on Tuesday.
Andrea Estes / Boston Globe:
Polito's circle cleaned up on Sox plates  —  Candidate says they were just quick to act  —  J.A. Polito and Sons, run by treasurer candidate Karyn Polito's brother Kenneth, has the “RS” 20 plate.  (Bill Greene/ Globe Staff)  —  In a state obsessed with vanity plates and baseball …
tax.com:
Scary New Wage Data  —  Now for some really scary breaking news, from the latest payroll tax data.  —  Every 34th wage earner in America in 2008 went all of 2009 without earning a single dollar, new data from the Social Security Administration show.  Total wages, median wages …
 
 
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Roger L Simon / Pajamas Media:
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Wall Street Journal:
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Hendrik Hertzberg / New Yorker:
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