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RedState:
Exclusive Video: Lauren Valle Before The Head Stomp Vid  —  RedState has obtained exclusive video of the precipitating events prior to the “head stomping incident” at a recent Rand Paul event, which can be viewed below the fold.  —  Let us begin with what should be obvious and unnecessary to discuss: don't stomp on anyone's head.
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Geoffrey Dickens / NewsBusters.org blogs:
Matthews: How Long Before We See Tea Partiers Start Showing Up in Uniform, 1930s Style?  —  Chris Matthews, on Wednesday's Hardball, not so cryptically compared the actions of Republican volunteers to that of Nazi-style tactics from the 1930s as he claimed the restraining of a MoveOn.org activist …
Russell Goldman / ABCNEWS:
Police Consider More Arrests in Rand Paul Heckler Scuffle
Discussion: TPMDC
Ryan J. Reilly / TPMDC:
Kentucky Stomper Wants An Apology From Woman He Assaulted (VIDEO)
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Obama pleads for patience from Stewart on ‘Daily Show’  —  President Obama took to The Daily Show on Wednesday as part of his effort to motivate the young voters who propelled him into the Oval Office in 2008.  —  The president, who faces a possible GOP takeover of the House in less than a week …
Discussion: Firedoglake and The Politico
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / The Caucus:
Obama, Jon Stewart and Change  —  President Obama took his campaign get-out-the-vote blitz to “The Daily Show” on Wednesday, telling the host, Jon Stewart, that he never promised transformational change overnight.  —  “When we promised during the campaign change you can believe in …
Discussion: Raw Story and HotAirPundit
Lisa Lerer / Bloomberg:
Democrats Say Jon Stewart Rally Will Spur Enthusiasm to Vote
Ryan Kearney / TBD All News:
A guide to the misguided criticism of the Stewart/Colbert rally
Discussion: Rough Sketch, sisu and PostPartisan
Alex Altman / Time:
Poll: Independents Keep GOP Ahead in Four Key Senate Races  —  From left: Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle, moderator Mitch Fox and Senate majority leader Harry Reid appear at a debate in Las Vegas on Oct. 14, 2010  —  Democrats may not lose their Senate majority …
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New York Times:
Coalition for Obama Split by Drift to G.O.P., Poll Finds  —  Critical parts of the coalition that delivered President Obama to the White House in 2008 and gave Democrats control of Congress in 2006 are switching their allegiance to the Republicans in the final phase of the midterm Congressional elections …
Fhardingj / CNN:
CNN/Time Poll: Paul leads Kentucky Senate race  —  (CNN) - The hotly contested race for Kentucky's open Senate seat is nearing an end with Republican nominee Rand Paul holding a seven-point lead, according to a new poll.  —  Fifty percent of likely voters support Paul in the CNN …
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
Early Voting v. Likely Voters
Discussion: Public Policy Polling
Alex Spillius / Telegraph:
Karl Rove questions Sarah Palin's suitability for president  —  Karl Rove, the former senior adviser to George W Bush, has cast doubt on Sarah Palin's viability as a White House candidate, questioning if the American people thought she had the “gravitas” for the “most demanding job in the world”.
Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
Obama says he's evolving on gay marriage  —  President Barack Obama told a group of liberal bloggers Wednesday that his views on same-sex marriage, which he has previously opposed, are evolving and that society is moving in the direction of granting marriage rights to same-sex couples.
Discussion: Power Line
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Clinton on the stump: Does he really want Obama and Dems to win?
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Chris Carl / WDEL 1150AM, Wilmington, DE:
O'Donnell campaign threatens to sue WDEL  —  The Christine O'Donnell campaign is apologizing to WDEL after it demanded that video of an O'Donnell appearance on “The Rick Jensen Show” be destroyed and threatened a lawsuit if it wasn't.  —  In a Tuesday afternoon appearance on WDEL, O'Donnell …
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
Christine O'Donnell threatened to sue radio station
Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
Radio Station: O'Donnell Threatened To Sue Us For...Posting An Interview Online!
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The Huffington Post:
Obama Conducts First Sit-Down With Progressive Bloggers
Discussion: Pam's House Blend and TalkLeft
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Boehner: ‘Not a time for compromise’  —  Republicans aren't in the mood for compromise, especially on repealing healthcare reform, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Wednesday.  —  Boehner, the party leader who would likely become Speaker in a GOP-controlled House …
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Washington Post:
Feds arrest N.Va. man in D.C. Metro bomb plot  —  Federal law enforcement authorities arrested a Northern Virginia man Wednesday in connection with an alleged plot to carry out terrorist bombings at stations in the Washington Metro system.  —  Farooque Ahmed, 34, of Ashburn conspired …
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msnbc.com:
Man charged with D.C.-area subway bomb plot
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Mediaite
Rick Klein / ABCNEWS:
DNC Asks Pentagon for Info on Romney, Others  —  DNC Requests Records Related to Palin, Romney, Seven Other Possible 2012 Contenders  —  The Democratic National Committee formally has asked the Pentagon for reams of correspondence between military agencies and nine potential Republican …
Henry / Crooked Timber:
A not-so-brief history of violence  —  Public health warning: much much more McArdle-blogging beneath the fold.  But take heart - this may possibly be my last and most definitive statement on the topic.  I certainly can't imagine that I will want to write at length about this any more.
Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
In Writings of Obama, a Philosophy Is Unearthed  —  When the Harvard historian James T. Kloppenberg decided to write about the influences that shaped President Obama's view of the world, he interviewed the president's former professors and classmates, combed through his books, essays …
Discussion: Althouse and Prairie Weather
The Atlantic Online:
A New Plague: Stomping-Deniers  —  I thought the Kentucky head-stomping story had more or less played itself out.  Sure, the prime stomper, Tim Profitt, would get charged and arraigned and hopefully jailed for a spell (anger management classes would also be a good idea).
Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Alaska judge rules write-in candidates can't be listed at polling sites  —  In a decision that could strike a blow to the write-in campaign of Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), a judge ruled Wednesday that state elections officials cannot hand out the names of write-in candidates at polling places Tuesday.
Discussion: The Politico
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Sjones / CNSNews:
Michelle Obama's $400 Million ‘Food Desert’ Scam  —  First Lady Michelle Obama has called on Congress to create a $400 million-a-year program to encourage the establishment of supermarkets in places she calls “food deserts.”  —  The situation in these “food deserts,” as Mrs. Obama describes it, is quite dire indeed.
Communications / OpenSecrets.org:
Election 2010 to Shatter Spending Records as Republicans Benefit from Late Cash Surge  —  Center for Responsive Politics predicts midterms could cost nearly $4 billion  —  Contact: Dave Levinthal (202-354-0111)  —  WASHINGTON - This year's federal election will obliterate spending records …
Discussion: Politics Daily and USA Today
 
 
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