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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Divided We Fail — Barring a huge upset, Republicans will take control of at least one house of Congress next week. How worried should we be by that prospect? — Not very, say some pundits. After all, the last time Republicans controlled Congress while a Democrat lived in the White House …
The Smoking Gun:
On The Trail Of “Anonymous,” Christine O'Donnell's Sex-Free Pal — Buster … [UPDATE: TSG has identified the “Anonymous” correspondent who today detailed his purported (sexless) one-night stand with Christine O'Donnell. See bottom of piece.] — Readers of today's first-person account …
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J.P. Freire / Beltway Confidential:
NOW refuses comment on Gawker's Christine O'Donnell sex smear UPDATE …
NOW refuses comment on Gawker's Christine O'Donnell sex smear UPDATE …
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Chris Coons camp: Gawker post about Christine O'Donnell ‘cowardly’
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NPR Topics and Little Green Footballs
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Christine O'Donnell camp rips Gawker ‘slander’
Christine O'Donnell camp rips Gawker ‘slander’
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Facebook, The Note and Outside the Beltway
Laura Myers / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Angle poll data improve — Reid countering with huge effort to get out his voters — Positioned to pull off the biggest upset in the nation, GOP challenger Sharron Angle heads into Election Day leading Democratic incumbent Sen. Harry Reid by 4 percentage points, says a new poll for the Las Vegas Review-Journal and 8NewsNow.
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U.S. alert focuses on cargo after suspicious packages found overseas — For more coverage visit CNN affiliates WPVI and WABC. Are you there? Send pictures and video. — (CNN) — Cargo planes and trucks in several U.S. cities were inspected Friday after investigators found suspicious packages …
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This Just In, Associated Press, NO QUARTER, TPMMuckraker, Little Green Footballs, Gawker and Runnin' Scared
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Next Two Years — President Obama is likely to suffer a pummeling defeat on Tuesday. But the road map for his recovery is pretty straightforward. — First, the president is going to have to win back independents. Liberals are now criticizing him for being too timid.
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Swampland and The Washington Independent
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Ken Boehm / Big Government:
FTC Drops Investigation of Google Less Than a Week After Company …
FTC Drops Investigation of Google Less Than a Week After Company …
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The Foundry and EconLog
Chicago Tribune:
Why is Assange still alive? — I'd like to ask a simple question: Why isn't Julian Assange dead? — In case you didn't know, Assange is the Australian computer programmer behind WikiLeaks, a massive — and massively successful — effort to disclose secret or classified information.
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National Review, TalkLeft, Gawker and Winds of Change.NET
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DougJ / Balloon Juice:
Murder he wrote — Jonah Goldberg calls for Julian Assange's murder. … Of course, this is nowhere near as bad as using the word curb-stomping in a post. — When hundreds of thousands of Iraqis die as a result of “collateral damage”, that just proves freedom is messy.
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alicublog and First Draft
Bloomberg:
Poll Shows Americans Don't Know GDP Grew With Tax Cuts and Bailout Profits — The Obama administration cut taxes for middle-class Americans, expects to make a profit on the hundreds of billions of dollars spent to rescue Wall Street banks and has overseen an economy that has grown for the past four quarters.
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The Atlantic Online, PERRspectives, Washington Monthly, Donklephant, NPR Topics and Taegan Goddard's …
Jerry Markon / Washington Post:
Report: Justice Department tried to hide officials involvement in dismissing voter-intimidation lawsuit — The Justice Department has tried to hide the involvement of high-level political officials in the dismissal of a controversial voter-intimidation lawsuit against members of the New Black Panther Party …
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Verum Serum, Weasel Zippers and iOwnTheWorld.com
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Jennifer E. Duffy / Hotline On Call:
Farewell to ‘Precinct Reporting’ — For as long as anyone can remember, television networks and the Associated Press have reported votes on election night by saying, “With x percent of precincts reporting ...” But, this method of reporting election results is about to go the way of the VCR.
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Bill Clinton pushed Kendrick Meek to quit Florida race — Bill Clinton sought to persuade Rep. Kendrick Meek to drop out of the race for Senate during a trip to Florida last week — and nearly succeeded. — Meek agreed — twice — to drop out and endorse Gov. Charlie Crist's independent bid …
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Gary Langer / The Numbers:
Tea Party or No, Palin's Popularity Still Lags — Sarah Palin's interest in the presidency is not being reciprocated by most Americans: Two-thirds of registered voters in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll say she's unqualified for the job, and more than half continue to rate her unfavorably overall.
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The Moderate Voice, Ben Smith's Blog, Outside the Beltway and GOP 12
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DNC Chair: No Sign of GOP Wave in Early Voting — Kaine Says Turnout of Registered Democrats Indicates Better-Than-Predicted Performance in Midterms — (CBS) The chairman of the Democratic National Committee was optimistic that turnout of registered Democratic in early voting across …
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Prairie Weather
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Michael P. McDonald / The Huffington Post:
A Late Democratic Early Voting Surge in Nevada
A Late Democratic Early Voting Surge in Nevada
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America's Voice Blog
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Swamping Murkowski — The latest from Alaska's procedural wars: — Just hours before the final deadline, more than 100 Alaskans came out Thursday to file as write-in candidates in an effort to thwart Sen. Lisa Murkowski's bid to retain her Senate seat. — At the urging of a local talk radio host …
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Most troops wouldn't oppose serving with gays — A majority of active-duty and reserve service members surveyed by the Defense Department would not object to serving and living alongside openly gay troops, according to multiple people familiar with the findings.
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Washington Monthly, Wonk Room, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Outside the Beltway, Mediaite, Neptunus Lex and Towleroad News #gay
Associated Press:
Sen. Scott Brown sees anti-establishment spirit still alive — BOSTON - Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown tried today to stoke the anti-establishment spirit that propelled him to an upset U.S. Senate victory in January. — Wearing his trademark barn coat, Brown returned to blue-collar South Boston …
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Scott Brown says energy from his Mass. Senate race has spread nationwide
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NYT: Jon Stewart's ‘Restore Sanity’ Will ‘Parody’ Glenn Beck's ‘Religious-Themed Rally’ — Didn't Jon Stewart tell the media “Restore Sanity” was not a response to Glenn Beck? Yes, he did. — According to what the New York Times has dug up, Jon Stewart's “Restore Sanity” …
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Why Business Should Fear the Tea Party — CEOs who complain about uncertainties caused by President Obama's policies aren't going to be happy about a new crop of congressman seeking to abolish the Fed. — America's business leaders have not exactly shied away from offering political views.
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National Review, Left Coast Rebel and Cafe Hayek
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School leader to quit over gay post — (CNN) — A school board district member in Arkansas who came under fire for an anti-gay post on a social networking site regrets the comments and will resign his seat, he told CNN's Anderson Cooper on Thursday. — “I'm sorry I've hurt people with my comments …
Aharding / CNN:
CNN Poll of Polls: Obama's approval rating on the rise? — Washington (CNN) -Forty-eight percent of Americans approve of how President Barack Obama is handling his job as president, while 45 percent disapprove of his job performance, according to a CNN Poll of Polls compiled and released on Friday.
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Ohio McDonald's Tells Employees To Vote Republican If They Want To Continue Receiving Raises And Benefits — McDonald's sells itself as the ultimate happy place. But this election season, a local McDonald's franchise in Canton, Ohio is telling employees how to keep the company happy: vote Republican.
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Firedoglake and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
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I Am Rankled By Ben Bernanke's Reluctance to Be More Outspoken — “Bernanke's Reluctance to Speak Out Rankles Some”, reports Sewell Chan in the New York Times. And after reading the article, I too am among the ranks of the rankled: … So, yes, I'm rankled.
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National Review and New York Times
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U.S. Economy Grew at 2% Rate in Third Quarter — The United States economy grew at an annual rate of 2 percent in the third quarter, the Commerce Department reported Friday, as it struggled to sustain its recovery from a deep recession. — That estimated growth rate matches the consensus forecasts …