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7:15 PM ET, November 13, 2010

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Sarah Palin / Facebook:
An Open Letter to Republican Freshmen Members of Congress  —  Welcome to all Republican Freshmen and congratulations!  —  Congratulations to all of you for your contribution to this historic election, and for the contributions I am certain you will make to our country in the next two years.
Associated Press:
House Dems Avert Leadership Battle  —  WASHINGTON — House Democrats averted a messy leadership struggle Friday night, clearing the way for Speaker Nancy Pelosi to remain in a top position and preventing a battle between other representatives as the party becomes the minority.
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Nancy Pelosi offers Clyburn ‘assistant leader’ title in leadership peace bid
Discussion: The Page
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Nancy Pelosi creates new leadership post for Clyburn in bid …
Discussion: CNN and Politics Daily
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Pelosi backs Clyburn for new No. 3 post
Discussion: The Politico, FrumForum and CNN
Los Angeles Times:
Myanmar frees opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi  —  The Nobel laureate greets a jubilant crowd outside her home after being held in detention for 15 years by the country's military rulers.  She promises to speak at greater length Sunday.  The conditions of her release are not immediately clear.
Discussion: American Power and AmSpecBlog
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Cubachi:
Aung San Suu Kyi ‘completely free’ after 15 years of arrest
Discussion: Liberty Pundits Blog
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
WHEN THE 'WATER'S EDGE' STANDARD DISAPPEARS.... If our political system made more sense, this would be an astounding scandal that would dominate the discourse. … This just isn't normal.  Laura Rozen called the meeting itself “unusual, if not unheard of.”  But it's what Cantor said that's astounding.
Sean Cockerham / Anchorage Daily News:
Murkowski on track to win on write-ins  —  CHALLENGES: Miller camp raises questions of election integrity.  —  scockerham@adn.com  —  JUNEAU — The Division of Elections has finished reviewing the write-in ballots for nearly three-quarters of the precincts, and the results show Lisa Murkowski …
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William Yardley / The Caucus:
Lawyers Depart Alaska as Miller's Chances Dim
Discussion: Hot Air, The Daily Beast and CNN
Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
American Narcissus  —  The vanity of Barack Obama  —  Why has Barack Obama failed so spectacularly?  Is he too dogmatically liberal or too pragmatic?  Is he a socialist, or an anticolonialist, or a philosopher-president?  Or is it possible that Obama's failures stem from something simpler: vanity.
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog Gay:
Cindy McCain is a hater - reverses self on DADT 24 hours after doing video linking the gay ban to gay youth suicide  —  With all due respect, Cindy McCain is a liar.  The only question is when she lied - today, or yesterday.  —  Yesterday, Cindy McCain - the wife of US Senator John McCain …
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Ashley Parker / The Caucus:
Cindy McCain Breaks with Her Husband in Gay Rights Video
Discussion: Bark Bark Woof Woof and Hot Air
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Obama's iPad: iReggie  —  Washington (CNN) - Apparently President Obama doesn't need an iPad; he's got an aide for that: iReggie.  —  At the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' retreat in Yokohama, Japan, on Saturday, a print pool reporter was within earshot of a brief exchange between …
Discussion: Michelle Malkin
Meredith Shiner / The Politico:
Nicer Emanuel woos Chicago voters  —  CHICAGO — In a city known for its cutthroat politics, Rahm Emanuel's first public approach to winning the votes and, perhaps more importantly, the hearts of Chicago voters is as simple as it is disarming: be nice.  —  It's not a usual pose for a man …
Discussion: CNN
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Clout St:
Emanuel kicks off Chicago mayoral campaign
Discussion: The Hill and Chicago Breaking News
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Positive Seen in Defeat of Pot Measure  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Proposition 19, which would have legalized marijuana in California, received more votes than the Republican nominee for governor, Meg Whitman.  —  It also received untold news coverage, bringing the debate a new level of legitimacy in the eyes of many supporters.
Kenneth R. Bazinet / NY Daily News:
Expert: past 10 days have been worst of President Obama's ‘political life’  —  WASHINGTON - President Obama is coming home from his overseas trip pretty much empty-handed.  —  After watching his party take a beating in the midterm elections, Obama wasn't able to secure even a symbolic victory …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Scared Monkeys
Phil Gast / CNN:
Growing backlash against TSA body scanners, pat-downs  —  (CNN) — A growing pilot and passenger revolt over full-body scans and what many consider intrusive pat-downs couldn't have come at a worse time for the nation's air travel system.  —  Thanksgiving, the busiest travel time of the year, is less than two weeks away.
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Wall Street Journal:
Redistricting Hype Blurs Reality  —  Gerrymandering isn't all it is cracked up to be.  —  Republicans' broad gains at the state level in last week's election should give them a major advantage over Democrats when it comes to deciding how to divvy up congressional districts.
 
 
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Michael Luo / New York Times:
Looking to 2012, Republicans Vie for Big Donors
Dunstan McNichol / Bloomberg:
New Jersey Auditor Questions $27 Light Bulbs Billed Under Stimulus Program
Jesse Lee / White House.gov Blog Feed:
Weekly Address: Exports & Earmarks
Discussion: Politics Daily and CNN
Jonathan Allen / The Politico:
GOP wants Obama veto of earmarks
Discussion: Raw Story, FrumForum, CNN and The Hill
Peter Wehner / Commentary:
The Entitlement Crisis  —  On Meet the Press, Sen. Jim DeMint …
Kasie Hunt / The Politico:
Missing from 2012 presidential field: Military service
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
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Iron Mill News Service:
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Sajid Farooq / NBC Bay Area:
Next on San Francisco's Hit List: Circumcision
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
GOP's transition leader says common sense ‘an endangered species’ in D.C.
Discussion: Pirate's Cove
John Carney / CNBC:
Get Ready for the Great MERS Whitewash Bill
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Emptywheel
Meredith Jessup / The Blaze:
HONEST CRITIQUE: JON STEWART CLASHES WITH RACHEL MADDOW
Discussion: Hot Air and Liberty Pundits Blog