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11:30 PM ET, October 8, 2014

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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
NBC Wanted to Hire Jon Stewart As Host of Meet the Press  —  “They were ready to back the Brink's truck up,” one source said  —  This Sunday marks Chuck Todd's one-month anniversary in the anchor chair at Meet the Press.  Despite an opening-week ratings spike from his exclusive sit …
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Roberts rebounds in Kansas Senate race, CNN/ORC poll finds  —  Washington (CNN) — Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts has galvanized enough rank-and-file Republican voters to close the gap with independent challenger Greg Orman in one of the nation's hottest races, a new CNN/ORC poll has found.
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Polls: Senate battleground races trending GOP, Roberts up in Kansas  —  Oct. 8, 2014: Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., left, answers a question during a debate with independent candidate Greg Orman, right, in Overland Park, Kan. (AP)  —  New Fox News battleground polls show a Republican trend …
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
Senate shaping up 50-50  —  When the new Senate convenes next year, the most influential person on Capitol Hill could be Greg Orman, the independent candidate for senator from Kansas, who I predict today will be elected in November.  —  This is the second major Senate call I have made this year.
Discussion: ABC News, Politico and CANNONFIRE
Robert Wilonsky / The Scoop Blog:
Frisco officials say risk is low that sheriff's deputy who visited Duncan's apartment has Ebola  —  Frisco officials say the chances are small that the sheriff's deputy who fell ill after visiting Thomas Eric Duncan's apartment last week has Ebola.  —  “The risk is minimal,” …
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Angelamartincbs / CBS Dallas:
Ebola Scare Sends Dallas County Sheriff's Deputy To Hospital
Discussion: The PJ Tatler and LewRockwell
Bloomberg:
Exclusive: Senate Democrats Flooding South Dakota Airwaves  —  Will voters in South Dakota and Kansas save Senate Democrats?  —  The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee will spend $1 million in South Dakota — mostly on television and the rest on field operations …
Paul Krugman / Rolling Stone:
In Defense of Obama  —  President Obama signing the Affordable Care Act.  In our new cover story, Paul Krugman explores the president's successes.
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Anthony Kennedy Halts Gay Marriage In Idaho, Nevada  —  Justice Anthony Kennedy issued an order to halt same-sex marriage in Idaho — and apparently also Nevada — on Wednesday after the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the states' bans one day earlier.
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James Hohmann / Politico:
Mary Landrieu replaces campaign manager  —  In what appears to be a significant October campaign shakeup, Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu is replacing her campaign manager and hiring her former chief of staff as a senior adviser.  —  The Democrat has pushed Adam Sullivan out of the manager role …
Discussion: Hot Air
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Jonathan Topaz / Politico:
Jimmy Carter: President Obama blew it on ISIL  —  Former President Jimmy Carter is criticizing President Barack Obama's Middle East policy, saying he has shifting policies and waited too long to take action against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.  —  In an interviewed published Tuesday …
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Sam Harris:
Can Liberalism Be Saved From Itself?  —  My recent collision with Ben Affleck on Bill Maher's show, Real Time, has provoked an extraordinary amount of controversy.  It seems a postmortem is in order.  —  For those who haven't seen the show, most of what I write here won't make sense unless you watch my segment:
Peter Hamby / CNN:
The hardest-working man in Democratic politics  —  Hillary Clinton's potential challengers  —  Washington (CNN) — A Democrat with White House ambitions is furiously criss-crossing the country to help the party's candidates — and it's not Hillary Clinton.
Washington Post:
Obama aides knew of possible White House link to Cartagena prostitution scandal  —  As nearly two dozen Secret Service agents and members of the military were punished or fired following a 2012 prostitution scandal in Colombia, Obama administration officials repeatedly denied that anyone from the White House was involved.
Discussion: Pat Dollard, RedState and Mediaite
Danny Vinik / The New Republic:
No, Islamic State Militants Have Not Been Caught by U.S. Border Patrol  —  Since the U.S. began airstrikes in Iraq and Syria against the Islamic State, Republicans have frequently connected the terrorist group to border security in the U.S. In August, Texas Governor Rick Perry called it a …
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Michael Cohen / The Daily Beast:
Leon Panetta Is What's Wrong With DC  —  Obama's former defense secretary is out with a scathing new memoir about his time in the White House.  But why should we buy anything he says?  —  When Harry Truman apocryphally said, “if you want a friend in Washington, buy a dog” he might have had someone like Leon Panetta in mind.
Discussion: CNN
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
For McConnell, it's now or never  —  If Republicans fall short of expectations this fall, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) could face a leadership challenge.  —  Republican senators say there is much riding on the Nov. 4 elections for McConnell, who is gunning to become majority leader …
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Daily Caller
Bob Owens / Bearing Arms:
REJECTED: Kroger Managers Are Refusing To Accept Bullying Tactics of Moms Demand Action  —  The body language says it all.  A Kroger store manager in Ohio (right) refuses to be an unwilling participant in Moms Demand's latest bullying public relations stunt.
Discussion: Liberaland and Shot in the Dark
Barbie Latza Nadeau / The Daily Beast:
Ebola in Europe: What Went Wrong  —  In Spain, where a nurse came down with the extremely contagious disease, all the people concerned are trying to prove they did nothing wrong.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  —  ROME, Italy — When Teresa Romero Ramos, the Spanish nurse …
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Tens of thousands of Walmart workers are about to lose their health insurance — and it's good news!  —  Walmart, the world's largest retailer, announced Tuesday that it would no longer offer health insurance benefits to its 26,000 part-time workers.  —  Nobody likes losing any kind of benefit at work.
Brent Bozell / Politico:
Karl Rove Is Ruining the GOP  —  Karl Rove recently tried to advise Republicans on how the party can more effectively take back the Senate in November.  He made two main suggestions.  —  One was that Republican candidates must “make the case for electing someone new who will be a check …
New York Times:
U.S. to Begin Ebola Screenings at 5 Airports  —  WASHINGTON — Federal officials said Wednesday that they would begin temperature screenings of passengers arriving from West Africa at five American airports, beginning with Kennedy International in New York as early as this weekend …
Roll Call:
Republicans Eye Obamacare Showdown in Lame Duck  —  A group of Senate Republicans have their eye on another Obamacare showdown in the lame-duck session.  —  The 14 Republicans, led by Marco Rubio of Florida, wrote a letter urging Speaker John A. Boehner to “prohibit the Obama administration” …
Discussion: ThinkProgress
 
 
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Daily Mail:
Obama slams GOP as party of billionaires then attends $32k-a-head fundraiser hosted by billionaire …
Discussion: Pat Dollard and American Spectator
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Google chief blames feds for phone locks
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Bill Clinton: I Can't Fully Speak My Mind, in Case Hillary Runs for Something
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Rasmussen Reports:
North Carolina Senate: Hagan (D) 48%, Tillis (R) 46%
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Easing the Law for New Yorkers Shifting Gender
Washington Post:
A White House Shake-Up in the Works?
Discussion: VodkaPundit
 Earlier Items: 
Andrew Dugan / Gallup:
One-Fifth of Americans Worry About Getting Ebola
David Brody / The Brody File:
Video Exclusive: Kansas Governor Brownback Says The Mainstream Media And Liberal Left Are Out To Get Him
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Why Democrats may keep the Senate
Discussion: The Other McCain
CNN:
U.S. officials: ISIS will capture Kobani, but it's not a big concern to us
Discussion: TIME, National Review and VodkaPundit
Josh Zumbrun / Wall Street Journal:
SAT Scores and Income Inequality: How Wealthier Kids Rank Higher