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2:35 PM ET, October 24, 2014

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Ashley Killough / CNN:
CNN Poll: Georgia Senate race statistical tie  —  (CNN) — Democrat Michelle Nunn has a slight 47%-44% edge over Republican David Perdue in the Georgia race for an open Senate seat, according to a new CNN/ORC International survey released Friday.  —  The three-point margin falls within …
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Ballot dispute in Georgia heads to courts — and could be a factor in state's close Senate race  —  With an increasingly competitive and closely-watched Senate race on the line, an Atlanta courtroom will be the focus of a key voting rights dispute Friday that could make it harder for Democrats …
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic Online:
How Independents Could Seize Control of the Senate  —  As the bulk of close election observers have pointed out, the odds favor the Republicans capturing enough Senate seats to make a majority next year.  Of course, it is not a certainty (to any except the election modelers at The Monkey Cage).
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:
Dynasties “R” Us
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Daily Kos
Marc Santora / New York Times:
Doctor in New York City Is Sick With Ebola  —  A doctor in New York City who recently returned from treating Ebola patients in Guinea became the first person in the city to test positive for the virus Thursday, setting off a search for anyone who might have come into contact with him.
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Faith Karimi / CNN:
NYC mayor: Ebola ‘no cause for alarm’
Dan Morse / Washington Post:
Dallas nurse treated for Ebola at NIH now ‘virus free’
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
New York Post:   Ebola hits New York
ABC News:
Doctor Isolated at New York City Hospital Tests Positive for Ebola
Discussion: INC and abc7chicago.com
Alex Roarty / National Journal:
Could the ‘Perfect’ Campaign Lose?  —  Kay Hagan is trying to prove months of good work can withstand a national climate that's threatening other Dems.  Republicans are confident she can't.  —  RALEIGH, N.C.—It took Kay Hagan 10 minutes to cover everything she wanted to say about public education.
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Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
The Real Party of the Rich
Discussion: New York Times
The Daily Beast:   The Democrats' Closing Argument Needs to Be J-O-B-S
J. David Goodman / New York Times:
New York City Police Kill Man Who Hit 2 Officers With Hatchet  —  A hatchet-wielding man who charged at four rookie New York City police officers on Thursday as they posed for a photograph on a Queens street was shot and killed after he struck one of the officers in the head and another in the arm …
Discussion: TalkLeft and NPR
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Plutocrats Against Democracy  —  It's always good when leaders tell the truth, especially if that wasn't their intention.  So we should be grateful to Leung Chun-ying, the Beijing-backed leader of Hong Kong, for blurting out the real reason pro-democracy demonstrators can't get what they want …
Discussion: BillMoyers.com and Hullabaloo
Garrett Epps / The Atlantic Online:
On Race and Voter ID, John Roberts Wants It Both Ways  —  Once, the chief justice said the only way to stop discriminating on race was to stop discrimination on race.  Now his tune isn't so clear.  —  “The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in 2007 …
Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
GOP Gains in Key Senate Races as Gender Gap Narrows  —  In Iowa, Arkansas and Colorado, Democrats' Advantage Among Women Voters Has Diminished  —  In a warning flag for Democrats, recent polls suggest the party is failing to draw enough support from women in three key Senate races—in Iowa …
David Carr / New York Times:
John Heilemann and Mark Halperin Promise Washington the Program It Deserves  —  You both have a reputation for using alcohol to get sources to say things they should not.  Should I have brought a bottle of tequila?  Mark Halperin: That is an urban legend.  It's not like it's never happened …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Jim O'Sullivan / The Boston Globe:
Baker opens up lead over Coakley in new poll  —  Republican Charlie Baker has opened up a 9-point lead over Democrat Martha Coakley, 45 percent to 36 percent, according to a new Globe poll that depicts a far more comfortable advantage than either candidate for governor has enjoyed in months.
Jessica Robinson / Boise State Public Radio:
Coeur d'Alene Says Hitching Post Is Exempt From Gay Rights Law … The city of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, said a for-profit wedding chapel owned by two ministers doesn't have to perform same-sex marriages.  —  The city has been embroiled in controversy ever since the owners of the Hitching Post sued the city.
Mark Binelli / Rolling Stone:
The Great Kansas Tea Party Disaster  —  Extremist Republicans turned their government into a lab experiment of tax cuts and privatization.  And now they may be losing control of one of the reddest states in the nation  —  The Republican party headquarters in Wichita, Kansas …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Barack Obama, bewildered bystander  —  The president is upset.  Very upset.  Frustrated and angry.  Seething about the government's handling of Ebola, said the front-page headline in the New York Times last Saturday.  —  There's only one problem with this pose, so obligingly transcribed for him by the Times.
Steven Chase / Globe and Mail:
Ottawa attack: MPs fashioned spears while Harper whisked into closet  —  Stephen Harper spent about 15 minutes hidden in a Parliament Hill closet after a gunman stormed Centre Block where he and the rest of the Conservative caucus were guarded by MPs who'd fashioned deadly spears out of flagpoles, sources say.
Edgar Sandoval / NY Daily News:
Gov. Christie feels his minimum wage views were misunderstood, while NJ diner waitresses say he lacks empathy  —  The New Jersey governor, speaking at a Garden State diner, explained that most people missed his point — and he's come to accept that.  Waitress Stacey Ellis said his remarks showed zero empathy for workers like her.
 
 
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Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:
Foley Family to White House: You Saved Bergdahl. Why Not Our Son?
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Loveday Morris / Washington Post:
Islamic State militants allegedly used chlorine gas against Iraqi security forces
David Montgomery / Argus Leader:
Candidates clash in first televised Senate debate
Discussion: OnPolitics and Fox News
Jina Moore / BuzzFeed:
In Liberia, Everyone Says Ebola Cases Are Dropping
Discussion: Hot Air and National Review
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Bloomberg:
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Sarah Palin endorses ... a Democrat?
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Things Fall Apart
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GOP changes tune on cutting Social Security with elections on the line
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