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11:00 AM ET, November 6, 2008

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Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
Internal Battles Divided McCain and Palin Camps  —  PHOENIX — As a top adviser in Senator John McCain's now-imploded campaign tells the story, it was bad enough that Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska unwittingly scheduled, and then took, a prank telephone call from a Canadian comedian posing as the president of France.
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Michelle Malkin:
The McCain campaign's classless cowards; Update: Palin reacts  —  Scroll down for updates...1:29am Eastern Palin holds press conference in Anchorage after arriving late on her flight from Arizona...refuses to comment on gossip spread by unnamed sources and “small, bitter” people saying …
CNN:
Sources: McCain aide fired for ‘trashing’ staff  —  (CNN) — Randy Scheunemann, a senior foreign policy adviser to John McCain, was fired from the Arizona senator's campaign last week for what one aide called “trashing” the campaign staff, three senior McCain advisers tell CNN.
Erick Erickson / www.redstate.com:
Operation Leper  —  RedState is pleased to announce it is engaging in a special project: Operation Leper.  —  We're tracking down all the people from the McCain campaign now whispering smears against Governor Palin to Carl Cameron and others.  Michelle Malkin has the details.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Fox News drops another load of dirty laundry on Palin
Mike Soraghan / The Hill:
Dems lower expectations  —  Democratic leaders are tamping down on expectations for rapid change and trying to signal they will place a calm hand on the nation's tiller.  —  “The country must be governed from the middle,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Wednesday.
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Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
Democrats Win 18 More House Seats  —  Party Hoped for Gain of 30 but Will Be Close to 259 Seats It Held in 1994  —  House Democrats promised an agenda of improving the economy, ending the war in Iraq and expanding access to health care after gaining at least 18 additional seats in Tuesday's elections …
Discussion: Below The Beltway
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
GOP in dire straits  —  Thumped convincingly in consecutive election cycles, the Republican Party now finds itself in its worst straits since the rise of the conservative coalition — a minority party without the White House, fewer seats in the House and Senate, only 21 governors and full control of just 14 state legislatures.
New York Times:
Democrats Vow to Pursue an Aggressive Agenda
Discussion: Althouse
Max Blumenthal / The Huffington Post:
Lawrence Summers: Africa Is “UNDER-Polluted”  —  Lawrence Summers is on a very short list of possible nominees for Secretary of Treasury.  His selection has been complicated, however, by his destructive performance as president of Harvard University, a rocky term he finally sabotaged …
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Wall Street Journal:
Obama Turns to Building Leadership Team
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
Jim Lindgren / The Volokh Conspiracy:
Rahm Emanuel: Time for a new contract with America.
Discussion: Reason
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
How the President-Elect Did It  —  The new voters changed the game.  —  Intense and gripping, the 2008 election was also historic.  The son of a Kenyan immigrant and an American mother has risen to the presidency of history's most powerful nation.  Who was not moved by the sight …
Discussion: The Caucus, Commentary and Spin Cycle
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Agence France Presse:
‘Impeach Obama’ groups pop up on Facebook … Barack Obama has not even been sworn in yet as the 44th president of the United States but groups are springing up online calling for his impeachment.  —  On Facebook, an “Impeach Barack Obama” group has attracted more than 700 members …
Jeremy Brilliant / WALV-TV:
Obama campaign workers angry over unpaid wages  —  Updated:  —  Indianapolis - Lines were long and tempers flared Wednesday not to vote but to get paid for canvassing for Barack Obama.  Several hundred people are still waiting to get their pay for last-minute campaigning.
Discussion: Don Surber
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Exclusive: Gibbs will be WH press secretary  —  Robert Gibbs, a top aide to Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on his campaign and in his Senate office, will be named the White House press secretary, a top Democratic official said.  —  Gibbs was usually the senior official on Air Obama, the campaign plane.
Discussion: The E&P Pub
Marcus Wohlsen / Associated Press:
Exit poll: Black voters back Calif. marriage ban  —  California's black and Latino voters, who turned out in droves for Barack Obama, provided key support for a state ban on same-sex marriage.  Christian, married and older voters also helped give the measure the winning edge, according to exit polls for The Associated Press.
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Patrick Ruffini / The Next Right:
The Straight-Ticket Youth Vote  —  As a sidenote to Obama's 66-32 blowout among 18-29 voters, check out how these same voters voted for the House.  Not much different: 63-34.  —  So, in casting an identity politics vote for Barack Obama, a hip young (by political standards) African American …
Guy Faulconbridge / Reuters:
Putin may return to Kremlin in '09: report  —  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev could resign from his post in 2009 to pave the way for Vladimir Putin to return to the Kremlin, Vedomosti newspaper reported on Thursday, citing an unidentified source close to the Kremlin.
CNN:
McCain aide disputes sources, denies firing  —  (CNN) — In another sign of drama and disarray inside camp McCain, former campaign senior adviser Randy Scheunemann responded late Wednesday to CNN and insisted he was “not fired and never [have] been fired.”  —  In addition, Michael Goldfarb …
Discussion: TPM Election Central
Wall Street Journal:
We Need Sustainable Capitalism  —  Nature does not do bailouts.  —  When greeting old friends after a period of absence, Ralph Waldo Emerson used to ask: “What has become clear to you since we last met?”  —  What is clear to us and many others is that market capitalism has arrived at a critical juncture.
Discussion: Moonbattery
Alex Altman / Time:
Guy Fawkes Day  —  Revellers celebrate Guy Fawkes Day.  In 1605 Fawkes unsuccessfully attempted to commit the infamous act of terror of blowing up King James I and the Houses of Parliament.  —  The English, among other talents, are adept at nurturing their grudges.
Discussion: On Deadline and Jules Crittenden
 
 
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Tony Halpin / Times of London:
President Dmitri Medvedev orders missiles deployed in Europe as world hails Obama
John / Power Line:
IT'S A BIT LATE...
Discussion: Reason, Gawker and NO QUARTER
Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:
Combat Brigade Is Cut 6 Weeks Early in Iraq
Discussion: Danger Room
Patrick O'Connor / The Politico:
For GOP, Boehner and chaos remain
Jeanne Meserve / CNN:
Bush immigration chief resigns
 Earlier Items: 
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
The Task Ahead  —  The celebration of Barack Obama's victory …
Discussion: TalkLeft
Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Recount: The Coleman-Franken brawl drags on
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight.com:
What In The Hell Happened in Alaska?
Discussion: The BRAD BLOG and Roll Call
Candace Rondeaux / Washington Post:
End Civilian Deaths, Karzai Tells Obama
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:
Exit Polls Show Huge Increase In Incomes Since '04, Will Media Care?
 

 
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