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6:50 PM ET, October 29, 2009

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Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
House health-care reform bill includes public option, Medicaid expansion  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will unveil a health-care reform bill on Thursday that includes a government insurance option and a historic expansion of Medicaid, although sticking points in the legislation involving abortion and immigration remain unresolved.
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Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
Rehearsal for an anti-choice protest: 'Okay, you stand here and she's gonna whip you with this whip.'  —  This week, radical anti-choice activist and Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry launched a contest encouraging people to make videos burning House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) …
edlabor.house.gov:
Affordable Health Care for America Act  —  For the first time in U.S. history, all Americans would have access to quality, affordable health care under updated health insurance reform legislation unveiled by House Democrats.  —  The Affordable Health Care for America Act [H.R. 3962] …
Philip Klein / AmSpecBlog:
Pelosi Drops 1,990 Page Health Care Bill
Discussion: Weekly Standard, RedState and Hot Air
Kara Rowland / Washington Times:
House health-bill event closed to public
Discussion: Townhall.com, Commentary and HazZzMat
Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
House Health Reform Bill Outlaws Treating Domestic Violence …
Discussion: The Politico
Jon Walker / Firedoglake:
Breaking: Pelosi Unveils Merged House Health Care Reform Bill
Discussion: Riehl World View
Stuart Rothenberg / Real Clear Politics:
The Outlook for the 2009 Elections  —  We are still a few days away from Election Day, but party strategists, operatives and local activists are already blaming their own nominees for their defeats.  —  The clearest evidence that the Virginia gubernatorial race is over …
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Iowa Republicans wince at Palin fee  —  A conservative Iowa group's effort to lure Sarah Palin to its banquet next month has had an unintended effect: Rather than exciting conservatives about the prospect of a visit from the former Alaska governor, the group's plan to raise a six-figure sum …
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Holly Bailey / Newsweek Blogs:
Sarah Palin Charging $100K for Iowa Speech? Not Exactly.
Discussion: Hot Air
David Plouffe / Time:
‘Audacity to Win’: Excerpt by Plouffe on Obama Campaign  —  In a new memoir, The Audacity to Win, David Plouffe, who managed Barack Obama's 2008 race for the White House, provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse inside the campaign.  Here's an excerpt:  —  Agony.  Ecstasy.
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Nervous W.H. intervened in N.J. race; top Obama adviser now in charge
Discussion: TPMDC
Boston Weather, Breaking News and Sports from WBZ-TV:
Gates, Crowley Spotted Together In Cambridge Bar  —  CAMBRIDGE (WBZ) ― Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates and Cambridge police Sergeant James Crowley were spotted at a pub in Cambridge Wednesday night.  —  The owner of “River Gods” told WBZ the two sat in a booth together and talked for about an hour.
Democracy Corps:
Corzine Leads Christie by Five Points in New Jersey  —  With less than a week to go before Election Day in New Jersey, a new survey conducted for Stan Greenberg and James Carville's organization Democracy Corps shows Democratic Governor Jon Corzine slightly expanding his lead over Republican Chris Christie to 5 points.
Discussion: Daily Kos, Blue Jersey, MyDD and TPMDC
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
Christie: 'Man up and say I'm fat'
Discussion: The Awl and Wonkette
Catherine Rampell / New York Times:
U.S. Economy Began to Grow Again in the Third Quarter  —  Ending the longest contraction since World War II, the United States economy finally grew in the third quarter of this year, the Commerce Department said on Thursday.  —  The nation's gross domestic product expanded at an annual rate …
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Corrie MacLaggan / Postcards:
Perry on Palin vs. Cheney  —  Gov. Rick Perry, a bit breathless from running, was on 98.1 KVET this morning to tout the Rise Across Texas Challenge, an 850-mile bike ride next March benefiting the Rise School.  —  The governor also talked politics a bit.  He said Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour …
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Wayne Slater / TRAIL BLAZERS:
Rick Perry endorses Conservative over Republican in NY race
Dale Lezon / Houston Chronicle:
Attorney O'Quinn killed in Houston wreck  —  Prominent Houston attorney John O'Quinn was one of two men who died this morning when their SUV slammed into a large tree on Allen Parkway after the driver apparently lost control, police said.  —  “I'm stunned.
Discussion: Law Blog and TRAIL BLAZERS
David Weigel / The Washington Independent:
Orly Taitz Smacked Down: Birther Lawsuit Dismissed  —  Central District of California Judge David O. Carter has dismissed Barnett et al v. Obama et al, Orly Taitz's most successful lawsuit — that is, the one that got the furthest through the legal system — demanding proof of the president's citizenship.
Joshua Rhett Miller / Fox News:
Police Probe Shot Fired at Home of CNN's Lou Dobbs  —  A gunshot was fired at the New Jersey home of CNN's Lou Dobbs after a series of threatening phone calls earlier this month, the host told listeners on his nationally syndicated radio show.  —  Dobbs, a fervent proponent of U.S. border enforcement …
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Jeff Poor / NewsBusters.org:
CNN's Lou Dobbs Claims Shot Fired at Home, Wife
Discussion: Think Progress, 24Ahead and TVNewser
Jim Geraghty / National Review Online:
Democrats Ask New Jersey Secretary of State to Ignore Mismatched Signatures on Absentee-Ballot Requests — By: Jim Geraghty  —  This year, New Jersey's registered voters can request a mail-in ballot for any reason.  (Before 2005, voters needed to provide a reason for why they needed an absentee ballot.)
Discussion: RedState and Riehl World View
Blue Texan / Firedoglake:
Disgraceful: In 8 Years, George W. Bush Never Greeted Fallen Troops  —  This is what a president does. … NPR notes that, … Why? … Bush also preferred to go bed early, but apparently, could never get his ass out of bed early enough to honor the soldiers he so recklessly sent off to die.
Atrios / Eschaton:
A Question  —  Last night at a roundtable for our nations's elite, that is to say, “bloggers,” Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO President, implied, though did not say outright, that one consequence of the real estate bubble was that manufacturing and other types of businesses were finding it difficult to obtain credit at favorable terms.
People-Press.org:
Fox News Viewed as Most Ideological Network  —  Swine Flu Tops Weekly News Interest  —  The Fox News Channel is viewed by Americans in more ideological terms than other television news networks.  And while the public is evenly divided in its view of hosts of cable news programs having …
 
 
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Susan Crabtree / The Hill:
Rep. Graves attacks ethics office, criticizes ‘political smear’
Discussion: TPMMuckraker
Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
The Mob That Wasn't Greets Arrival Of Pelosi Bill
Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard:
Corker Amendment Shall Not Be Introduced
Discussion: The Cable
David Weigel / The Washington Independent:
Reid Blasts Republicans Over Surgeon General Vote Delay, Other Holds and Filibusters
Discussion: ACS Blog and Ezra Klein
WilliamPatrickCorgan / Everything From Here To There:
Health and A Well-Being
Erick Erickson / RedState:
Charlie Crist Gets Desperate. …
Discussion: The Buzz and Erick's blog
Mark Trumbull / Christian Science Monitor:
Report: Cash for Clunkers was a lemon
Discussion: Hot Air, theblogprof and Gateway Pundit
 Earlier Items: 
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Meme Alert: MSNBC, Left Wing Equivalent Of Fox, Proves White House Hypocrisy?
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog
Shelby Grad / L.A. NOW:
Shooting at North Hollywood synagogue investigated as hate crime …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Neil King Jr / Wall Street Journal:
Politicians Butt In at Bailed-Out GM
Discussion: Commentary and The Page
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Obama Visits Returning War Dead
Christopher Drew / New York Times:
Victory for Obama Over Military Lobby
 

 
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Warner Bros. Discovery has decided not to renew its deal for new episodes of Sesame Street, though it will continue licensing library episodes through 2027

Liam Scott / Voice of America:
RSF says 23 journalists remained jailed in Syria as of December 9, as press freedom groups call for accountability for those who had been in Assad's regime

Aidan Ryan / The Boston Globe:
Boston NPR affiliate WBUR to cancel Radio Boston, its midday show that spent 15 years on air, and move its staff to a new production team focused on local news

 
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