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Video: The television event of a lifetime
Joy. No joke. The World Cup Final drew 700 million viewers globally. The Chilean miner rescue? A cool bil. Although, in fairness, the miner rescue had the advantage of not being crushingly boring....
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Wow: Obama to appeal federal judge’s ruling striking down Defense of Marriage...
Crunch time. Why does the president hate gay marriage? The Obama administration decided on Tuesday to appeal a judge’s rulings that prevented the U.S. government from banning same-sex marriages, a move...
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That big bombshell announcement from Charlie Crist is… Robert F. Kennedy Jr.;...
Lame. NRO’s Jim Geraghty joked on Twitter that Charlie Crist’s mystery announcement today would be that that he’s pursuing his dream of being a Major League Baseball pitcher. The real story is almost...
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New House Dem ad: Don’t compare me to that damned dirty hippie Nancy Pelosi
It's come to this. Comedy gold via Ben Smith from Georgia Democrat Jim Marshall, who reminds us that the cultural currency of Haight-Ashbury flower children circa 1967 is evergreen. Dig those trippy...
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Say, didn’t Robert Gibbs once work for an outside group with shadowy donors?
Hypocrites. From the Daily Caller’s Chris Moody: The White House plans to continue attacking groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other conservative organizations for not disclosing the names...
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Great news: Obama says he’s learned that “there’s no such thing as...
Smart power. Hey, we all make mistakes. This one just happens to involve hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars. While proud of his record, Obama has already begun thinking about what went wrong —...
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NRCC to spend money on Sean Bielat’s campaign against Barney Frank?
Dream the impossible dream. Sure, it’s not the most likely takeover in the country (Cook has moved it from Solid D to Likely), but it’s possible, and don’t it make you feel so good? Frank hasn’t faced...
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Survey USA: Coons 54, O’Donnell 33
Oof. Worth flagging if only because this is the last comparison point we’ll have before tonight’s debate blockbuster. I’m searching for the silver lining in the crosstabs, but … help me out. The...
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Bloomberg poll: Privatizing Medicare and Social Security on the table?
Hope and change? Bloomberg buries the lede in a story about a poll reflecting the already obvious public pessimism about the economy: Almost three in five say privatization of the Medicare program,...
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Video: Chicago reporters protect Rahm in very Chicago-y way
"Let him finish or I'm going to deck you!" Via Dana Loesch and Big Journalism, something salty to cleanse the palate. The man daring to inquire about Rahm’s eligibility is William Kelly, WIND radio...
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Confirmed: Obama related to Palin, Limbaugh
Dude? Imagine the family getting together for Thanksgiving. Imagine it. The latest discovery from Ancestry.com shows that President Obama is related to conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh, one of his...
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Awesome: White House attacks on Rove’s group lead to massive influx of donations
Backfire. Actually, that’s only half of what makes it awesome. What makes it fully awesome is that, thanks to the new money, they can now target House seats that they otherwise would have had to pass...
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Open thread: O’Donnell vs. Coons
Do or die. 7:30 p.m. ET on CNN. The journey to the top of Mt. Everest begins with a single step, my friends. The good news? Ace is right that a solid performance tonight will move some votes. Her...
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Matthews to AFL-CIO chief: If those Chilean miners were tea partiers, they’d...
"They would have been killing each other after about two days." Via the ‘Busters, this is one of those clips that’s so immensely stupid, it’s actually confounding. Where to begin? Is he suggesting that...
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Michelle Obama: Keep praying to “keep the spirits clean around us”
Cleansed. Posted for one reason and one reason only: This might be my first, last, and best chance to convert some of the readership to atheism. If the prayers were working, the Times wouldn’t be...
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Victory: Last Chilean miner rescued
Freedom. A superb moment, and not just because it meant mission accomplished. Number 33 was Luis Urzua, the shift supervisor when the mine collapsed and by all accounts the leader of the group. He’s...
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Just a single line in a post from Gloria Borger, but it echoes the assessment of pretty much everyone I follow on Twitter. The Daily Caller agrees: The debate was contentious and free-wheeling, but...
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Quotes of the day
Playing the odds. “The latest betting odds for the 2012 presidential election peg President Barack Obama as the favorite. But if the opening odds for the 2008 presidential election are any guide, 2012...
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Obamateurism of the Day
Success! Andrew Malcolm notes a rather interesting admission in a recent fundraising letter from President Obama: “I didn’t run for president because I wanted to do what would make me popular.” Er …...
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Pathetic: Boxer votes early, won’t divulge stance on five ballot initiatives
Secret ballot! You’ve got to hand it to Senator M’am: The woman defies parody. Barbara Boxer decided to get a head start on election season yesterday, casting an early ballot in Riverside. When...
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