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Oberstar’s singular sensation in fundraising
She's the one. What happens when someone lives in Washington DC for 50 years? They tend to lose contact with their home-town folks. Jim Oberstar has lived and worked in Washington DC for almost 50...
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Illinois latest state to violate MOVE Act?
How long did they need? First New York failed to meet federal regulations in getting ballots to military personnel serving abroad. Now the Dept. of Justice will investigate whether Illinois also...
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Initial jobless claims rise, as expected …
... by most. Few economic indicators have been as steady and predictable in 2010 as initial jobless claims. The data range has fluctuated about 60,000 all year long between 445,000 and 504,000, which...
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Toomey opens up 10-point lead on Sestak in PA
Plus, McMahon slipping in CT? Today brings good news and bad news on the Senate front of the midterms, and we’ll start with the good new in Pennsylvania. Pat Toomey, whose mere presence in the...
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Video: What does Detroit need most?
19th-century solution for 20th-century failure. Many different people would give many different answers to the question, but it takes a bureaucrat to offer a 19th-century solution to a 20th-century...
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Video: Dems running against ObamaCare won’t sign defunding pledge
Commitment. Democrats looking to get re-elected to Congress have mostly decided to keep their mouths shut about ObamaCare, and in some cases run on their opposition to the health-care system overhaul....
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NRSC fires contractor over “hicky” ad
Oops. The NRSC has reversed itself after discovering that its ad contractor lied about its involvement in demanding “hicky” actors for its West Virginia ads. The Republican committee fired Jamestown...
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The Ed Morrissey Show: Guy Benson, Jim Geraghty, John Randall
3 pm ET! Today on The Ed Morrissey Show (3 pm ET), I return with the lineup we missed yesterday! Kerry Picket is on the road for the Washington Times, so Townhall’s Guy Benson will update us on his...
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GOP making inroads in Democrat WA, OR House districts
Pacific Northwest turning red? Two House races in the Northwest may define the upper reaches of the Republican wave expected to crest nationwide on November 2nd. Both districts have been in the hands...
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Reuters economists expect even more of the unexpected next year
Unexpectedly? If an unexpected tree is expected to fall in the forest and does, does it make an unexpected sound? The U.S. growth outlook has darkened significantly in the latest Reuters poll, even...
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Rasmussen puts Boxer up three in CA Senate race
Down to the wire. If conservatives had to name just one Senate race they’d most want to win, the election in California would have to come at the top of the list. Barbara Boxer remains in the lead,...
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Obligatory: Whoopi and Behar fight with O’Reilly, storm off set of “The View”
"I don’t want to sit here right now, I don't. I am outraged by that statement." Via Greg Hengler, I almost take them seriously enough to care. No, just kidding: I don’t remotely take them seriously...
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Federal judge: Challenge to ObamaCare mandate can proceed to trial
Moral victory. Arguably the biggest story of the day, even though it’s barely a story at all. One way or another, the mandate will end up before the Supreme Court. Maybe it’ll get there via this suit...
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Nightmare: Joe Miller’s lead over Lisa Murkowski down to … one point
Despair. I wish I could tell you that this is some sort of Democratic internal poll or Zogby. But I can’t. Alternate headline: “Blogger may require adult diapers on election night.” A new Rasmussen...
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Glenn Beck: Punish Obama for his smears by donating to the Chamber of...
"I would like to have this [be] the largest day of fundraising for the Chamber of Commerce ever." A fine idea, backed by his pledge of ten grand for the cause. I’m happy to help promote it — here’s the...
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Study: Actually, there aren’t many racist signs at tea-party rallies after all
Go figure. First we find out that “shovel-ready jobs” don’t really exist, now this. Who knows what other “surprises” lie ahead this month as the growing inevitability of Democratic doom makes...
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Oh my: Michelle Obama electioneering in polling place?
"You kind of have to drop the standard for the first lady, right?" When Drudge puts up the red font — with italics, no less — we’re almost obliged to blog it, aren’t we? I’m … outrageously outraged?...
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Massachusetts Dem on campaign finance law: “I think the Constitution is wrong”
Red meat. Via RCP. At Reason, Jacob Sullum is on the money: McGovern probably meant to say, “I think the Supreme Court is wrong” (just as he probably meant to deny that a corporation, as opposed to...
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O’Donnell: Why isn’t the NRSC doing more to help me?
"He's a sitting duck." Presumptive answer: Because she’s down by 20 points and resources aren’t infinite? O’Donnell’s comments in her exclusive interview with Fox News followed an offhanded remark she...
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Debate open thread: Reid vs. Angle
War. 9 p.m. ET on C-SPAN, their first and only meeting of the campaign and a rare instance where a debate really might decide a race. Expectations are for the most explosive incident in Nevada since...
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