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Meg Whitman ad: I know that many of you see this election as an, er, unhappy...
Hmmm. Desperate times call for desperate measures, and with just eight days to go, I’d say we’re almost in the desperation zone. Even so — I kind of dig this spot. Or at least, I dig the part where she...
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Anthony Weiner: I know Alan Grayson’s crazy but please vote for him
It's come to this. Via David Freddoso. I assume Dan Webster’s campaign is already hard at work turning this into an attack ad, but in case not, let me supply them with the quote they’ll need. Politico,...
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Hot new lefty op-ed: Fellow Democrats, it’s time to purge the Blue Dogs
Purity. An entertaining adjunct to Benjamin Sarlin’s Daily Beast post today listing five excuses parties start making when they know they’re headed for destruction at the polls. Number five on Sarlin’s...
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Jimmy Carter: Reagan only won in 1980 because of the third-party candidate
What? He’s making a two-step argument here, I think, part of it based on pure conjecture. Step one: If not for Teddy Kennedy’s bitter primary challenge (which of course wasn’t a third-party candidacy),...
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Video: And now an important message on climate change from James Cameron
Message: I care. Via Breitbart, to cleanse the palate, a salute from the makers of “Not Evil, Just Wrong” to the man responsible for “The Terminator,” “Aliens,” “Titanic,” “Avatar,” and a larger carbon...
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Er, great news: George Lucas may be planning new “Star Wars” trilogy
What could go wrong? My instinct is to shudder; most of you, I suspect, will react the same way. And let’s pause here to appreciate how amazing that is. So reviled are the prequels that news of new...
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Dem congressman: Hey, let’s impeach John Roberts
Stupid. Via the Blaze, the logical conclusion to weeks of Democratic demagoguery aimed at the Supremes’ decision in the Citizens United case, which of course made it safe for swarthy foreigners to buy...
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Quotes of the day
Standards. “Dear Program Colleagues, “I want to apologize for not doing a better job of handling the termination of our relationship with news analyst Juan Williams. While we stand firmly behind that...
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Obamateurism of the Day
State of confusion. Barack Obama’s trip started off badly before Obama even arrived, with the Democratic gubernatorial nominee telling a radio show that Obama could “shove” his endorsement after Obama...
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Video: Sink cheats during FL gubernatorial debate
Incompetence. The first rule of Political Debate Club, at least in Florida’s gubernatorial race? No messages from staff. Second rule of Political Debate Club? Don’t get caught on camera breaking the...
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Former Reid aide escaped prosecution for sham marriage to terror suspect
Scandal? In the final days of any campaign, the news media gets a flurry of scandal stories involving politicians in tight races. Most of them turn out to be nothing, like Joe Miller’s three-day wrist...
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Boxer failed to declare million-dollar house on disclosures?
Perhaps, ma'am. She chairs the Senate Ethics Committee, so Barbara Boxer should know her obligations for disclosure as a member of the upper chamber. Roger Simon reports exclusively at Pajamas Media...
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Grayson trails by seven in FL-08
The feel-good story of the year. Few House races get nationalized to the extent that Florida’s 8th Congressional district campaign has. With 435 simultaneous elections at once, it’s difficult for...
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Dem losing by 10 in California’s Central Valley
The party that smelt it gets delta'd. Jim Costa looks as though he’s about to lose his previously-safe Democratic seat in the House because of the fish that devoured the Central Valley. The feds...
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Toomey, Corbett bouncing back in PA
Surges have to last more than a day. In order for a movement to qualify as a “surge” in politics, it has to last more than a day or two. That’s the lesson McCall’s Morning Call takes from its outlier...
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Stupid: Paul supporter stomps protester at debate; Update: 2nd incident...
Criminal, too. Want to bet this gets a little more media play than the SEIU thug that beat Ken Gladney in St. Louis earlier this year? That’s why this is stupid as well as criminal. In an attempt to...
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The Ed Morrissey Show: Andrew Malcolm, George Phillips
3 pm ET! Today on The Ed Morrissey Show (3 pm ET), we welcome the Prince of Twitter and LA Times blogger Andrew Malcolm for our weekly Tuesdays with Andrew discussion of media and politics! We’ll...
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Feinstein: Say, these midterms are looking bad, aren’t they?; Update: Fiorina...
Senator Ma'am not closing the deal. California TV station KTVU catches Senator Dianne Feinstein in an honest moment in this on-camera interview. Asked about how the prospects look for Democrats in...
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Porker of the Month: Debbie Wasserman Schultz; Update: Video fixed
Lies, damned lies, and Democratic-spun statistics. Reason TV and Citizens Against Government Waste selected Debbie Wasserman Schultz its Porker of the Month not so much for her spending, but for the...
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Joy Behar on Sharron Angle: This bitch is going to hell
Hate. Via Mediaite, a mundane clip in some ways and a noteworthy one in another. Mundane because (a) this isn’t the first time Behar’s dropped a B-bomb on a prominent conservative woman, natch, and (b)...
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