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Stocks move higher following jobs, housing reports
Deseret News &bull Yesterday
NEW YORK - Stocks rose Thursday, extending their gains from the day before, after reports on housing, manufacturing and jobs all indicated that the economy continues to grow. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 50 points, having jumped 254 on… Full Story »
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Karl Rove's Org Makes "Issue Ads" That Never Mention the Issue in Question
news.firedoglake.com via @MylaReson &bull YesterdayKarl Rove's money-laundering shop has ordered up a series of ads attacking Democratic Senate candidates. But despite them clearly being electorally focused, Rove's team tries to make them "issue ads" by adding a bill unrelated to the spots in the… Full Story »
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GOP Committees Look to Outside Groups to Fund Fall Ground Game
CQ Politics &bull Yesterday
Republican strategists wary of relying on a Republican National Committee beset by controversy are relying on third-party organizations to fund and manage crucial ground game operations for the midterm elections. Full Story »
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Rove Group Drops Four New Senate Race Ads (VIDEO)
The American Prospect Election Central &bull Yesterday
American Crossroads, the conservative group backed by Karl Rove and former Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie, has a whole set of new ads in four key Senate races. First up is an ad in Nevada, against Senate Majority Leader… Full Story »
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Who Is Christine O'Donnell?
The Weekly Standard &bull Yesterday
In the wake of Joe Miller's upset over Lisa Murkowski in Alaska's GOP Senate primary, there's been a lot of buzz for Delaware GOP Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell, who is challenging moderate GOP congressman Mike Castle in the September 14 primary. This week, the Tea Party Express endorsed O'Donnell, a former conservative activist… Full Story »
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The problem with Sarah Palin isn't her problem
alarmingnews.com via @karolnyc &bull YesterdayBen Smith has a great post on the dreadful Vanity Fair piece on Sarah Palin (so bad that even left-wing feminists are speaking out against it). The article is just garbage, thin, weak, and factually incorrect all over the place. Ben attributes some of this to Palin speaking only with… Full Story »
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Why Newsweek sold for $1: 'People think Obama is a Muslim because of 'celebrations about being white'
Beltway Confidential &bull Yesterday
To the many theories about why so many Americans say they think President Obama is Muslim, add this one: the growing number of celebrations about being white. To take just one recent example, Glenn Beck's weekend rally in Washington, which… Full Story »
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Morning Examiner: No, your honor, I stole TWO buses
Beltway Confidential &bull Yesterday
Why are there so many pieces like this one? Probably because of all the celebrations about being a left-wing hack journalist. To the many theories about why so many Americans... My proposed sentence for this guy? A job at WMATA.… Full Story »
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Governor Palin will announce her presidential campaign on February 6th, 2011not this year HillBuzz
hillbuzz.org via @Jenfidel &bull YesterdayHotAir has a piece up right now, talking about how crazy Vanity Fair has becomein that VF has apparently written an insane new piece claiming Governor Palin is going to use 9/11 to announce her presidential run. That's just absurd. On 9/11/10, the Governor will appear with Glenn Beck at an event in Anchorage that's going to honor the American military… Full Story »
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Del. Dem watches O'Donnell's bid
Politico.com &bull Yesterday
Delaware Democratic Senate candidate Chris Coons would like nothing more than for Christine O'Donnell to become the latest tea party sensation to shock the establishment. But the New Castle County executive is also aiming to manage expectations if O'Donnell can't… Full Story »
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Emails Reveal McCain Campaign Mislead The Public About Palin's $150K Plus Shopping Spree
Think Progress &bull Sep 1, 2010One of the more interesting moments of the 2008 presidential campaign came when Politico revealed that the Republican National Committee had spent over $150,000 on clothes and accessories from luxury stores for Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin and her family. The high-end… Full Story »
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Stabbing Suspect Indicted For Hate Crimes
The New American &bull Sep 1, 2010
Although he volunteered for a left-wing peace group that favors building a mosque at Ground Zero in New York, the young drunk who stabbed a Muslim taxi driver last week has been indicted on charges of attempted second-degree murder and assault as hate crimes. The story of Michael Enright, a film student who had returned to New York after working… Full Story »
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Steele To Launch 48-State Bus Tour
National Journal - Hotline On Call &bull Sep 1, 2010RNC chairman Michael Steele will embark on a massive bus tour later this month aimed at campaigning for dozens of GOP candidates across the country -- while simultaneously getting some face-time with members of the RNC who will hold Steele's fate in their hands come Jan. Steele will depart Sept. 15 and maintain a grueling schedule, according to one of many draft itineraries obtained by The Hotline. That version of the following 6 weeks showed events in 116 cities across the lower 48 states. Steele has at least one event in… Full Story »
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Suite Talk, September 1, 2010
Politico Suite Talk &bull Sep 1, 2010
Francesca's deep understanding of the biologics market, particularly vaccines, builds on our strengths," said APCO Managing Director Robert Schooling. At Pfizer, Tedesco directed its specialty care pubic affairs division, developing strategies for the vaccine, infectious disease, oncology, ophthalmology and endocrine… Full Story »
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Former Sen. Norm Coleman: "There is No Effort to Replace Michael Steele"
ABC News - Politics &bull Sep 1, 2010
Rebutting weeks of speculation that he might be eyeing a bid to take over as chair of the Republican National Committee, former Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman said on ABC News/Washington Post "Top Line" today that "there is no effort to… Full Story »
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Commentary: Ken Mehlman comes out
McClatchy &bull Sep 1, 2010
So he had everything to lose when he realized that he could no longer deny what he had tried to stifle all his life: He was gay. Everything to lose, that is, except being true to himself. Barret told his… Full Story »
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Vanity Fair: Sarah Palin's 'sad and moldering strangeness'
www.whorunsgov.com via @1968mike &bull Sep 1, 2010Politerati is a blog from WhoRunsGov @ The Washington Post that offers news, analysis and commentary about the people and players that populate the nation's capital. It is written by Garance Franke-Ruta. Follow her on Twitter at @thegarance. Updated 11:59 a.m. She manages to be at once a closed book and a constant noisemaker," he concludes after traveling with her during the spring and summer, "warm and effusive in public, indifferent or angry in private," her relationship to her audience sealed by mutual resentments.… Full Story »
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Sarah Palin Profile Reveals Her Facebook Ghostwriter And Spendthrift Ways
TPM Muckraker &bull Sep 1, 2010
She's earned $13 million since the 2008 presidential race that shoved her onto the national stage, but Sarah Palin apparently is a crappy tipper. A new Vanity Fair profile of the former Alaska governor paints a picture of a woman who has skyrocketed to success -- stepping on staff, friends and family along the way -- but who is so deeply concerned about controlling her public persona that she hired a friendly blogger to write her much-ballyhooed Facebook posts. The wide-ranging profile documents hotels where Palin stiffed bellhops; her demands during the presidential campaign and on her busy speaking circuit;… Full Story »
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Could Sarah Palin Actually Benefit From A Hatchet Job?
jezebel.com via @fashion2040 &bull Sep 1, 2010A highly determined hatchet job on Sarah Palin in Vanity Fair is already controversial: Roger Ebert called it "devastating" and "a scorcher." But others, notably several women in media, worry that the piece is playing into Palin's hands. Palin's animosity… Full Story »
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Rally Funnels Anger Toward D.C.
Wall Street Journal Politics &bull Sep 1, 2010
WASHINGTON-The rally organized by conservative broadcaster Glenn Beck this weekend was a prominent reminder of the disenchantment many Americans feel about Washington-a sentiment that provides both opportunities and pitfalls for the Republican Party. The size and geographic diversity of the crowd demonstrated… Full Story »
