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Remainders: Decider

Tue, 11/09/2010 - 4:49pm
 Link roundup


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Facebook patrol

Tue, 11/09/2010 - 4:45pm
 Dickerson finds dissent unwelcome on Palin's Facebook page:

In her speech, Palin said that "prices have risen significantl


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Defending TARP

Tue, 11/09/2010 - 4:33pm
 The TARP remains a kind of original sin of Obama's presidency, though it predated him, and though both Sarah Palin and John McCain supported i


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The Murdoch-Bloomberg axis

Tue, 11/09/2010 - 4:29pm
 For all the talk of the Fox News Republicans, Rupert Murdoch is only tightening his relationship with another 2012 prospect: Michael Bloomberg


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Pelosi rehabilitation begins

Tue, 11/09/2010 - 4:17pm
Nancy Pelosi has an op-ed in USA Today, mostly defending her record as speaker:


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Pawlenty pushes substance, not style

Tue, 11/09/2010 - 4:05pm
Responding to the charge that he doesn't have enough charisma or "sizzle," Tim Pawlenty told Fox, "Well, we've seen sizzle in the cur


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NRSC already targeting Manchin

Tue, 11/09/2010 - 3:25pm
The NRSC is up with its first post-election press release against Sen.-elect Joe Manchin, targeting him for his support of Harry Reid for major


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Dump Steele movement gains steam

Tue, 11/09/2010 - 12:50pm
Chris Cillizza reports on the behind-the-scenes efforts to recruit a credible challenger to RNC chairman Michael Steele:


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Life in Indonesia

Tue, 11/09/2010 - 12:25pm
 It was not, as Obama's more wild-eyed detractors claim, exactly training in Islamic fundamentalism:

His nanny was an openly gay


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CBC welcomes black Republicans

Tue, 11/09/2010 - 11:51am
CBC welcomes black Republicans


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Davis handicaps the mayoral field

Tue, 11/09/2010 - 11:38am
Rep. Danny Davis, in an appearance on WGN, said that he's running for mayor, and he'll make a formal announcement in a few days. In the interview, D


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The Vander Plaats primary

Tue, 11/09/2010 - 11:09am
 Bob Vander Plaats won the ire of Iowa's Republican establishment by running a competitive primary from the social-conservative right against T


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Pollsters press media

Tue, 11/09/2010 - 10:22am
 Mark Blumenthal yesterday posted an unusual letter from a bipartisan group of top political pollsters, imploring the media to pay closer atten


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A warning to Bibi

Tue, 11/09/2010 - 10:20am
 From Jakarta:

President Barack Obama said he is “concerned” about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s


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Minnesota nice?

Tue, 11/09/2010 - 9:49am
 The potential -- still fairly remote -- of a legal battle over the Minnesota governor's vote, beginning after a recount in December and runnin


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Blunt's welcome

Tue, 11/09/2010 - 9:37am
 Matt Kaminski talks to Rand Paul, an then to Roy Blunt, representing the full outsider-insider spectrum of the new Senate class:


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Christie's good numbers

Tue, 11/09/2010 - 9:32am
 Chris Christie's now at a 51% to 38% approval rating, an impressive figure with the economy still bad, and evidence that a clear and forceful


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Dept. of bad information

Tue, 11/09/2010 - 9:31am
 This is not, I don't think, unique to Nevada, or to one party:

By now the sign on a dirt lot in the southeast valley has become


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A shift on outside groups

Tue, 11/09/2010 - 9:19am
 Jeanne Cummings talks to Axelrod about a shift that began in the run-up to the election, from condemning outside money to condemning secret ou


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The indy shift

Tue, 11/09/2010 - 9:19am
 Jonathan Martin:

Independent voters moved decisively to the Republican Party in last week’s election and are more sympath


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