1. Election 2010: Arizona Senate GOP Primary  permalink

Election 2010: Arizona Senate GOP Primary
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Senator John McCain’s future in the U.S. Senate may be a little less assured than previously thought. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely 2010 Republican Primary voters in Arizona finds the longtime incumbent in a virtual tie with potential challenger J.D. Hayworth. McCain earns 45% of the vote, while Hayworth picks up 43%.

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Jukebox John plays a new tune CNN Poll: Blame for recession shifting from GOP to Democrats   —  Washington (CNN) - Nearly two years into the recession, opinion about which political party is responsible for the severe economic downturn is shifting, according to a new national poll. A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Friday morning indicates that 38 percent of the public blames Republicans for the country's current economic ...

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A New Golden Age of TV -- By: Mike Potemra   —  The idea of having a Thanksgiving Day turns out to be especially inspired when the nation is going through dark times: The attempt to search out things we’re thankful for reminds us of a lot of great stuff we take for granted. Peggy Noonan’s column is an excellent example of this. When most people talk about American culture these days, they’re ...
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2. Obama Job Approval Down to 49%  permalink

Obama Job Approval Down to 49%
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PRINCETON, NJ -- The latest Gallup Daily tracking results show 49% of Americans approving of the job Barack Obama is doing as president, putting him below the majority approval level for the first time in his presidency.

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Non-Random Notes GRAPHIC: Tracking approval rating   —  The Gallup organization first started asking Americans how they approved of the job the president was doing in the 1940s. See how each president since then has fared in the approval poll, look at some news events that influenced public opinion and compare how approval ratings evolved for each president.
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Video: Obama's Young Campaign Staffers   —  HBO's documentary "By The People: The Election of Barack Obama" followed Ronnie Cho, a young man who managed state campaigns for Obama. Kaylee Hartung reports.

3. HadleyCRU says leaked data is real  permalink

HadleyCRU says leaked data is real
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The director of Britain's leading Climate Research Unit, Phil Jones, has told Investigate magazine's TGIF Edition tonight that his organization has been hacked, and the data flying all over the internet appears to be genuine. In an exclusive interview, Jones...

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Speculation on the Hadley CRU Hacking Story...   —  I’ve just completed Mike’s Nature trick of adding in the real temps to each series for the last 20 years (ie from 1981 onwards) amd from 1961 for Keith’s to hide the decline. Mike’s series got the annual land and marine values while the other two got April-Sept for NH land N of 20N. The latter two are real for 1999, while the ...

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Do hacked e-mails show global-warming fraud?   —  Controversy has exploded onto the Internet after a major global-warming advocacy center in the UK had its e-mail system hacked and the data published on line.  The director of the University of East Anglia Climate Research Unit confirmed that the e-mails are genuine — and Australian publication Investigate and the Australian Herald-Sun ...

4. Breitbart to AG Holder: Investigate ACORN or We’ll Release More Tapes Just Before 2010 Election  permalink

Breitbart to AG Holder: Investigate ACORN or We’ll Release More Tapes Just Before 2010 Election
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Earlier tonight Andrew Breitbart, James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles discussed the final chapter of the ACORN L.A. saga on “Hannity,” but more interestingly, Breitbart disclosed where the story goes from here.  Transcript (below) starts from 3:50 into the clip:

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ACORN Madness   —  I understand that constantly calling the Republican base batshit crazy gets old. I really do. Honest. But via TPM, check out this survey result from Public Policy Polling: 52% of Republicans now think that ACORN stole the 2008 election from John McCain.

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Breitbart: AG Holder Must Investigate ACORN Or More Tapes To Come During Election Cycle Blog: Breitbart trying to ‘blackmail’ Dems with more ACORN tapes   —  Filmmakers James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles have released new tapes of their anti-ACORN sting operation which appear to show an ACORN employee cheerfully counseling them on how to run a prostitution ring with underage girls and launder the proceeds into a campaign for Congress. The two appeared with Fox News' Sean Hannity on Thursday, along with [...

5. Guidelines Push Back Age for Cervical Cancer Tests  permalink

Guidelines Push Back Age for Cervical Cancer Tests
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New guidelines for cervical cancer screening say women should delay their first Pap test until age 21, and go for screening less often than had been previously recommended.

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Friends, in Need: Obama Faces Backlash on Jobs, Economy Air Defense Push Inspired by 9/11 Gets a 2nd Look   —  The commander of military forces protecting North America has ordered a review of the costly air defenses intended to prevent another Sept. 11-style terrorism attack.

KEVIN SACK / NYT
News Analysis: Screening Debate Reveals Culture Clash in Medicine   —  Backers of science-driven medicine cheered the new recommendations on cancer screening, while many patients still believe that more is always better.

6. Nelson: Nebraskans' Views Must Be Heard In Health Care Debate  permalink

Nelson: Nebraskans' Views Must Be Heard In Health Care Debate
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November 20, 2009 – Today, Nebraska’s Senator Ben Nelson announced that he will vote for the motion to proceed to debate health care reform on the Senate floor and issued this statement:

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Crucial senator says he will vote to move Senate health bill forward Health-care reform's grand bargain   —  There's nothing fun about reading legislative language. But spend enough time reading legislative language and it makes reading other things seem fun, like CBO reports. And so it was last night, where after hours spent digging through the legislative text the cool language of the budget analysis seemed as clear and crystalline as a Joan Didion ...

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Crucial senator says he will vote to move Senate health bill forward Though Still Undecided, Landrieu Looks Ahead To Health Care Debate   —  Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) spoke to reporters last night about her intentions going forward on health care reform. I wasn't present, but a colleague passes along the audio. The short version is, Landrieu is still uncommitted on tomorrow's test vote on the motion to proceed, but she's looking forward to changing the bill (particularly the public ...

7. Video of Angry Wingnuts Booing Sarah Palin, Calling Her a “Quitter” & Chanting “Sign Our ...  permalink

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Teabaggers just aren’t happy about anything these days. I guess the Noblesville, Indiana Going Rogue book signing didn’t go very well yesterday because 300* or so of the 1000 people with wristbands were asked not to tread on Sarah Palin and then she tried to make a getaway with Baby Trig and several duffel bags full of cash but ...

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Video: Angry Mob of Palin Fans Shout Insults at Palin Like An '08 Flashback: OFA Targets Sarah Palin As 'Dangerous'   —  Organizing for America, the DNC's campaign arm set up to support President Obama's agenda, has a familiar target today: Sarah Palin. Mitch Stewart, OFA's director, told supporters in an email just now they need help to raise "$500,000 in the next week to push back against Sarah Palin and her special interest allies." His argument is that Palin's "

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Video: Angry Mob of Palin Fans Shout Insults at Palin Palin Greets Hundreds, But Not Everyone Leaves Happy   —  NOBLESVILLE, Ind. -- Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin was met by a cheering crowd of more than 1,000 people when she arrived in Noblesville Thursday night, but not everyone left happy.

8. Not The Reset Button Again!  permalink

Not The Reset Button Again!
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Something is fishy about this article on the U.S. relationship with Afghan President Hamid Karzai . Apparently, the White House is hitting the ol' reset button beginning at a recent meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton : But instead of revisiting old disputes, Karzai brought in several cabinet ministers to talk about development and ...

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Not The Reset Button Again!   —  Something is fishy about this article on the U.S. relationship with Afghan President Hamid Karzai . Apparently, the White House is hitting the ol' reset button beginning at a recent meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton : But instead of revisiting old disputes, Karzai brought in several cabinet ministers to talk about development and ...

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11/20: 'Cause Everyone Loves Some Senate Speculation... Obama Seeks to Reset Ties with Karzai   —  Washington Post: Softer Approach Initiated by Clinton This Week Is Acknowledgment Afghan Leader Is Needed As Partner

9. What's Joe's Problem?  permalink

What's Joe's Problem?
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Alex Brandon / AP Photo The Senate takes its first health-care vote tomorrow, with Joe Lieberman tipping the balance. His close friend John McCain tells Lloyd Grove what’s driving the public option’s new enemy.

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Police: NC girl raped, killed on day she was taken Make it Go Faster 2   —  Many in the no-longer-so-loyal opposition to the Obama juggernaut of taking the wrecking ball to the Republic fret about how to slow or stop it. Here's the news: You can't. There are now so many programs and initiatives in play on so many levels that just keeping up with a fraction of them will have you pointing and clicking 25 hours a day. ...

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Don't Miss a Beat   —  New developments keep popping through the day in the senate health care bill debate. Check out this page to see all our health care reform debate updates over the course of the day.

10. Democrats & Unaffiliateds More Likely To Be Unemployed Than Republicans  permalink

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Data from Rasmussen Reports national telephone surveys shows that 15.0% of Democrats in the workforce are currently unemployed and looking for a job. Among adults not affiliated with either major party, that number is 15.6% while just 9.9% of Republicans are in the same situation.

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"Democrats and Unaffiliateds More Likely To Be Unemployed Than Republicans"   —  Data from Rasmussen Reports national telephone surveys shows that 15.0% of Democrats in the workforce are currently unemployed and looking for a job. Among adults not affiliated with either major party, that number is 15.6% while just 9.9% of Republicans are in the same situation.

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He Didn't Even Come Close to Making the Honor Roll CBS’s 'Early Show' Skips Grilling of Geithner, Lawmakers Calling for Resignation   —  CBS’s Early Show on Friday completely ignored the grilling Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner received on Capitol Hill on Thursday and the calls for his resignation by members of Congress. ABC’s Good Morning America and NBC’s Today both covered the contentious exchanges. ABC’s Good Morning America provided the most coverage. Correspondent ...

11. Detainees at Camp in Iraq Use Favre To Tease Wisconsin Soldiers  permalink

Detainees at Camp in Iraq Use Favre To Tease Wisconsin Soldiers
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BAGHDAD - It seems that the Brett Favre-Green Bay Packers saga is such a worldwide phenomenon that it's being used by detainees in American military camps.

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12. Giuliani Said to Decide Against Run for Governor  permalink

Giuliani Said to Decide Against Run for Governor
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The former mayor had been viewed as a potentially strong challenger to Gov. David A. Paterson in 2010.

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Friends, in Need: Obama Faces Backlash on Jobs, Economy Source: Giuliani Leaning Toward Senate Run   —  (AP) Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who many Republicans have been pushing to run for governor in 2010, is instead leaning more toward a run for U.S. Senate, according to two party advisers.

13. The Public Option Opt-Out  permalink

The Public Option Opt-Out
Daily Kos / Daily Kos

The good news on the Senate version of the public option is (beyond the fact that there is one included in the bill, making conference that much easier) that it uses the essential components of the HELP version of the public option, with a few minor changes . The core of the public option remains pretty decent, with a single national plan set up ...

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Fix Needed for State Opt-Out Provision of  Public Option Attack ad star defends Reid on public option   —  The Progressive Change Campaign Committee will begin making robocalls encouraging Reid to stand strong. WASHINGTON (CNN)– The day before Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid opens the debate on health care reform, a group of liberal activists who once attacked the Nevada Democrat announced they will begin making robocalls encouraging Reid to ...

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Fix Needed for State Opt-Out Provision of  Public Option Robert Reich | Harry Reid, and What Happened to the Public Option   —  First there was Medicare for all 300 million of us. But that was a non-starter because private insurers and Big Pharma wouldn't hear of it, and Republicans and "centrists" thought it was too much like what they have up in Canada -- which, by the way, cost Canadians only 10 percent of their GDP and covers every Canadian. (Our current ...

14. No Recovery for Main Street  permalink

No Recovery for Main Street
Tom Bevan / Real Clear Politics

Apropos Sean's post on the results of the CNN survey, there are plenty of data points to to explain why Americans are visibly frustrated with the state of the economy. While Wall Street Banks are set to dish out record-breaking bonuses just a year after being bailed out of the financial collapse, things are not [...]

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House Rebels Force Fed Audit, Real Economy Onto Agenda   —  The secretive Federal Reserve, former lair of "masters of the universe" like Alan Greenspan and Tim Geithner and current engine of a Wall-Street-first, Main-Street-last "recovery," is being set up by the Obama administration and Congressional leaders to get more powers. That's a bad idea. But it will be made a little less bad if Congress ...

15. Senate health vote set for Saturday night  permalink

Senate health vote set for Saturday night
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Senate Readies for HCR Debate Senate Health Bill Faces Saturday Showdown   —  Democrats will need to vote in lockstep to overcome GOP opposition in a key procedural vote to move the $848 billion measure to full debate. But it's not yet clear whether Majority Leader Harry Reid can round up enough support.

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Senate Readies for HCR Debate What's in the Senate Health Bill for You?   —  2,074-Page Reform Package Would Expand Health Coverage for Americans, Fine Those Without Insurance, and Ban Insurer Abuses

16. Congressional Report: Rhee did 'damage control' after sex charges against fiance Kevin Johnson  permalink

Congressional Report: Rhee did 'damage control' after sex charges against fiance Kevin Johnson
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Mayor of Sacramento Kevin Johnson (Photo by Jeff Carlick/NBAE via Getty Images) and District of Columbia Public Schools chancellor Michelle Rhee (Examiner File Photo)

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Bestiality Charges Now Included In Child Sex, Forced Abortion Case   —  The Associated Press LEXINGTON -- Prosecutors in western Missouri have filed additional charges against three of the men accused of abusing young relatives in their family (See news clip). The charges filed Thursday in Lafayette County accuse Burrell Mohler Sr....

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Horrific new charges emerge in Missouri child sex-abuse case   —  Horrific new allegations suggesting children as young as 5 were ordered to murder a man have emerged in a case already involving claims of ritualistic child sex abuse.Details of the so-called “Mohler case” were first revealed last week, when authorities arrested a 77-year-old man and his four sons and filed a string of sex-abuse charges, ...

17. UPDATED Durbin: Reid knows how Lincoln will vote  permalink

UPDATED Durbin: Reid knows how Lincoln will vote
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Representatives for Reid and Lincoln have not responded to requests for comment. She is in Washington, Lincoln hasn't given many clues of how she will vote, and, as a result, attention is almost entirely focused on her.

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Lincoln 'still reviewing' health bill   —  From NBC's Ken StricklandAfter reading reports that Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) has already told Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) how she'll vote tomorrow on issue of whether to bring the healthcare bill to the floor, Lincoln's office was quick respond. "No other Senator speaks for Senator Lincoln," Lincoln's spokeswoman told NBC in ...

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Durbin: Lincoln has told Reid   —  From NBC's Ken StricklandAt a news conference this morning, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) pre-emptively gave the his answer to the question everyone's been asking over the past few weeks: does Majority Leader Harry Reid have the 60 votes needed to bring the healthcare bill to the floor. "We're not assuming a thing," Durbin said, "we're working hard to ...

18. U.S. Mortgage Delinquencies Reach a Record High  permalink

U.S. Mortgage Delinquencies Reach a Record High
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The Mortgage Bankers Association’s quarterly survey found that one in seven homeowners was either late on payments or was already in foreclosure.

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19. Tina Fey laughs at NBC  permalink

Tina Fey laughs at NBC
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Tina Feytook a shot at her bosses Wednesday night, saying: "NBC is sadly the fourth-place network; actually, we're in ninth place if you count the radio stations ahead of us right now." The 1,200 guests at the Ad Council gala at the Waldorf laughed raucously as Fey continued, "I really believe that if everyone in this room would watch NBC for one ...

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Tina Fey — Amy Winehouse's Boobs Are Leaking   —  Mitch Winehouse offers charming new details about his daughter's breasts; Adam Lambert fires back at Out magazine's editor; Miley Cyrus literally dresses like a whore. Friday's gossip is losing its sense of irony, but makes up for it with cleavage. Last time we heard from Mitch Winehouse, he was talking about daughter Amy's hot new rack . Now he' ...

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Sunday Show Preview   —  • NBC's Meet the Press : Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R-TX), Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), Susan G. Komen for the Cure founder Amb. Nancy Brinker, NBC's Chief Medical Editor Dr. Nancy Snyderman • CBS' Face the Nation : Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) and CBS medical ...

20. Inspector General: Geithner Overpaid AIG in Bailout  permalink

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Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is in trouble again, and this time he may not be able to save his job. You’ll recall that his confirmation was threatened by revelations of cheating on his income taxes. Now he’s accused of paying billions too much for the bailout of AIG and allowing the insurance firm’s Wall Street creditors -- Goldman Sachs,

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Tax Cheat Geithner Urged to Step Down During House Hearing… He Refuses   —  Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) calls on Tax Cheat Obama Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner to step down today during a House hearing. Geithner supported the disastrous financial decisions that saw the national deficit triple in one year under Barack Obama:

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He Didn't Even Come Close to Making the Honor Roll How Vindicated is Tim Geithner?   —  David Brooks has a good column today arguing that Timothy Geithner’s approach to the financial crisis has been vindicated and that actually one of the most roundly criticized aspects of the Obama administration’s approach has worked out well. He makes strong points, but I would have tempered this a bit. Brooks writes that it “ ...