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RIGHT WING WATCH & OTHER POLITICAL NEWS OCTOBER 26

Rand Paul's Following - Digby

IDEOLOGICAL LITMUS TESTS FOR FUTURE HILL STAFFERS.... - Steve Benen

Tea Party Vow to Deter Voter Fraud Is Called Scare Tactic - NYT

Palin Claims Rubio’s Ideas Are ‘Mavericky’ And ‘Taking On The Establishment’ - Think Progress

MURDOCH WINS AGAIN: WSJ Up, Everyone Else Down - HuffPost

Birther Nutbags Hold Rally in DC - Bob Cesca

Joe Miller Shrugs Off Ethics Violation, Claims Murkowski Did Something Similar - HuffPost

Tea Thuggery - Digby

Teabagger Rand Paul Supporters Attack MoveOn Activist at Rally Last Night - Political Ruminations

UPDATE: Victim of Attack by Rand Paul Campaign Coordinator Speaks Out - Political Ruminations

REPORT: 130 Republicans In Congress Want To Consider Ending Birthright Citizenship - Think Progress

Ken Buck: 'I Disagree Strongly' With Separation Of Church And State - HuffPost

Obama assails GOP on clouded final campaign push - Yahoo News

Right Wing Quote of the Week - Political Ruminations

Jean Schmidt Discusses Abortion With Children As Young As 6! - IntoxiNation

Tea Party Nation: Vote Out Rep. Keith Ellison Because He’s Muslim And ‘Supports’ Terrorists - Think Progress

GOP Poised To Win Congress Redistricting Edge, Too - HuffPost

Angle Scoffed At The Idea She Ignores Media -- Just Before Ignoring Media - HuffPost

It's A Political Corporation Not A party - Digby

Rand Paul Dismisses His Supporters’ Assault On MoveOn Activist As ‘Jockeying Back And Forth’ - Think Progress

OTHER POLITICAL NEWS

Accomplishments by the Administration and Congress on LGBT Equality - equalitygiving.org

New Figures Detail Depth Of Unemployment Misery, Lower Earnings For All But Super Wealthy (VIDEO) - HuffPost

UPDATE: 2010 Closest Senate Races: 538 Forecasts for Senate Outcomes - Political Ruminations

Obama preps for reshaped postelection presidency - Yahoo News

White House Explains Why It Won't Discuss DADT Court Challenges At LGBT Meeting - HuffPost

Arianna Explains Causes Of Middle Class Decline On 'Charlie Rose' (VIDEO) - HuffPost

RIGHT WING WATCH & OTHER POLITICAL NEWS OCTOBER 25

What Role Have Scalia And Thomas Played In The Koch Money Machine? - Think Progress

2010 Rove Dismisses 2004 Rove’s Deep Concerns About Secret Money In Elections - Think Progress

Companies That Received Bailout Money Giving Generously To Candidates - Washington Post

McCain Waging Grudge Match Against Raul Grijalva; Challenger's Offensive Poster Mocks Dem's Mustache - HuffPost

Nevada Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle used a decoy to dodge members of the press & not paying her staffers - HuffPost

Sharron Angle Pits Brown Against White In Anti-Immigrant Attack Ad - Think Progress

Mike Huckabee hammers Karl Rove over his treatment of O'Donnell - Think Progress

Web Ad: Pledging Allegiance To Secret Corporate Donors - Think Progress

Obama: GOP Will Undo Financial Reform - Politico

Falling Into the Chasm - NYT - Paul Krugman

OTHER POLITICAL NEWS

THE NEXT REAL ESTATE BOOM.... - Washington Monthly

Vast Stretches Of Oil Still Contaminate The Gulf - Think Progress

Right Wing Watch & Other Political News October 19

Christine O'Donnell: Where In The Constitution Is The Separation Of Church And State? (VIDEO)- Talking Points Memo

‘Pledge to America’ Budget Plan is Fiscally Irresponsible - Political Ruminations

Poll: Sestak Posts Big Gains In PA-SEN - Talking Points Memo

Aqua Buddha prank victim: Jack Conway ad is "over the top," but accurate, raises legit questions- Greg Sargent

GOP Legislator Who Crusaded Against College Sex Ed Classes Owns Company That Sells Kinky Sex Gadgets - Think Progress

Religious And Ethnic Coalition Presses Vitter To Take Down And Apologize For Insensitive Ad - Talking Points Memo

RIGHT WING WATCH & OTHER POLITICAL NEWS OCTOBER 18

Bring On The Smelling Salts - Digby

Joe Miller: Communist East Germany is a Good Example of a Nation That Achieved Border Security - Political Ruminations

Lawbreakers In The 2010 Elections May Go Unpunished By The FEC, IRS For Years - HuffPost

Rather Than Investigating Foreclosure Fraud, House Republicans Vow To Investigate Loans To Poor People - Think Progress

Jack Conway Pulls Within Two Points Of Rand Paul In Kentucky Senate Fight (POLL) - Real Clear Politics

2010 Closest Senate Races: 538 Forecasts for Senate Outcomes - Political Ruminations

Georgia Lawmaker Defends ‘Shoot To Kill’ Solution To Immigration: ‘They’re Invading Us’ - Think Progress

‘Unethical’ Nixon Campaign Vet Fred Malek Still Dodging Campaign Finance Laws - George Zornick /Think Progress

Wall Street Buying An Attorney General - Oliver Willis

Fox Nation Reader Suggests Executing The President, 14 Readers Vote To "Like" - News Hounds

Joe Miller’s Thugs aka Guards, Arrest a Reporter at Town Hall Event - Political Ruminations

GOP Nominees Steve Stivers, Ken Buck Call On Chamber Of Commerce To Disclose Funding Sources - Think Progress

Many Chamber ads attacking House Dems contain debunked falsehoods, distortions - - Greg Sargent

Raese Joins The Tenther Chorus Claiming Minimum Wage Is Unconstitutional - Think Progress

Koch-Backed Plot To Suppress The Vote - Oliver Willis

GOP House Candidate Goes Off GOP Script: Health Care Law Should Not Be Repealed - Think Progress

Rand Paul Demands Jack Conway Apologize For Ad Targeting Secret Society, 'Aqua Buddha' In Debate - HuffPost

OTHER POLITICAL NEWS

America’s Holy Writ - Tea Party evangelists claim the Constitution as their sacred text. Why that’s wrong - Andrew Romano / Newsweek

Wear Purple On Wednesday - Digby

The Unbearable Slowness of Understanding - Krugman

Rare and Foolish - Krugman

RIGHT WING WATCH & OTHER POLITICAL NEWS OCTOBER 16-17

Justice Alito Will Not Attend Obama's State Of The Union - HuffPost

Personally Invested In Mortgage Banks, Cantor Opposes Fix For ‘Foreclosure-Gate’ - Lee Fang / TP

GOP Candidate Blake Farenthold Targeted After Being Caught In Ducky Pajamas With Scantily Clad Women- HuffPost

Asked If He Will Engage Shareholders Before Doling Out Company’s Political Contributions, Murdoch Says ‘No’ - Faiz Shakir /TP

Reps. Driehaus And Kilroy Join Call For Investigation Into Chamber Of Commerce’s Foreign Funding - Scott Keyes /TP

WHERE HAVE YOU GONE, WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY, A NATION TURNS ITS LONELY EYES TO YOU- Steve Benen

Jesse Ventura on Sarah Palin - Political Ruminations

Republican Ken Buck Compares Being Gay To Alcoholism - HuffPost

VIDEO: President Obama - The GOP is Rewarding Corporations That Send Jobs Overseas - Political Ruminations

GOP Attacks on Stimulus Wind Power Money: Hot Air - TIME

VIDEO: Sarah Palin Attacks, Thinks She's in Competition With the First Lady- Political Ruminations

Ex-GOP Whip Blunt Gave Earmarks and Got Campaign Cash Through the 'Murtha Method' - Center for Public Integrity

HYPOCRISY: Scores Of Republicans Who Opposed Stimulus Sought Funds In Private Letters - Center for Public Integrity

Republicans Struggle To Say How They Would Pay For Tax Cuts- HuffPost

John McCain: I'd 'Absolutely' Block 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal - HuffPost

OTHER POLITICAL NEWS

A Fine European Whine - Krugman

Health Care vs Health Insurance - Kay /Balloon Juice

Robert Gibbs: Democrats Will Keep House Control (VIDEO)- HuffPost

Suburban Poverty Growth Rate More Than Double That Of Cities .. More News From 'Third World America'- HuffPost

Sunnis in Iraq Allied With U.S. Quitting to Rejoin Rebels- New York Times

RIGHT WING WATCH & OTHER POLITICAL NEWS October 15

Defending Foreign-Funded Chamber, Rand Paul Says It’s ‘More Popular Than Any Politician Running For Office’ - Faiz Shakir'

Mitt Romney's Book a Best Seller Because of the Generosity and Assistance of Conservative Institutions – Sam Stein

CNN National Security Producer Joins Neocon Think Tank’s ‘Future Leaders’ Program – Think Progress

Rand Paul Attacked For Coal Mining Remarks With Ad Invoking Chile Rescue (AUDIO) – HuffPost

RON JOHNSON PLANS A 'RE-EDUCATION OF AMERICA – Steve Benen

Toomey Blames Country’s Economic Woes On Progressive Legislation That Hasn’t Even Passed Yet – Zaid Jilani

Vitter And Angle Ads Featuring Race-Baiting Image Removed From YouTube, Photographer Speaks Out – Andrea Nill

Hannity Expresses His ‘Hope’ That New Health Care Reform Law Bankrupts America – Think Progress

Grover Norquist and Americans For Tax Reform Make Large Ad Buys in Michigan – Political Ruminations

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation Donates Again To The Republican Governors Association: $250,000 – Lee Fang

Rand Paul on Medicare – Political Ruminations

Quote of the Week: Rand Paul on Education – Political Ruminations

OTHER POLITICAL NEWS

ANOTHER DEM BUCKS THE TREND ON HEALTH CARE POLITICS - Steve Benen

WHERE THINGS STAND WITH DADT - Steve Benen

FORECLOSURE MESS

The Foreclosure Fiasco and Wall Street’s Shrug - The New York Observer

The Mortgage Morass - Krugman

Draconian Measures - Digby

Don't Worry Your Pretty Little Heads About This Foreclosure Mess - Digby

It's Time For Jail Terms - Digby

RIGHT WING WATCH & OTHER POLITICAL NEWS OCTOBER 13

Fox News ‘Quietly’ Launches Latino Website That Bears Little Resemblance To Fox News

News Corporation Shareholders Rebel Against Company’s Political Donations

Over A Million Jobs Lost In Districts Where Pro-Outsourcing Chamber Advertises

FACT CHECK: Chamber, Rove-Backed Ads Widely Debunked

In Tight Governor Races, Tea Party Climate Deniers Threaten Clean Energy Jobs »

Mark Kirk Suppressing the Black Vote

VIDEO: Morning Joe Forced to Retract His False Equivalency Between the Chamber and Moveon.org

Ron Johnson Calls On Chamber Of Commerce To Disclose Funding Of Attack Ads

VIDEO: Michelle Bachmann Claims That No Foreign Money is Being Used to Fund Candidates

John Boehner’s PAC Gave Money to Candidate Caught Reenacting WWII in a Nazi Uniform

OTHER POLITICAL NEWS

Gates: Immediate Repeal Of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Would Have ‘Enormous Consequences’ For Troops

KRUGMAN: Government Spending Hasn’t Surged

VIDEO: How Climate Change and Energy Scarcity Are Impacting Our Health Care Systems

Just Sit There and Take It, Bitches

David Plouffe Campaign Update: October 12, 2010 [video]

Citizens United -- Game Changer

The Road Ahead for Progressives: Back to Basics