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Angle Accuses Reid Of Bribing For Votes
Republican Senate candidate from Nevada Sharron Angle has accused her opponent, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, of committing voter fraud by offering free food to voters. And Reid’s campaign has shot back, accusing Angle’s “goons” of intimidating voters.

Accomplice Of ‘Bobby Thompson’ Arraigned In Alleged Charity Scam
The Ohio Attorney General’s office announced today that Blanca Contreras, an associate of the alleged charity scammer and GOP donor known as “Bobby Thompson,” had been arraigned after being extradited from North Carolina. She pleaded not guilty to charges of racketeering, money laundering, and aggravated theft.

Some Random Teabagger Jokes
What do you call a Teabagger surrounded by a cheering crowd of drooling idiots? The nominee. What do you call an ignorant Teabagger with an I.Q. of 50? A potential Republican candidate. What’s the difference between an angry Teabagger and a terrorist? You can negotiate with a terrorist. What is the difference between a smart Teabagger and the […]

Miller Plummets in Alaska
A new Hays Research poll in Alaska shows Scott McAdams (D) surging ahead of Joe Miller (R) in the U.S. Senate race, 29% to 23%, allowing the unnamed write-in candidate — most of which are presumably for Sen. Lisa Murkowski — to lead the contest with 34%, with undecided voters still at 13%.

“With a 68% disapproval rating, and Miller’s trend line looking like the flight of the Hindenberg even before the latest scandal hit the news, the chances of him actually pulling it off and winning this election are slim.”

Crist Narrows the Gap in Florida
A new Quinnipiac poll in Florida shows Marco Rubio (R) leads Gov. Charlie Crist (I) in the U.S. Senate race, 42% to 35%, with Rep. Kendrick Meek (D) at just 15%.

Said pollster Peter Brown: “Crist has cut into Rubio’s margin, but the former state House speaker remains the clear favorite to become Florida’s next U.S. senator. With his supporters less likely to change their minds than those of his two opponents, Rubio is in the driver’s seat with only five days to go until Election Day. Most of the closure came not from Rubio voters deserting him, but from Meek’s voters moving to Crist.”

Republicans Set to Win But with No Mandate
A new Bloomberg poll finds Republicans are poised to retake the House of Representatives next week but “without a mandate from voters to carry out their policies.”

“The minority party, whose supporters are more motivated and enthusiastic, leads 47% to 44% when likely voters are asked how they plan to vote in their congressional election… The margin is wide enough that if it holds over the next five days it likely would give Republicans the net 39-seat gain needed to capture the House.”

“At the same time, voters either are divided about or opposed to the policies and approach that Republicans have said they would offer once in control, particularly on cutting spending; voters also want the parties to work together.”

Local Chapters Revolt as U.S. Chamber of Commerce Tries to Buy the Election for Republicans
The U.S. Chamber’s rabidly partisan tone and top-down control are turning off some local chambers that do not want to be affiliated with right-wing politics.

Ginni Thomas’ Think Tank Allied With Group That Celebrates Spanish Inquisition
The Tea Party think tank run by Justice Thomas’ wife counts among its friends the far-right Catholic group Tradition, Family and Property.

The Same Bigots Who Fought Gay Marriage Are Trying to Block Legal Pot — But There’s Hope for Prop. 19
This time pot’s the demon, instead of gay couples.

Is the ‘Digital Hive’ Turning into a Soft Totalitarian State?
Only advertising has value in the cyberhive. In a nation whose social realism has been represented by advertising for three quarters of a century, that was to be expected.

Election Hot House: 98 Congressional Races Worth Watching
The supposed GOP ‘wave’ election is a mile wide, but barely an inch deep.

Litmus Test For GOP House Jobs Requires Admiring AIPAC
Sam Stein in the Huffington Post reports today that the Republican Study Committtee is “strongly” encouraging applicants for jobs in GOP offices to first pass a litmus test devised by the Heritage Foundation. In an email passed to the Huffington…

They are Calling Out for Bill Clinton’s Magic
Last night, I got to talk to and briefly hang with former President of the United States Bill Clinton (along with 400 other folks) who temporarily paused his “rejuvenation tour” for beleaguered Democratic Party friends in Congress and the Senate….

Rand Paul Head-Stomper To Victim: ‘I Would Like For Her To Apologize To Me’
Tim Profitt, the former Bourbon County campaign coordinator for Kentucky GOP Senate nominee Rand Paul’s campaign, gave the AP a non-apology apology yesterday for stomping on the head of a MoveOn.org activist outside a Senate debate Monday night, saying, “I apologize if it appeared overly forceful.” But apparently his pseudo-remorse was short-lived, as Profitt told […]

Tim Profitt, the former Bourbon County campaign coordinator for Kentucky GOP Senate nominee Rand Paul’s campaign, gave the AP a non-apology apology yesterday for stomping on the head of a MoveOn.org activist outside a Senate debate Monday night, saying, “I apologize if it appeared overly forceful.” But apparently his pseudo-remorse was short-lived, as Profitt told local CBS affiliat WKYT today, “I don’t think it’s that big of a deal.” (The Lexington Police think otherwise, issuing Profitt with a criminal summons).

And astonishingly, asked if he planned to apologize directly the activist Lauren Valle whose head he stomped on, Profitt said, “I would like for her to apologize to me to be honest with you.” Watch it:

Profitt has remarkably attempted to blame Valle for the incident in which he and another large man wrestled the 23-year-old woman to the ground, telling WKYT, “she was a professional at what she does and I think when all the facts come out, people will see that she was the one who initiated the whole thing.” Profitt has said he restrained Valle because he feared the petite woman represented “a danger” to Paul, and said he stepped on her because “I couldn’t bend over because I have issues with my back.” Meanwhile, Profitt now says he “fears for his safety.”

On a conference call organized by the campaign for Demoratic nominee Jack Conway today, a 60-year-old Conway supporter named Michael Grossman said he was also assaulted by a Paul supporter at the same event. Grossman — who attended the event “simply as a supporter” of Conway — was carrying a sign with Conway’s name on it. Shortly after Valle was attacked, Grossman said he “felt a heavy hand on my shoulder” and turned around to see a “thug” who “happened to be massive.” Grossman said the man tried to “thrust me to the ground” in order to get to Valle and take part in that melee. When Grossman turned around, he said the man “verbally berated” him, called him a “communist” and a “socialist,” and said “you ought to be back in California or New York with all the rest of the scum.”

In her first TV interview since the incident last night, Valle told MSBC’s Keith Olberman that the incident captured on video was actually only the very end of a lengthy altercation she had with Profitt, tea party activist Mike Pezzano, and several other Rand Paul supporters. “It was premeditated” Valle said, saying that Profitt and his compatriots knew she was a progressive activist and not any kind of “threat” to Paul. Watch it:

Rand Paul has disowned Profitt, despite the fact that the campaign ironically ran a full page ad yesterday touting the endorsement of Profitt, among many others. But apparently not all conservatives are prepared to denounce violence against an innocent woman. Right-wing talk radio host Neal Boortz tweeted today, “Wanted: A Rand Paul supporter with a bad back to stand on a Media Matters staffer’s head for a while.”

Democratic groups catching up late on election spending
Unions and other Democratic interest groups are rapidly closing the gap with their conservative opponents in spending on the midterm elections, using fresh support from well-heeled donors to quicken the pace of expenditures in the final days of the campaign.

Tea party’s Judson Phillips defends essay attacking congressman for being Muslim
The founder of one of the country’s most prominent tea party organizations said in an interview Wednesday that he stands by an Internet column in which he urged the defeat of U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, a Minnesota Democrat, because he is Muslim.

Price tag of midterm campaign likely to hit $4 billion

Midterm campaign spending may reach $4 billion, data show
The big midterm numbers just keep piling up. In the latest sign of this year’s record-breaking spending, an independent research group estimated Wednesday that candidates, parties and outside interest groups together may spend up to $4 billion on the 2010 campaign. The prediction by the Center fo…

Murray’s Bringing Home of Govt Bacon Becomes Issue
Kim Murphy, LAT
U.S. Sen. Patty Murray has been one of the nation's biggest advocates of federal spending to boost the foundering economy. Here at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, the country's worst atomic weapons contamination site, Murray scored $1.9 billion in stimulus funds to speed cleanup and add 1,500 high-paying jobs in south-central Washington.But voters here have been ambivalent at best about all the money flowing in. During the primary, Murray trailed the local “tea party” candidate, who lost the GOP nomination to real estate investor and former legislator Dino Rossi.

Can Tancredo Become Governor of Colorado?
Bryan Curtis, Daily Beast
Let’s stipulate that at least one wild and inexplicable event will occur on Election Night. Here’s a nominee: Tom Tancredo, a man whose immigration rhetoric was so rough that he was banned from the Bush White House, becomes governor of Colorado.“We feel fantastic,” Bay Buchanan, Tancredo’s campaign manager, said Tuesday. “We’ve gone from 14 points in August to the low 40s now. It’s a climb of nearly 30 points in a couple months.” 

WV Senate Race Shifts Hard to the Right
Michael Kranish, Boston Globe
NEWELL, W. Va. — Governor Joe Manchin is running what seems to be a classic Republican campaign for the US Senate in West Virginia.He blasts “Obamacare,’’ files a lawsuit against environmental laws, and — literally — fires a bullet at a mock-up of climate-change legislation. He boasts of his endorsement by the US Chamber of Commerce, his A rating from the libertarian Cato Institute, and his conservative fiscal credentials.

Tareq Aziz Sentenced to Death
Iraq’s high tribunal on Tuesday passed a death sentence on Tareq Aziz, once the international face of dictator Saddam Hussein’s regime, for the persecution of Islamic parties. The death sentence was the first to be handed down to Aziz, who rose to prominence at the time of Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait and the 1991 Gulf War when he was foreign minister.

Early Morning Swim: Rachel Maddow Interviews Joe Miller
Another Teabagger who’s all-about-the-economy-not-at-all-about-social-issues.

Another Teabagger who’s all-about-the-economy-not-at-all-about-social-issues.

Miller tried to avoid saying whether he believes homosexuality is a choice, confusingly stating, “I think that’s up to the individual. The individual has to make that decision.”

“About whether or not they’re gay, or about whether or not they believe that?” Maddow asked. Miller followed-up with a long pause, and then responded, “I’m not going to intrude upon an individual’s decision as to what he or she does. The fact of the matter is it’s a state issue.“

It’s a state issue — but he later tells Maddow that he would vote for a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.

Very small government, libertarian, states rights-ish!

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Go to the Mirror
Stop talking and/or thinking about the Wars.

And look at the continuing definition of “America’s Enemies”

Oh look, to the shock of no one it’s a trend.

If you have any desire to know how your non-budget reported tax dollars have gone in our awesome infinite — perhaps infinite — War on a Noun, you sir and/or madam, are no patriot.

No, the Pentagon will have you know it’s all gone splendidly, as usual!

An intense military campaign aimed at crippling the Taliban has so far failed to inflict more than fleeting setbacks on the insurgency or put meaningful pressure on its leaders to seek peace, according to U.S. military and intelligence officials citing the latest assessments of the war in Afghanistan.

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Late Late Night FDL: Dancing At The Movies
Dancing At The Movies. Without clicking on the more info button on the YouTube page, how many of the almost 40 movies can you identify?

Dancing At The Movies.   Without clicking on the more info button on the YouTube page, how many of the almost 40 movies can you identify?

What’s on your mind?

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