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• Poll Watch: Rasmussen 2010 Pennsylvania U.S. Senate Poll

  
  race42008.com — Authority: 635
  Rasmussen 2010 Pennsylvania U.S. Senate Poll Pat Toomey (R) 46% Arlen Specter (D) 42% Some Other Candidate 4% Not sure 8% Pat Toomey (R) 44% Joe Sestak (D) 38% Some Other Candidate 6% Not sure 13% This telephone survey of 1,200 Likely Voters in Pennsylvania was conducted by Rasmussen Reports ...
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• How’s That Party Switch Working For You, Arlen?

  
  Stephen Kruiser — Authority: 417
  “Are the Whigs still around?” Likely Republican nominee Pat Toomey is now ahead of both Democrats who are vying to run against him next year in Pennsylvania’s 2010 race for the U.S. Senate. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Pennsylvania voters finds Toomey capturing 46% against incumbent Senator ...
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• Glenn Beck Daily Radio Thread

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  GLENN BECK, the most listened to Talk Show Host among White House Peeps (4 out of 5 Marxists agree)! Welcome Sick Twisted Freaks! It’s a morning thread, so bring your coffee and doughnuts! FRink Phrases: “Blow your mind” “Fatty fat fatso” “Having an ADD moment” “That’s FANSTASTIC!” And of course anytime Pat ...
  9 hours ago

• Rule 8(a) Hates You For Your Freedoms.

  
  South Florida Lawyers — Authority: 476
  So I was reading my WSJ this morning and, in addition to a nice remembrance of DUI attorney Richard Essen, came across this letter from Senator Specter: William McGurn raises a false alarm that terrorists will flock to sue federal law-enforcement officials if my bill, the Notice Pleading Restoration Act of ...
  2 days ago

• PA-Sen: Barney Frank bucks establishment, endorses Sestak

  
  Daily Kos — Authority: 795
  The value of individual endorsements, with a few narrow exceptions, is generally overstated. And the bigger the election being contested, the smaller the value of such endorsements. The only thing bigger than a Senate election is a presidential one, so in practical terms, Rep. Barney Frank endorsing Joe Sestak ...
  3 days ago

• Specter to Lieberman, Collins: Read the Bill

  
  Daily Kos — Authority: 795
  After all of the misinformation and lies weve seen about the public option from Joe Lieberman, its good to see another Senator call him on it , however politely. Brian Beutler watched this exchange between the three Senators. "I continue to support a robust public option," Specter said. "There are differences on ...
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• Toomey: Obama, Wrong on Economy, Right on Afghanistan

  
  WDUQNews — Authority: 485
  Republican Senate candidate Pat Toomey is criticizing President Barack Obamas economic policies, but says the president is making the right call by sending 30-thousand more troops to Afghanistan. Pat Toomey lives in Allentown, and says he disagrees with the economic plans President Obama touted during a town hall ...
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• Barney Frank To Endorse Rep. Sestak For Specter’s Seat

  
  Logistics Monster — Authority: 482
  Well, well, well….it’s almost fun watching the carnivorous dinosaurs eat each other.  You also know what this means; at the end of the day, Sestak has got to be defeated because he is accepting the endorsement of one of the worst offenders in Congress.  That old adage about judging a person’s character by the ...
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• Democrats trying to criminalize citizen journalism

  
  lgstarr — Authority: 136
  By: Mark Hemingway Commentary Staff Writer 12/03/09 5:10 PM EST An amendment to a bill currently being considered by the Senate would deny ordinary citizens doing vital investigations in the public interest the same legal protections as professional journalists. If it were to become law, the change could ...
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• Collins, Lieberman, Specter Tripartisan Health Reform Group

  
  As Maine Goes — Authority: 147
  On a government-run health plan, Lieberman/Collins said they part ways with Reid. Read More... read more
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• Senate takes aim at insurance executive pay (AP)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 178
  AP - Democratic senators are taking aim at insurance industry executive pay as they jockey for political advantage in a rare weekend session to debate President Barack Obamas health care overhaul.
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• Senate preserves long-term care program (AP)

  
  enUws — Authority: 467
  AP – The Senate on Friday turned back a Republican effort to eliminate a long-term care insurance program to… Original post: (AP)"> (AP)">Senate preserves long-term care program (AP)
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• Senate preserves long-term care program (AP)

  
  Blogger — Authority: 168
  AP – The Senate on Friday turned back a Republican effort to eliminate a long-term care insurance program to help seniors and the disabled, saving the plan once championed by the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy in its health overhaul bill. Read the original here: (AP)"> (AP)">Senate preserves ...
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• The Anti-Broder Center

  
  The League of Ordinary Gentlemen — Authority: 679
  Mark: Something I’ve been noticing lately is that the perjorative “centrist” has been getting applied with increasing regularity to an entirely new group of people by both left and right. Historically, it’s been a term that referred to establishment elites who, while having any number of letters after their ...
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• A (Very!) Promising Sign From Lieberman and Collins

  
  The New Republic - the treatment Feed — Authority: 138
  This morning, three key moderates--Republican Susan Collins, Independent Joe Lieberman, and Democrat Arlen Specter--announced the introduction of a cost-containment amendment to the health-care bill that sent a promising signal about their desire to support the overall Senate bill. The announcement was the strongest ...
  6 days ago

• Specter Wants GVOA Centers Open

  
  1490 NewsBlog — Authority: 444
  Senator Arlen Specter is urging the government to keep the Governors Veterans Outreach Assistance Center office in Erie, and four others in Pennsylvania, open. Specter wrote to the secretaries of Veterans Affairs and Labor asking that they work to keep the centers open, saying that they provide vital assistance to ...
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• An Equal Press Shield

  
  Daily Kos — Authority: 795
  Thursday morning, the Senate Judiciary Committee adopted language proposed by Senators Specter, Schumer and Graham which will treat blogger-journalists as equals when it comes to the protections of a federal press shield, the evidentiary privilege which allows journalists in most states to protect the confidential ...
  6 days ago

• Feinstein, Durbin Offer Amendment to Bill to Hinder Citizen Journalism

  
  News Cycle — Authority: 425
  Sen. Diane Feinstein, D-Calif., and Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., have offered an amendment to a Press Sheild Bill sponsored by Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., that would eliminate protections from citizen journalists that are offered to paid journalists. Their amendment to S. 448 would deny ordinary citizens doing vital ...
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• Dems Blast Higher Hurdles for Civil Rights Claims

  
  The Washington Independent — Authority: 742
  Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (WDCpix) Last year, an Arizona housing developer known for building affordable homes for Hispanics filed a complaint against the City of Yuma, which denied his application to build homes for low to moderate income families in a predominately white high-income neighborhood. The developer sued ...
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• Congress Considering Reporter Shield Law – Some Want It to Shield Bloggers Too

  
  Akron Law Caf — Authority: 429
       Should Congress adopt a "shield law" for reporters?  Should the new law protect bloggers, too?      On March 31, 2009, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 985  (the link is to the relevant page at OpenCongress.org), the "Free Flow of Information Act of 2009,"  introduced by Rep. Rick Boucher ...
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