Overnight News Digest: Black Napkins Edition – DAILY KOS OND is a regular feature on Daily Kos, consisting of current news stories from around the world, sometimes coupled with a daily theme, original research or commentary. Each editor of OND imparts their own presentation style and content choices … Mashable’s Weekly Guide to Events in Social Media – Mashable.com It’s a brand new week, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences.

Via Twitter, Markos Moulitsas leaks the results of the latest Research 2000/Daily Kos poll of the NY-23 special election. Since the last poll , Democratic candidate Bill Owens is slightly down but still leading, Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman has surged into second place, and Republican Dede Scozzafava has collapsed. Toplines with trends: Bill Owens (D) – 33 (-2) Doug Hoffman (C) – 32 (+9) Dede Scozzafava (R) – 21 (-9)

For quite awhile now, I have been getting this email every morning and today the sheer length just blew me away- and I finally thanked the sender…  Maybe we should ALL write a quick “THANK YOU!” here in comments, that I can forward back? (hint hint…)   Check this out- I feel like President Obama with the daily morning briefing!     Local News WMTW News 8 Sponsors Same-Sex Marriage Debate http://www.wmtw.com/question1/21461548/detail.html WCSH 6 Coalition Claims Same Sex Marriage Is Part Of Radical Agenda http://www.wcsh6.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=110521&catid=2 Lewiston Sun Journal Oct.

Mark Tapscott’s article entitled “New York race exposes the big tent GOP myth Updated!” at the Washington Examiner gives me the impression that this is a nationwide phenomenon. The democrat-lite GOP leadership here in Illinois should take it as an instructive lesson about our own February primary. Here in Illinois the GOP has ALSO established a cozy little bipartisan combine. Here are some excerpts from that article which should give the Illinois GOP establishment whiplash with a serious reality check.

Sometimes I participate on this blog just for the fun of the debate, but sometimes I want to believe that all this analysis could actually influence something. When I feel like that (or just want some fresh voices to debate), I take the ideas that I’ve developed here and bring them to another community where I think they could get a fair hearing. For those of you with similar interests, I have some thoughts on three blogging communities: The Great Orange Satan: Like it or not, Daily Kos is the biggest political discussion site around.

Breast Cancer and Critical Illness Insurance – Yahoo Finance 28 Oct 2009 at 2:14am ONTARIO, Calif., Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ — As breast cancer awareness month winds to a close and pink ribbons symbolizing the brave fight against this disease take their place on survivors’ dressers, the fight continues.

My column today:The center of the American political universe shifted to Watertown, N.Y., and the rest of the northernmost corner of New York state as its residents elect a new congressman on Tuesday.Watertown has not had a Democratic congressman since 1871, and parts of the district have not had a Democratic representative since 1851.That may change on Tuesday because of Sarah Palin.Gov.

Washington Post Judge rules against anti-gay marriage group WGME PORTLAND , Maine (AP) — A federal judge has turned down a request by the National Organization for Marriage to suspend Maine’s campaign reporting … Heated battle in Maine’s same-sex marriage vote San Francisco Chronicle Focus of Gay-Marriage Fight Is Maine New York Times Cheers and Jeers: Tuesday Daily Kos (blog) Windy City Times  - Seacoastonline.com  - Tips-Q GLBT News (blog) all 541 news

Washington Post Election 09 Report South Dakota Politics (blog) Almost a year ago a lot of people were writing obituaries for the Republican Party. That was not completely silly. Two elections do not a realignment make, … Daggett: Republican urged him to quit gov’s race Philadelphia Inquirer Corzine takes lead for first time in poll The Star-Ledger – NJ.com Dividing And Conquering In State Races Forbes Reuters  - Gather.com  - Daily Kos (blog)

Six days to go until Election Night 2009…. NJ-Gov: New Quinnipiac Poll Gives Corzine Modest Lead In Tuesday’s edition of the Wrap , I noted that with polls emanating out of the Garden State being all over the map, we might get some clarity today when Quinnipiac, whose polling in New Jersey is pretty well respected, gave us their new numbers. Well, those numbers arrived this morning, and they were excellent news for the Democrats.

Washington Post Polling and Political Wrap-Up, 10/28/09 Daily Kos (blog) This, of course, contradicted a public poll conducted late last week by Research 2000 for DK which had Democrat Bill Owens up five over Republican DeDe … Poll: nj’s Corzine with small lead over challenger Reuters Election Forecast: A Clean Sweep for Conservatives NewMajority.com Corzine Gains Momentum in Tight NJ Race CBS News Gather.com  - Asbury Park Press  - The Leader Newspapers

Matt Taibi’s Latest big Rolling Stone article came out last week to no fanfare. RS has stopped simulpublishing to the web and print edition to sell hard copies. That may or may not be working. I can’t say. But it’s killing Taibbi’s viral-ability on the internet.
Anyway. I just found the article, but only by wondering if it was up yet, then going there, and finding it. Shame because it’s really important.

In the face of the corruption and Corporatism we now see OUR government drowning in….and the fact that that corruption and Corporatism is in the process of drowning the planet, it has become obvious that The People need to take our government back from those who have hijacked it to further enrich themselves.
To do that we will need a Populist Uprising…of some sort.
We all saw this summer what a Populist Right has to offer….fighting the fascist communists Hitlers and demanding birth pedigrees that are in the public record already.

October 28th, 2009 The U.S. senator was the Democratic Party’s nominee for vice president in 2000. By 2008, Connecticut’s Joe Lieberman was an independent and the Official Best Friend of the Republican nominee for president.In the aftermath of the election, some Democrats wanted to punish Lieberman for his nasty comments against Barack Obama during the campaign, but a magnanimous President Obama urged the caucus to allow Lieberman to retain his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security

You know its an odd year when the GOP and the Daily Kos are backing the same person in the race. You think Michael Steele might be feeling kind of daft right now? You know its an odd year when the GOP and the Daily Kos are backing the same person in the race. You think Michael Steele might be feeling kind of daft right now?

Fate of oil-rich Kirkuk stalls Iraq electoral law, amid fears key – Washington Examiner BAGHDAD — A long-sought political consensus in Iraq over how to conduct crucial upcoming elections fell apart Tuesday over the thorny issue of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, an Iraqi lawmaker said. The new snag came as an al-Qaida-linked group Fate of oil-rich Kirkuk creates deadlock over Iraq election law – Boston Globe BAGHDAD – A long-sought political consensus in Iraq over how to conduct crucial upcoming elections fell apart yesterday over the thorny issue of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, an Iraqi lawmaker said.

RedState.com’s Erick Erickson announced that by noon today (Wednesday, Oct. 28), conservatives will know the “leaders who will stand with us, not suck up to us” by their clear support of Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman in New York’s congressional election on Tuesday, Nov. 3.In Kansas, 4th District Congressman Todd Tiahrt has alone met the standard set by Erick Erickson.US Senator Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) endorsed Jerry Moran over Todd Tiahrt.

When my daughter was born, my then-3-year-old son clearly felt neglected, as first children always do in such situations. And as always happens, my son started acting up in a play for attention. In his case, he regressed on his potty training, crapping his pants. In a bid for attention, that certainly worked. Enter Joe Lieberman, and his successful bid for attention yesterday, promising to screw Democrats for the umpteenth time by joining Republicans in a filibuster of the Democratic health care plan.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is continuing to buy Washington, D.C. An internal CAIR memo from 2007 shows an expenditure of $50,000 to, perhaps, place, or attempt to place, two interns inside Congress. CAIR Buys Interns From Dave Gaubatz’ website , a memo titled CAIR National 2007 Action Plan: Congressional Fellowship (2 fellows) C. Saylor 50,000. Gaubatz translates “Fellowship” and “fellows” into “interns.” As I was looking around for more information, I found a Facebook page – Congressional Muslim Staffers Association .

Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) Daily Kos I am working hard on EPW to make the bill as strong as possible—I want the Clean Air Act to regulate coal emissions, I want to make sure we get funding for mass transit (New York uses 1/3 of all mass transit in America), we need green taxis and green jobs funding, and it’s important that agriculture has a place in the offsets market. I plan to support the bill assuming it’s a progressive approach to lowering carbon emissions and creating jobs through the new green economy.

Levi Johnston is beefing up getting in tone for his debut onto the flesh market which we ourselves are delighted and can claim credit for. Levi is purportedly a heartthrob in the gay community as well as within the heterosexual community…

« PreviousO’Reilly Next »Does Focus on the Family Fund Abortions? Karzai’s Brother Posted by Joe KleinWednesday, October 28, 2009 at 8:16 am 51 Comments • Trackback (2) • Related Topics:afghanistan, Ahmed Wali Karzai, hillary clinton, Peshawar bombing IslamabadJust emerged from a press conference featuring Hillary Clinton and Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Qureishi. The big news here today involves terrorist attacks in Peshawar, to our northwest, and Kabul.

“I live in mortal fear that Lieberman will retire before we get a chance to crush him in…

Once again, the party bosses are trying to stop a conservative from going to Congress. In the November 3rd special election in New York’s 23rd Congressional District, there is a tight three-way race to succeed Congressman John McHugh, who resigned to become Secretary of the Army in the Obama Administration.