Ben Smith - Politico

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Air Paterson
Blog: New York Governor David Paterson is up with a pair of ads, one (above) hitting back at critics, the other striking a more apologetic tone about &
Conservative group's ad ties health care, flu
Blog: The American Future Fund, one of the constellation of conservative independent media funds, is going up with this ad tying flu vaccine shortages to
NBC reverses Bloomberg call
Blog: Wow: This is looking to be a very long night for the billionaire-incumbent-front-runner in New York.

With more than a third of the vo
Coakley on the air
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Massachusetts AG Martha Coakley -- the frontrunner to replace Ted Kennedy -- is on air with her first ad, which seems aimed at locking in he
AUC: 'Right Side of History'
Blog: The new spot for Americans United for Change, airing in the D.C. area, focuses on members of Congress putting themselves "on the right side of
Coaching Obama
Blog: Here's a really wonderful outtake from the Obama campaign documentary By the People, which airs tonight on HBO.

The segment -- which
Colson urges vote in VA
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The Family Foundation Action has a robocall out from the former Nixon conspirator and minister Chuck Colson, urging citizens to vote for a r
Palin's GOTV call
Blog: Here's the audio of a get-out-the-vote robocall Sarah Palin recorded for the Virginia Faith and Freedom Coalition.

In the call, she refers to "sh
Conservatives for Patients Rights: 'Three Questions'
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The conservative group says it's going up with a $325,000 buy on CNN and Fox with this spot, which raises fears about "government run h
Stewart takes on Fox
Blog: Stewart takes on Fox
Remainders: Man up
Blog: Obama touts the GDP numbers.

Conant points out that the White House's handling of H1N1 will be judged by how bad it gets.
DNC attacks Palin 'lies'
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The Democratic National Committee, keeping up its drumbeat of harsh new-media campaigns against GOP leaders, is rallying Democrats to attack
Fake 'progressives' on air in NY-23
Blog: Josh Kraushaar reports on some classic chicanery in NY-23:

At first glance, the group’s ad looks like it’s an endorsement
Honoring Brooke
Blog: Via Politico 44, the video of President Obama honoring former Senator Edward Brooke, the first popularly elected black senator, and someone whose su
Accountable America hits Hoffman
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The combative liberal group Accountable America, started by former MoveOn official Tom Matzzie, goes after Doug Hoffman in NY-23, arguing th
Schumer: 'We must not rest until we have marriage in all fifty of these United States'
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Speaking earlier this week at a fundraising dinner for the top New York gay rights group, Senator Chuck Schumer articulated a far broader vi
'El futuro de Nueva Jersey...'
Blog: Obama speaks Spanish, with some relish, in this radio ad.

Special bonus: Listen to the end for the Corzine's salsa anthem: "Nues
Fred in NY-23
Blog: Another spot up in NY-23 tonight, this one from the Hoffman campaign, and starring Fred Thompson.

"America is in trouble,"
GOP Trust PAC backs Hoffman in NY-23
Blog: The combative, conservative National Republican Trust PAC -- best-known for blanketing the airwaves with more than $6 million in Jeremiah Wright-the
Remainders: Turf
Blog: H1N1 poses political risks too.

Self-identified conservatives remain numerous.

Krugman thinks health care is working.&
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