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Labor Day or bust! (more)

The National Republican Trust spent nearly $100,000 last year to help Scott Brown win the U.S. Senate seat of the late Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat, but now the conservative political group wishes it had that money back to help kick Mr. Brown out of office. (more)

As a dedicated American Muslim activist, I have devoted my life to advocating for reforms against political Islam – the root cause of Islamist terrorism. To that end, I debated Bilal Kaleem, executive director of the Muslim American Society of Boston (MAS) at an April Ford Hall Forum in Boston. I focused on the threat of Islamism (political Islam and shar’iah) to the west, human rights, and freedom. When confronted, Mr. Kaleem feigned ignorance and dismissed the realities of political Islam staying lockstep with his employers. And why wouldn’t he when a coalition of local faith and political leaders continue to blindly give him and his Islamist associates an ideological pass? (more)

If Rand Paul and Joe Barton have been punching bags for Democrats of late, Sharron Angle on Thursday became a pinata.  (more)

Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh famously said he hoped President Obama would “fail” in January, 2009. Almost a year later, when Limbaugh was rushed to the hospital with chest pains, Washington Post reporter David Weigel had a wish of his own. “I hope he fails,” Weigel cracked to fellow liberal reporters on the “Journolist” email list-serv. (more)

Even though Tuesday’s slate of elections featured far more primaries than actual Republican-vs.-Democrat contests, you could be forgiven for having the impression that Republicans had a terrible night. Despite a variety of factors that made the special election in Pennsylvania’s 12^th congressional district not particularly useful as a bellwether, it was touted today as proof that Republicans will be unfortunate underachievers in the fall elections. (more)

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To commemorate this week’s launch of the news blog Eye Street here at the Daily Caller, we’re ditching the blogroll for something more personal — a quick recap of some of our favorite political hotspots, and why we love them. (Note: Some readers have emailed asking whether this is an entirely exhaustive list of smart bloggers. The answer is yes.) (more)

As polling showed Brown closing in on Democrat Martha Coakley late in the race, out-of-state money gushed into his coffers, according to Brown’s 4,461-page campaign finance report, filed with the Federal Election Commission. (more)

Friends and enemies, readers and illiterates, (more)

Admittedly, after the Bush debacle, the concept of American political dynasties has lost a bit of its allure (sorry, Hillary!). Nonetheless, once upon a time, the Democrats actually benefited from their political aristocrats’ treating elected office as a birthright. (more)

The New York Times is reporting that President Obama is getting the 2008 election crew back together to stave off disaster in November: (more)

EMILY’s List, one of many progressive activist groups recovering from Tuesday’s coup for Republican Scott Brown in the Massachusetts special Senate election, has left some Democrats questioning the group’s coordination with candidates and its narrow focus on pro-choice women. (more)

Martha Coakley knows she let the Democrats down, that Ted Kennedy’s legacy and President Obama’s agenda are in jeopardy. (more)

In recent election cycles, political campaigns’ successful leveraging and integration of technology into their political, communications and fundraising work has been increasingly evident. However, many political operations continue to treat online as simply a box that needs to be checked, or something done just to communicate with younger voters. The prevalence of both conclusions is a pet peeve of all online strategists, but data that emerged this week suggests that the latter should particularly be so, with it becoming increasingly clear that it’s not just the kids who hang out online— more and more, it’s Mom, Dad and grandparents, too. (more)

Sen.-elect Scott Brown’s stunning upset of Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has provoked a fascinating round of election-year self-examination for Democrats. (more)

Scott Brown, a celebrity among Republicans, made his rounds around Capitol Hill this morning, glad handing his soon-to-be colleagues in the Senate as a herd of journalists followed him. (more)

Democrats on Wednesday tried to parse the chaotic fallout from Tuesday’s landmark election in Massachusetts, straining to discern whether any path toward health-care reform remains open to them. (more)

What a difference a year makes. (more)

“National Dems failed to aid Coakley until too late,” read the headline of a memo seeking to shift blame away from the Martha Coakley campaign and onto Washington. That such a memo was prepared is not altogether surprising. That the campaign was willing to send such a memo in the final hours of the election, however, suggests Democrats knew Coakley’s stunning loss was fait d’accompli and are poised to spend the next 11 months pointing fingers at each other. (more)