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Dean: GOP Has Done A "Terrific Job" Making Election About Obama

JOE SCARBOROUGH, MSNBC: Why is this race so close against an established figure like Jeanne Shaheen? HOWARD DEAN: Because of President Obama's approval rating. The Republicans have done a terrific job in this way. They've nationalized the election, first of all, which is a good thing in the sixth year of a president. More importantly, they've made the issue the president. If not, they could avoid all this controversial stuff they've got be......

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CNN Anchor Laughs At Bristol Palin Describing Assault: "The Best Audio We've Ever Come Across"

CAROL COSTELLO, CNN: OK, I'm just going to come right out and say it. This is quite possibly the best minute and a half of audio we've ever come across. Well, come across in a long time anyway. A massive brawl in Anchorage, Alaska, reportedly involving Sarah Palin's kids and her husband. It was sparked after someone pushed one of her daughters at a party. That's what Bristol Palin told police in an interview after the incident. And now police...

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Palin to "Uppity" Tina Brown: "Chick, You're A Day Late And A Dollar Short"

Sarah Palin reacts to Tina Brown saying President Obama makes women feel "unsafe." SARAH PALIN: That little lady, Tina Brown, she is such a big part of the problem. She and her ilk being so über uppity, so cocksure of their untouchable elitism, they who support liberal men who have kept women, unfortunately, kind of embracing this lie...

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Chris Hayes: White Men Hold Twice As Many Public Offices As Is Fair

A study shows that white men, who comprise only 31 percent of the population, hold 65 percent of elected offices nationwide. Jelani Cobb and Brenda Carter join Chris to discuss. CHRIS HAYES: Start with white men, who make of 31 percent of the total population. 71 percent of elected officials are men. 90 percent are white. And 65 percent are white men. Even though white men make up only 31 percent of the population, they hold 65 percent...

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Jim Sciutto: It Is "Not Militarily Significant" To Accidentally Drop Weapons To ISIS

JIM SCIUTTO, CNN CHIEF NATL SECURITY CORRESPONDENT: They saw one of those two dozen pallets go astray. And the military said they sent another plane to destroy the pallet on the ground. It is possible the second pallet didn't reach the intended recipients, or it is possible the military said there was a firefight after this and a pallet was dropped on Kurdish-controlled ground and ended up in ISIS hands. But I'm told by pentagon officials if...

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Bret Baier Breaks Down Senate Balance Of Power

BRET BAIER: Based on the RealClearPolitics average of polls, the Republicans are posed to pick up in Alaska, in Montana, in South Dakota, in Colorado, even though that is a tight race, it is trending towards the Republicans, you have to give it to them if the race were held today. The same is true in Iowa, in Arkansas, in West Virginia. In Louisiana, it is likely it will go to a runoff, that would be December 6. There, the Republican is...

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Rosie O'Donnell: Clinton Should Have Been "Prosecuted" For Lewinsky Affair

NICOLLE WALLACE: You're active on social media and I see you don't take [trolling/abuse], you stamp it out. I'm proud of you. I couldn't do it. ROSIE O'DONNELL: I love Monica Lewinsky and in 2002 I was opening the Mohegan Sun, and President Clinton was there. As well as Aretha Franklin and Cher. And the Secret Service came over and said President Clinton would like to speak to you, and I said I really can't right now, at the moment. And they...

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Earnest to Karl: If Democrats Lose Senate, Obama "Will Get At Least His Share Of The Blame"

JON KARL, ABC NEWS: A lot of people are predicting things are going to turn out badly for Democrats. You're a little more optimistic on this. I'm just asking if you turn out to be right does that show -- the president has said that it's his policies that are on the ballot. The president has said that these are candidates who have supported him in Congress. If you do better than expected, won't that show support for the president's...

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Steve Hayes: Obama Such a Narcissist That He Can't Get Out Of The Way When It Would Be Advantageous

STEVE HAYES, WEEKLY STANDARD: I don't know if he's mad, it's that he can't get out of the way. He's such a narcissist that even when it would be advantageous for him to not have it be all about him, he has to make it all about him because that's the way that he is. We have seen over the past several weeks Democrats scrambling to get out of the way of President Obama, to distance themselves from him. Jeanne Shaheen saying lots of crises here in...

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Robert Reich Warns Republican Senate Would Change Rules To Get Agenda Passed

Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich warns Republicans will use the reconciliation process to pass their agenda. Reconciliation was also used to pass the Affordable Care Act.

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"Special Report" Panel: Voter Turnout Could Decide Key Races

Jason Riley, Ellison Barber, and Jim Rutenburg join Bret Baier to discuss the turnout challenges for both parties in the 2014 midterm elections.

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Ron Fournier: A Sign Dems "Are Going To Lose" Is "There's Already Finger Pointing"

RON FOURNIER, NATIONAL JOURNAL: The clearest indication we have that Democrats are going to lose: My phone was lighting up yesterday with White House officials blaming Senate candidates and the [Democratic] Senate Campaign Committee and Senate campaigns complaining about the White House. There's already finger-pointing inside the Democratic Party.

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Hardball: Are African-Americans Democrats' "Last Hope" To Keep Senate?

A report in the New York Times, headlined: “Black Vote Seen as Last Hope for Democrats to Hold Senate” revealed the contents of a private memo that put the Democrats’ reliance on black voters in stark terms. Willie Brown and Donna Edwards join Chris Matthews to discuss.

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Josh Earnest: There Were "Shortcomings" In Federal Ebola Response

JOE SCARBOROUGH, MSNBC: We read the New York Times article that the president was angry with the response and angry with the CDC, what happened? How did the WHO, how did the CDC, how did the Texas hospital, how did everybody get this so wrong? JOSH EARNEST, WH: Well, there were some shortcomings in the response, and it is clear there was not enough instruction clearly communicated to the healthcare workers, that were treating this first Ebola...

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Brit Hume: Why Compromise On Voter ID Fight Doesn't Happen

BRIT HUME: If there is one issue that you thought Americans could agree on, it would be the right to vote and have every legal vote count, yet this has become one of the most contentious issues of our time. Republicans believe ID laws are a reasonable safeguard against voter fraud, which they suspect would otherwise be rampant on the part of Democrats. Democrats believe with equal fervor that such laws are a cynical attempt by Republicans to...

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O'Reilly: Why Americans Believe Things Are Out Of Control

BILL O'REILLY: If 64% of folks think things are out of control right now, why would anyone vote for a Democratic candidate? The answer is emotion. The Democrats have been very successful in convincing some voters that the GOP favors the rich and it anti-women. The Republican Party has not been able to put forth a leader to refure those allegations effectively, thus in every poll American women continue to favor Democrats.

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