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VIDEO CLIP AT LINK........... NBC said earlier today that Pennsylvania Democratic Senate nominee John Fetterman ‘set expectations low’ during a statement he made before the debate. He certainly is not surpassing the low bar he set for himself so far. Fetterman opened the debate with an embarrassing gaffe, saying, “Hello, good night, everybody.” during his introductory statement. Fetterman has continued to stumble his way throughout the debate all night, though Oz has refrained from attacking Fetterman for his health issues so far. Instead, Oz highlighted Fetterman’s disconnect from the working class voters he claims to represent. He began by discussing...

Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy and tax charges and tearfully resigned from office, admitting he took $2.4 million in bribes to steer defense contracts to conspirators. Cunningham, 63, entered pleas in U.S. District Court to charges of conspiracy to commit bribery, mail fraud and wire fraud, and tax evasion for underreporting his income in 2004. Cunningham answered "yes, Your Honor" when asked by U.S. District Judge Larry Burns if he had accepted bribes from someone in exchange for his performance of official duties. Later, at a news conference, he wiped away tears as he announced his...

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and tax evasion charges involving the sale of his home.

Gov. James E. McGreevey on Monday submitted his letter of resignation, ending at midnight a tenure doomed since his shocking summertime disclosure he had engaged in a gay, extramarital affair. The one-sentence letter, signed by McGreevey, was filed with Secretary of State Regena Thomas. It says, "Dear Madam Secretary, I resign effective 11:59 p.m. on Monday, November 15, 2004. Sincerely, James E. McGreevey." Thomas' office received the letter from a member of the governor's legal staff at 9:15 a.m. Thomas also released Monday a signed version of the ceremonial oath of office taken the day before by McGreevey's replacement, Senate...

With Bush's victory and George Soros entering the monastic life, it is time to put the death watch on Air America Radio. When will they go off the air? And this begs the question: What is the end of Air America, really?Is it when WLIB goes back to Caribbean music? Is it when Franken stops broadcasting? Is it when Arbitron refuses to compute numbers that small?Since Air America counts any station that ever carried any one of their shows as an "affiliate," they will probably claim never to die even when Randi Rhodes goes back to her local show.Also, Fraken...

Howard Dean spent part of the morning today explaining what one network television interviewer called his "explosive" speech Monday night telling supporters he would not give up...... Dean referred to his frenetic, shouting appearance before supporters in Iowa after the caucus results became known, a performance that led NBC's Katie Couric to tell him this morning, "Some people watching feared you might implode." "Do you think things got a little out of control and you got a little over the top?" she asked Dean on the Today Show. "Can you explain that?" Dean replied, "Thirty-five hundred young people showed up...

<p>With less than two months to go, the number of voters ready to replace Gov. Gray Davis continues to grow as he faces pronounced defections among those critical to his success -- Democrats, moderates and Latinos.</p> <p>The latest Field Poll, released today, found that 58 percent of likely voters now support the Oct. 7 recall, compared with 37 percent who oppose it. The spread is much wider and much worse for Davis than it was just a month ago when 51 percent supported the recall and 43 percent opposed it.</p>

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