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ABC Reporter to Beto O’Rourke: ‘You’re a Rock Star’

Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” reporter Paula Faris called Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) “a rock star.” Waking through a restaurant with O’Rourke, Paula Faris said, “You can’t go ten feet without an interruption from a Beto backer.”

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Pollak: 5 Reasons the Blue Wave Is Real

While the GOP still has a chance to hold onto the House there are five factors combining to create a “Blue Wave,” and Republicans from President Donald Trump on down will have to focus and fight hard to stop it.

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Pinkerton: Democrats Should Beware the Ides of Midterms 

The embattled Republican president is besieged by hostile Democrats and an even more hostile media, who regard him as politically dubious (he was, after all, elected with less than a majority of the popular vote), ideologically out of step (he is deemed “wrong” on the big issues of the day), and personally gauche, even repulsive (the mocking of his physical appearance is perhaps the most savage in American history).

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SCOTUS Throws Cold Water Early on Obama’s Partisan Gerrymandering Project

The U.S. Supreme Court made headlines Monday with its acceptance of a case that argues whether legislative maps can be ruled unconstitutional simply due to the partisan advantages that may be gained from their designs. Some election law experts contend the matter is a means to an end in transferring redistricting powers—commonly held in legislative branches—to commissions not directly answerable to the electorate.

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