The morning papers, October 16th

Patti Smith closed down CBGB last night. The New York Times writes an inappropriately dignified article about it.

Also in the Times: republicans are writing off Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Montana Senate seats. They're now trying to build a 'firewall' in Virginia, Missouri and Tennessee. On Friday, via Time Magazine, their 'firewall' was Ohio, Missouri and Tennessee.

Al Pirro moans that he's not getting enough attention, says the Albany Times-Union. If I may correct the gentleman, I think we've all heard more than we ever wanted to know about him, thank you very much.

Speaking of Jeanine, she debated Andrew last night, in case you missed it.

The Hillary-McCain kitty squabble continues in Ben Smith's newest column. As I laid out several months ago, here, there are good reasons to believe that neither of these two will be the 2008 nominee.

Lastly, The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle urges voters to love America, and therefore, to vote Democrat.

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Breach their "Firewall"

We can breach their so-called firewall (like we did the last one) by getting aggressive in Virginia, Tennessee, and Missouri. In Missouri in particular, there are a whole slew of great progressive state-level candidates endorsed by Democracy for America. Help them and you also help win the state. And, let's take it one step further and aim for the Arizona Senate as well.

Got more time than you got money? Sign up for MoveOn.org's Take Back Congress phone bank, targeting the 30 hottest House and Senate races in the nation. At least one of their local NYC phone banks is in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn.

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