MIDDAY ROUNDUP

FROM THE BLOGS:
Dennis menaced? - William Kristol, TWS
Get ready for another jobless benefits fight - Meteor Blades, Daily Kos
Queen Nancy to blame Bush as Dems implode - William Teach, Right Wing News
Kilmeade offers half-hearted apology - Ben Armbruster, Think Progress
The election is about jobs - Kathryn Jean Lopez, The Corner
Americans prefer tax increase to benefit cuts - Ezra Klein
Obama agenda: Go west ... to save the Senate - First Read
Dems are being punished for what they did - Nick Gillespie, Hit and Run
Cuomo crushing Paladino in N.Y. gov.'s race - Bruce Drake, Politics Daily
Black turnout - Jamelle Bouie, TAPPED
The GOP's fiscal fraudulence, ctd - Andrew Sullivan, Daily Dish
Rand Paul won't shake hands with Jack Conway - Heather, Crooks and Liars
Another low for Amanpour - Jennifer Rubin, contentions
Slurpee out, latte in - Doug Powers, Michelle Malkin
Just for the record - mistermix, Balloon Juice

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Obama and Biden head west to bolster the Democratic base - The Hill
View of federal workers split on party lines - Washington Post
Cuomo faces unpredictable debate with six opponents - New York Times
Miller security guards handcuff editor - Anchorage Daily News