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TRENDING: Obama: They talk about me like a dog — (CNN) - Those following President Obama's prepared remarks during a speech in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Monday were thrown a bit of a curveball when it came to a description of his critics: — “Some powerful interests who had been dominating …
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Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
Obama: Critics ‘talk about me like a dog’ — President Obama strayed from his prepared remarks at a Labor Day rally Monday to accused his opponents of talking about him “like a dog.” — Obama was in Milwaukee to speak at the Milwaukee Laborfest, attended by Labor Secretary Hilda Solis …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Tammy Bruce and Weasel Zippers
Frances Martel / Mediaite:
Pres. Obama On DC Opponents: “They Talk About Me Like A Dog” — President Barack Obama came out swinging in Wisconsin today in a speech that, while making clear references to policy and future plans, didn't shy away from tackling the opposition. The day's soundbite, however …
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Washington Wire:
Obama's Remarks at Labor Rally in Wisconsin — Remarks of President Barack Obama on the Economy—As Prepared for Delivery — Milwaukee Laborfest — Hello, Milwaukee! Thank you to the Milwaukee Area Labor Council and to all of my brothers and sisters in the AFL-CIO for inviting …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Publius Forum, The Confluence and Pirate's Cove
Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
Trumka: President, not Tea Partiers, can get country back to work
Trumka: President, not Tea Partiers, can get country back to work
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New York Times:
Obama Pushes Jobs Plan, and Assails G.O.P. for Criticism — MILWAUKEE — President Obama, looking to stimulate a sluggish economy and create jobs, called Monday for Congress to approve major upgrades to the nation's roads, rail lines and runways — part of a six-year plan that would cost tens …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
GOP ATTACKS ON INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT ALREADY UNDERWAY.... I really wish I could understand the way John Boehner's mind works. … Now, I realize that Boehner's depth of policy knowledge is frighteningly limited, and that the poll-tested buzz words of his press releases might resonate …
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The Moderate Voice
Darren Goode / The Hill:
Boehner: Obama infrastructure plan is more failed stimulus — House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio Monday criticized President Barack Obama's proposal to boost infrastructure investment as more stimulus spending doomed to fail. — “As the American people, facing near double-digit unemployment …
Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Obama assails GOP, promotes new jobs program
Obama assails GOP, promotes new jobs program
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Firedoglake, Agence France Presse, THEROOT.COM, RedState and Gateway Pundit
Brad DeLong / Grasping Reality with Both Hands:
Obama Economic Policy: Yet Another “Obama Bunts” Edition
Obama Economic Policy: Yet Another “Obama Bunts” Edition
The Huffington Post:
A Forecast of the 2010 House Election Outcome — What's Your Reaction: … How many House seats will the Republicans gain in 2010? To answer this question, we have run 1,000 simulations of the 2010 House elections. The simulations are based on information from past elections going back to 1946.
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Pollster.com All Content and Blogcritics
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The Huffington Post:
Political Scientists Forecast Big Losses For Democrats In 2010 Midterm Elections — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — With the midterm elections now just nine weeks away, a group of political scientists gathered for a conference in Washington D.C. this weekend forecast significant losses for the Democrats.
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Taegan Goddard's …
Wall Street Journal:
Petraeus Condemns U.S. Church's Plan to Burn Qurans — KABUL—The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said the planned burning of Qurans on Sept. 11 by a Florida church could put the lives of American troops in danger and damage the war effort. — Gen. David Petraeus said the Taliban …
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CNN:
CNN Poll: GOP's midterm advantage is growing — (CNN) — With November's midterm elections less than two months away, a new national poll indicates that the Republicans' advantage over the Democrats in the battle for Congress is on the rise. — According to a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation …
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Taylor Marsh, Hot Air, Left Coast Rebel, Scared Monkeys, JammieWearingFool, Fire Andrea Mitchell! and Wake up America
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John Byrne / Raw Story:
Major Democratic donors shift donations to the right
Major Democratic donors shift donations to the right
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Don Surber, Hot Air, Flopping Aces and Houston Chronicle
Peter J. Boyer / New Yorker:
FRAT HOUSE FOR JESUS — The entity behind C Street. — One midwinter night in 2008, Senator John Ensign, of Nevada, the chairman of the Senate Republican Policy Committee, was roused from bed when six men entered his room and ordered him to get up. Ensign knew the men intimately …
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David Plouffe / msnbc.com:
Sunday mornings on NBC — A top Senate Republican, Lindsey Graham (R-SC) - who just returned from Afghanistan where he was serving reserve duty as a colonel for the U.S. Air Force - weighs in on the end of combat operations in Iraq and the on-going war in Afghanistan, plus the politics of the mid-term elections.
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Politics Daily, driftglass and The Daily Beast
Ashlee Vance / New York Times:
Hurd Joins Oracle as Co-President — SAN FRANCISCO — In naming Mark V. Hurd, the former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard, as Oracle's new co-president, Lawrence J. Ellison, Oracle's chief executive and largest shareholder, has put his money where his controversial mouth is.
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TechCrunch and The Next Web, more at Techmeme »
BBC:
US troops called in as Iraqi army base attacked — The base was targeted for the second time in three weeks — US troops have been called in to help Iraqi forces battle insurgents who attacked an army base in Baghdad, killing 12 people, officials say. — It marks the first such use …
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The Moderate Voice and Firedoglake
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