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10:10 PM ET, September 6, 2010

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CNN:
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 …
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 …
Discussion: THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
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 …
Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
Trumka: President, not Tea Partiers, can get country back to work
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Mike Hall / AFL-CIO NOW BLOG:
Obama Unveils Huge Infrastructure/Jobs Program at Milwaukee's LaborFest
Fox News:
Obama to Call for Major Infrastructure Spending
Discussion: Fire Andrea Mitchell!
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 …
Discussion: 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 …
Washington Post:   Obama to call for $100 billion business tax credit
CNN:
Obama pushes $50 billion in infrastructure spending
The Politico:
President Obama unveils $50 billion road, rail plan
Discussion: Daily Kos
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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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.
Discussion: 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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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 …
Discussion: TPMMuckraker and Raw Story
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.
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.
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 …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Firedoglake
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New York Times:
Attack Shows Lasting Threat to U.S. in Iraq
Discussion: FrumForum and AMERICAblog News
 
 
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