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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 and Weasel Zippers
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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The Confluence, Publius Forum and Pirate's Cove
Mike Hall / AFL-CIO NOW BLOG:
Obama Unveils Huge Infrastructure/Jobs Program at Milwaukee's LaborFest
Obama Unveils Huge Infrastructure/Jobs Program at Milwaukee's LaborFest
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ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/* and Gateway Pundit
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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Weasel Zippers
Frances Martel / Mediaite:
Pres. Obama On DC Opponents: “They Talk About Me Like A Dog”
Pres. Obama On DC Opponents: “They Talk About Me Like A Dog”
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THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Obama Pushes Jobs Plan, and Assails G.O.P. for Criticism — MILWAUKEE — President Obama, looking for ways to jump-start the sagging economy and create new jobs, called on Congress on Monday to approve a far-reaching plan to rebuild and modernize the nation's transportation networks …
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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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Agence France Presse, RedState, THEROOT.COM and Gateway Pundit
CNN:
President mulls new measures to spark economy
President mulls new measures to spark economy
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This Just In and Zandar Versus The Stupid
Julie Pace / Associated Press:
Obama calling for more infrastructure spending
Obama calling for more infrastructure spending
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Hot Air, Gateway Pundit, Conservatives4Palin.com, Weasel Zippers and JOSHUAPUNDIT
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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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.
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Taegan Goddard's …
Washington Post:
Obama to call for $100 billion business tax credit — Under mounting pressure to intensify his focus on the economy ahead of the midterm elections, President Obama will call for a $100 billion business tax credit this week, using a speech in Cleveland on Wednesday to launch what administration officials said was a new policy push.
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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 …
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TPMMuckraker and Raw Story
Lena H. / Washington Post:
Finding new weapons to kill bedbugs — The brown bugs, each about half the size of a pencil eraser, lie in glass petri dishes - a few on their backs, legs in the air. They died within seconds of scurrying across a piece of paper containing drops of a chemical.The next step is to find …
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The Volokh Conspiracy, The Reality-Based Community and Don Surber
Mark Hurd / Los Angeles Times:
Los Angeles school named after Al Gore — He's the first vice president to have an L.A. school named after him, sharing the honor with author Rachel Carson. Fittingly, the campus will be devoted to environmental themes. But there's a catch. — First-grade teacher Yolanda Alcala, left …
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NewsBusters.org, Michelle Malkin, Weasel Zippers, L.A. NOW, Guardian and Sister Toldjah
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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Hot Air, Left Coast Rebel, Scared Monkeys, JammieWearingFool, Wake up America and Fire Andrea Mitchell!
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
1938 in 2010 — Here's the situation: The U.S. economy has been crippled by a financial crisis. The president's policies have limited the damage, but they were too cautious, and unemployment remains disastrously high. More action is clearly needed. Yet the public has soured on government activism …
CNN:
Jindal isn't endorsing Vitter - yet — Jindal is not weighing in on his state's Senate race, he told WDSU. — UPDATE: Melissa Sellers, a spokeswoman for Jindal, tells CNN the governor meant to convey he has not weighed in on the race yet, but may do so in the future.
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