Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
10:35 AM ET, September 7, 2010

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Washington Post:
Republicans making gains against Democrats ahead of midterm elections  —  Republicans are heading into the final weeks of the midterm campaign with the political climate highly in their favor, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.  Americans are increasingly frustrated by a lack …
RELATED:
Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Poll: Revolt Against Status Quo Gives Republicans Record Lead in 2010 Midterms  —  ABC News-Washington Post Poll: Dissatisfaction with Federal Government at Highest Level in 18 Years  —  Swelling economic discontent has pushed dissatisfaction with the federal government to its highest level in 18 years …
Gerald F. Seib / Wall Street Journal:
Get Ready for an Anti-Incumbent Wave  —  Poll Shows Republicans Benefit From Fears About Economy; Democrats Need to Persuade Unenthusiastic Backers to Vote  —  This is about the time when Democrats thought—or perhaps hoped—the political clouds that have hung over them all year would begin to lift.
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
‘They talk about me like a dog’  —  MILWAUKEE - Two years after appearing here on Labor Day to kick off the final stretch of his historic campaign, President Obama returned Monday to speak to union members, in a starkly different political environment.  —  The Democrats, on the ascent at Obama's 2008 …
Mark Murray / msnbc.com:
Poll: Clear GOP advantage ahead of midterms  —  Republicans have a nine-point edge among those considered likely voters  —  A combination of sky-high GOP enthusiasm, a deep sense of pessimism about the country's direction and dissatisfaction with President Barack Obama's stewardship …
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 …
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Demonizer-In-Chief Upset People Demonize Him
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Several polls suggest Republicans have momentum as election season begins
Discussion: The Note
Doug Powers / Michelle Malkin:
The Dog Daze of a Presidency
Discussion: Riehl World View
Frances Martel / Mediaite:
Pres. Obama On DC Opponents: “They Talk About Me Like A Dog”
Discussion: Vox Popoli and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
Peter Orszag / New York Times:
One Nation, Two Deficits  —  The nation faces a nasty dual deficit problem: a painful jobs deficit in the near term and an unsustainable budget deficit over the medium and long term.  This month, the Senate will be debating an issue with significant implications for both …
John / Power Line:
It Pays To Be Crazed  —  A church in Florida is planning to burn copies of the Koran on September 11.  That proposal has been widely condemned, and now General Petraeus has entered the fray, warning that such a protest by the church could endanger American servicemen: … This strikes me as troubling.
RELATED:
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Polarization of Supreme Court Is Reflected in Justices' Clerks  —  WASHINGTON — Each year, 36 young lawyers obtain the most coveted credential in American law: a Supreme Court clerkship.  Clerking for a justice is a glittering capstone on a résumé that almost always includes outstanding grades …
Discussion: The BLT and Prairie Weather
RELATED:
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Appeals Court in Atlanta Again Rejects Racial Discrimination Claim
Discussion: Gawker
Wall Street Journal:
‘Rhymes With Fagin’  —  Time magazine adds its voice to the chorus of those attempting to delegitimize the Jewish state.  —  If you're a reader of a certain age, you might understand the headline.  —  In May 1977, when Menachem Begin was elected Israel's prime minister …
Discussion: Power Line and FrumForum
RELATED:
Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
For the Jews in Israel, Money Trumps All?
Wall Street Journal:
Obama to Push Tax Break  —  Businesses Would Be Allowed to Write Off New Investment in Plants, Equipment  —  President Barack Obama, in one of his most dramatic gestures to business, will propose that companies be allowed to more quickly write off 100% of their new investment in plants and equipment through 2011.
Discussion: Commentary, USA Today and FrumForum
RELATED:
Marc Lacey / New York Times:
Republican Runs Street People on Green Ticket  —  TEMPE, Ariz. — Benjamin Pearcy, a candidate for statewide office in Arizona, lists his campaign office as a Starbucks.  The small business he refers to in his campaign statement is him strumming his guitar on the street.
Howard Kurtz:
Appeasing the Google Gods  —  I can no longer file a story in our computer system without filling out a box, a small gray square that may well determine the future of serious journalism.  —  The box is supposed to contain words and phrases that will help me reel you in.
Midlands Connect:
No cameras in debate after Spratt's request  —  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — U.S. Rep. John Spratt will debate his Republican challenger Mick Mulvaney on Tuesday, but the only people who will get to see any of it have already bought tickets to the sold out dinner at a South Carolina Lions Club.
Discussion: Riehl World View
Michael Moore / MichaelMoore.com:
Happy F**kin' Labor Day!  —  Dear Rahm Emanuel:  —  Happy F**kin' Labor Day!  I read this week that — according to a new book by Steven Rattner, your administration's former “Car Czar” — during White House meetings about how to save the tens of thousands of jobs that would be lost if GM …
Ezra Klein:
What we lost when we lost our factories  —  Daniel Gros — not to be confused with Daniel Gross — has a sobering essay arguing that, in the long-term, America does have a skills problem: We need to eventually refocus our economy around exports rather than credit-fueled housing-and-tech bubbles, but that's easier said than done.
Discussion: Suburban Guerrilla
Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Audit finds Sharpton's nonprofit on brink  —  Tweet  —  An accounting firm hired by Al Sharpton's National Action Network found the civil-rights group in such financial disarray that it flunked its record-keeping — and may not even survive, The Post has learned.
Discussion: Michelle Malkin
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 10:35 AM ET, September 7, 2010.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 Who's Hiring in Media? 
 
 See Also: 
memeorandum: site main
memeorandum River: reverse chronological memeorandum
memeorandum Mobile: for phones
memeorandum Leaderboard: memeorandum's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
memeorandum RSS feed
memeorandum on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
Paul Krugman:
Infrastructure  —  Some bleary-eyed thoughts from Japan …
Discussion: Newshoggers.com
Wall Street Journal:
The Obama Economy  —  How trillions in fiscal and monetary …
Discussion: Commentary and Betsy's Page
Jim Kuhnhenn / Associated Press:
No recession here: Election spending sets records
Discussion: FrumForum
Stephanie Strom / New York Times:
Soros to Donate $100 Million to Rights Group
John Noble Wilford / New York Times:
Desert Roads Lead to Discovery in Egypt
The White House:
Remarks by the President at Laborfest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin …
Walter Shapiro / Politics Daily:
New York's John Hall: A Rocky Reelection Road for a Rock Legend
 Earlier Items: 
Mark Halperin / The Page:
Barbour, Daniels Talk About How Republicans Are Going to Win
Discussion: The Hill, GOP 12 and Ben Smith's Blog
Sean J. Miller / Ballot Box:
Rep. Childers has edge on GOP challenger in poll
Discussion: Weekly Standard and Raw Story
CNN:
CNN Poll: GOP up 46 to 43 percent over Democrats on economy
Guardian:
NoW inquiry halted to spare police
Elizabeth / Mideast Youth:
Israel: “Rape by deception” …
Bill Carter / New York Times:
Chief of ABC News Is Resigning
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The NYT reports adding 260K digital subscribers in Q3, for 11.9M in total, with digital ad revenue up 8.8% YoY to $81.6M, and The Athletic had its first profit

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

Sean Burch / The Wrap:
Report: Garrett Ventry, who will join NBC News' Election Night coverage as a Republican pundit on election day, registered as an agent of Qatar in September

 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
Mediagazer
 Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page