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Town Hall Questioner To Obama: “I'm Exhausted Of Defending You” — “I'm one of your middle class Americans. And quite frankly, I'm exhausted. Exhausted of defending you, defending your administration, defending the mantle of change that I voted for,” a woman told President Obama at a town hall.
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Mediaite, Moonbattery, Political Byline, Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, Outside the Beltway, Ben Smith's Blog, Tammy Bruce, National Review, The New Republic and Gawker
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Faiz Shakir / Think Progress:
Obama To Hedge Fund Manager Who Complains Of Being ‘Whacked’: ‘Most Folks On Main Street’ Feel Beat Up — Today, President Obama participated in a live CNBC townhall event. Recently, Obama has been feeling the “rage of the rich,” as Paul Krugman describes it today.
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Firedoglake, The Washington Independent and No More Mister Nice Blog
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Disappointed Supporters Question Obama
Disappointed Supporters Question Obama
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Sister Toldjah
Ariana Eunjung Cha / Political Economy:
At CNBC town hall, Obama is asked: ‘Is the American dream dead?’
At CNBC town hall, Obama is asked: ‘Is the American dream dead?’
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Wonkette, Weasel Zippers and Gateway Pundit
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Wire:
Obama Raises Prospects of New Economic Team
Obama Raises Prospects of New Economic Team
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Angry Bear
Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Disappointed Supporters Question Obama
Disappointed Supporters Question Obama
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TPMDC, Washington Monthly and New York Times
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Obama defends business record
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Obama Town Hall: Defending His Record on Economy, Jobs
Obama Town Hall: Defending His Record on Economy, Jobs
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Gothamist, Gateway Pundit, The Caucus and Liberty Pundits Blog
Domenico Montanaro / msnbc.com:
Carter: ‘Probably superior’ to other ex-presidents — Former President Jimmy Carter (right) standing off to the side in a photo with the living presidents (and then-President-elect Obama) in the Oval Office. — *** UPDATE 3:59 pm ET *** Former President Carter issued a written statement after his comments aired:
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Rough Sketch, PostPartisan, Ben Smith's Blog, Taylor Marsh, The Hill, JOSHUAPUNDIT, AmSpecBlog and Gawker
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Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
BACK TO THE SEVENTIES — For most people, it's hard to imagine …
BACK TO THE SEVENTIES — For most people, it's hard to imagine …
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Prairie Weather
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Republicans will unveil their new ‘Contract’ on Thursday in Virginia — Republicans will unveil their new “Contract With America” in Virginia on Thursday as they try to present a clear alternative to the Democrat-led Congress heading into the midterm elections.
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The Politico, The Hill, The Next Right, Left Coast Rebel, Ben Smith's Blog, Politics Daily, Pajamas Media and FrumForum
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
STEVE KING EYES SHUTDOWN, DEMANDS ‘BLOOD OATH’ FROM BOEHNER. …
STEVE KING EYES SHUTDOWN, DEMANDS ‘BLOOD OATH’ FROM BOEHNER. …
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Wall Street Journal, Think Progress, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Democratic Strategist and Ezra Klein
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Cantor: Palin is ‘certainly’ a leader in the Republican Party
Cantor: Palin is ‘certainly’ a leader in the Republican Party
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CNN, A plain blog about politics and FrumForum
The Politico:
White House: New York Times report ‘100 percent wrong’ — The White House is pushing back hard against a New York Times report that the president's political team is considering a national ad campaign that would cast the GOP as taken over by tea party extremists. (See: Tea party dominates the narrative)
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CNN, Wall Street Journal, The Note, FiveThirtyEight, The Hill, Wonkette, The Plum Line, Michelle Malkin, Political Byline, Taylor Marsh, Don Surber, Pajamas Media, The Greenroom, The Reaction, Weekly Standard, Raw Story, iOwnTheWorld.com, RedState, New York Times, Nice Deb, Firedoglake, Politics Daily, Commentary, Guardian, The Monkey Cage, Wake up America, FrumForum and New York Magazine
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New York Times:
The Mood of Voters: Men Are Fuming, Women Despairing
The Mood of Voters: Men Are Fuming, Women Despairing
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Indecision Forever, Prairie Weather and Shakesville
Belinda Luscombe / Time:
Why Sarah Palin Is Stronger Than You Think
Why Sarah Palin Is Stronger Than You Think
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The Iowa Republican, Ben Smith's Blog, Real Clear Politics, The Confluence, Big Tent Revue, Taylor Marsh, The Page and Balloon Juice
nber.org:
Business Cycle Dating Committee, National Bureau of Economic Research — The Business Cycle Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research met yesterday by conference call. At its meeting, the committee determined that a trough in business activity occurred in the U.S. economy in June 2009.
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CNNMoney.com, msnbc.com, Ezra Klein, USA Today, Daily Kos, BV on Money, The Big Picture, Weasel Zippers, FITSNews, New Atlanticist, The Confluence, Outside the Beltway, The Washington Independent, New York Times, Free exchange, Real Time Economics, Political Economy, Michelle Malkin, Oliver Willis, The Consumerist, Talking Points Memo, Off the Charts Blog and Calculated Risk
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Catherine Rampell / Economix:
The Recession Has (Officially) Ended
The Recession Has (Officially) Ended
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Wall Street Journal, Ruby Slippers, Gawker, Washington Monthly, Hot Air, Corrente and FrumForum
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:
It's Official: The Great Recession Is Over
CREW:
CREW CALLS FOR FEDERAL CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION INTO CHRISTINE O'DONNELL FOR CAMPAIGN FINANCE FRAUD — Washington, D.C. -Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed complaints with the Delaware U.S. Attorney's Office and the Federal Election Commission (FEC) …
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Dialogue Delaware, Daily Kos, Politics Daily and Prairie Weather
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The Huffington Post:
Wiccan Community Upset With O'Donnell, Calls Witchcraft Comments “Teaching Moment”
Wiccan Community Upset With O'Donnell, Calls Witchcraft Comments “Teaching Moment”
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Gawker, Pajamas Media, Wake up America, New York Magazine, The Daily Caller and Chicago Boyz
David Catanese / The Politico:
DeMint PAC hits the air for O'Donnell
DeMint PAC hits the air for O'Donnell
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CNN, The Note, ABCNEWS, The Hill, Guardian, TPMDC, National Review and Little Green Footballs
Rasmussen Reports:
52% of Voters Say Their Views Are More Like Palin's Than Obama's — Fifty-two percent (52%) of Likely U.S. Voters say their own views are closer to Sarah Palin's than they are to President Obama's, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Chris Isidore / CNNMoney.com:
Economists: Extend Bush tax cuts for everyone — NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — With income tax rates set to go up on Dec. 31, Congress is hotly debating what to do next. But most economists agree: Keep them where they are. — One option, to let the tax cuts passed during the Bush administration expire …
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The Atlantic Online, NRSC, NewsBusters.org and Liberty Pundits Blog
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Sen. Kaufman: GOP waging ‘holy jihad’ to extend tax cuts
Sen. Kaufman: GOP waging ‘holy jihad’ to extend tax cuts
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Liberty Pundits Blog, Weasel Zippers, Gateway Pundit and JammieWearingFool
Christina Bellantoni / TPMDC:
Senate Dems Vow Tax Cut Vote Before Election — Even If It Fails, ‘We Win’
Senate Dems Vow Tax Cut Vote Before Election — Even If It Fails, ‘We Win’
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Ezra Klein, The Plum Line, Washington Monthly, Democratic Strategist, Daily Kos and Towleroad News #gay
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Koch Industries Lawyer to White House: How Did You Get Our Tax Information? — Lately, the White House and its allies have been drawing attention to the political activities of libertarian billionaires Charles and David Koch. In an August 9 speech, President Obama singled out Americans for Prosperity …
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Liberty Pundits Blog, 24Ahead and The Future of Capitalism
Robin Knight / CNBC:
UK Proposes All Paychecks Go to the State First — The UK's tax collection agency is putting forth a proposal that all employers send employee paychecks to the government, after which the government would deduct what it deems as the appropriate tax and pay the employees by bank transfer.
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Generic Ballot Virtually Tied: Democrats 46%, Republicans 45% — Republicans losing strength in September compared with August — PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup's generic ballot for Congress for the week of Sept. 13-19 shows a 46% Democratic and 45% Republican split in registered voters' preferences for the midterm congressional elections.
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Washington Wire, The Hill, Daily Kos, TPMDC, DownWithTyranny! and The Political Carnival
TMZ.com:
‘Dancing’ Studio on Red Sarah Palin Alert — There will be high security tonight when Sarah Palin shows up to watch daughter Bristol perform on “Dancing with the Stars” ... TMZ has learned. — Our spies say security guards at CBS Television City in L.A. — the place where “Dancing” is broadcast — is on “heightened alert.”
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The Other McCain, The Political Carnival, New York Magazine, Wonkette and Dependable Renegade
Ryan J. Donmoyer / Bloomberg:
Obama Among ‘Small Businesses’ Bearing Share of Tax on Wealthy — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says President Barack Obama wants to subject half of all small-business income to a tax increase, a move that he says would strike a blow at the U.S. job-creation engine.
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Think Progress, Paul Krugman, The Politico and ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
GOP: Bechtel, PricewaterhouseCoopers And Other 'Small Businesses …
GOP: Bechtel, PricewaterhouseCoopers And Other 'Small Businesses …
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Washington Monthly and Talking Points Memo
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Dem worries on Stewart rally — Jon Stewart's planned “Rally for Sanity” sounded a bit like a joke when he announced — without his permit application approved — that he'd hold it on October 30 in Washington, D.C. — But it's suddenly looking quite real: Nearly 100,000 people have written …
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Examiner, Mediaite, New York Times, No More Mister Nice Blog and NewsBusters.org, more at Mediagazer »
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
On the Cheapness of Life — Andrew and Jack Shafer's reminiscence over the legacy of Martin Peretz, and quasi-defense of his bigotry, motivated me to do some of my own reflecting. To the present business, there is no actual defense of the statement “Muslim life is cheap, particularly to Muslims.”
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TalkLeft, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Grasping Reality …, Balloon Juice and The Daily Beast
Scott Keyes / Think Progress:
Tea Party Leader Dick Armey: Social Security Is A Corrupt ‘Ponzi Scheme’ — This past weekend, conservative activists and Tea Party groups gathered in Chicago for the Right Nation 2010 convention. Among those who attended was former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, the chairman of one of the original Tea Party groups, FreedomWorks.
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The Politico and TPMDC
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Nita Lowey rival wrote anti-integration, racially charged essay — Longtime Democratic incumbent Rep. Nita Lowey's Republican challenger this fall is a Christian conservative author and activist whose writings have frowned on inter-racial marriage and movies like “Save the Last Dance,” …
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New York Magazine and Salon
Ballot Box:
Race ratings: Murkowski write-in shifts landscape in Alaska — Between the surprise primary win for Tea Party-backed Joe Miller and the decision of Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) to launch a write-in bid, there's a new level of uncertainty in Alaska's Senate race.
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The Politico