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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, Political Byline, Hot Air, Moonbattery, 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.
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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Ruby Slippers, Wonkette, Weasel Zippers and Gateway Pundit
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
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
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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PostPartisan, Taylor Marsh, Ben Smith's Blog, 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
Matt DeLong / Washington Post:
Jimmy Carter: My role is ‘superior’ to those of the other ex-presidents
Jimmy Carter: My role is ‘superior’ to those of the other ex-presidents
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Rough Sketch, Delaware Liberal and The Atlantic Online
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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The Politico:
House may adjourn by end of week — House leaders are considering adjourning as early as the end of this week, which would give lawmakers five and a half weeks to campaign before the Nov. 2 election but could also leave them exposed to allegations that they didn't finish their work in Washington.
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FrumForum
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, Pajamas Media, FiveThirtyEight, Wall Street Journal, The Note, Wonkette, Michelle Malkin, The Plum Line, The Hill, Political Byline, Don Surber, Taylor Marsh, Weekly Standard, The Greenroom, The Reaction, iOwnTheWorld.com, Raw Story, RedState, Nice Deb, Firedoglake, Politics Daily, The Monkey Cage, Commentary, Guardian, 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
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Wire:
Obama Raises Prospects of New Economic Team
Obama Raises Prospects of New Economic Team
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Angry Bear
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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Raw Story, Dialogue Delaware, Politics Daily and Prairie Weather
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Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Watchdog: Christine O'Donnell “Clearly a Criminal”
Watchdog: Christine O'Donnell “Clearly a Criminal”
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, TPMMuckraker, Raw Story, Daily Kos, The Washington Independent and Classical Values
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, Beltway Confidential, Guardian, The Hill, ABCNEWS, TPMDC and National Review
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.
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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Pajamas Media, Liberty Pundits Blog, 24Ahead and The Future of Capitalism
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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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
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
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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Althouse, The Other McCain, The Political Carnival, New York Magazine, Left Coast Rebel, Wonkette and Dependable Renegade
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, Economix, msnbc.com, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Daily Kos, BV on Money, The Big Picture, Ezra Klein, FITSNews, New Atlanticist, The Confluence, Outside the Beltway, The Washington Independent, Free exchange, Weasel Zippers, Real Time Economics, Political Economy, Michelle Malkin, Oliver Willis, Washington Monthly, Off the Charts Blog, Corrente, The Consumerist, Talking Points Memo, FrumForum and Calculated Risk
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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New York Times, Mediaite, Examiner, 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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Lawyers, Guns & Money, TalkLeft, 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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Salon and New York Magazine
Katie Zezima / New York Times:
Lady Gaga Goes Political in Maine — PORTLAND, Me. — There were no strobe lights, no outlandish costumes and only a mediocre sound system. But Lady Gaga was here and the crowd jumped up and down, snapping photos as a whirl of platinum-blond hair emerged from an SUV and walked up a concrete ramp to a tiny stage.
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Towleroad News #gay
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
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Another tie at the top — This month's look at the 2012 Republican Presidential field shows the same basic four way tie at the top that we see every month- but looking inside the numbers it also shows an unusual potential path to his party's nomination for Mitt Romney.
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GOP 12