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Obama's job approval — President Obama's job approval rating is 50% or higher in 16 states and D.C. Roll over each state to see how each rated Obama. The darker the shade of the state, the higher his overall approval rating. — Source: Gallup — WASHINGTON — Another “wave” …
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Taegan Goddard's … and Booman Tribune
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The National Organization for Women defends Bachmann against Newsweek — One of presidential candidate Michele Bachmann's major political opponents is defending her against what it says is blatant sexism on the part of Newsweek magazine. — Monday, the National Organization for Women …
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Washington Post, The Caucus, No More Mister Nice Blog and Weasel Zippers

Obama Job Approval 50% or Higher in 16 States and D.C. — Idaho residents least approving, at 27% — PRINCETON, NJ — Residents of 16 states and the District of Columbia gave President Obama approval ratings of 50% or higher during the first half of 2011, led by the District of Columbia, Connecticut, Maryland, and Delaware.
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Hotline On Call, TPMDC, Washington Post, Washington Wire, Weasel Zippers, Patterico's Pontifications, Political Punch and Swampland


LEAP OF FAITH … - POLITICS - PROFILES - THE TALK OF THE TOWN …
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Does The Michele Bachmann Newsweek Cover Make Her ‘Look Crazy’?
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Big Journalism, NewsBusters.org blogs, Michelle Malkin, Gawker and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

NOW Defends Bachmann Against Newsweek
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Pajamas Media, GOP 12 and Sister Toldjah


Who ‘made $10bn on 10/1 bet that U.S. credit rating would be downgraded’? — A mystery investor or hedge fund reportedly made a bet of almost $1billion at odds of 10/1 last month that the U.S. would lose its AAA credit rating. — Now questions are being asked of whether the trader …
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TBogg, Weasel Zippers, nation.foxnews.com, Don Surber, The Lonely Conservative and The Gateway Pundit
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Michael Moore to Obama: ‘Show some guts,’ arrest S&P head — Liberal firebrand Michael Moore called on President Obama to respond to the U.S. credit downgrade by arresting the leaders of the credit-ratings agencies. — On his Twitter feed Monday, the Oscar-winning film director also blamed …
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No Left Turns and Pajamas Media

Senate panel reviewing S&P downgrade — (Reuters) - The Senate Banking committee has begun looking into last week's decision by Standard and Poor's to downgrade the U.S. credit rating, a committee aide told Reuters on Monday. — The aide said the panel was gathering information …
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Weasel Zippers, The Hill and The Daily Caller


Romney on S&P Move: 'I Don't Think It's Simply the President's Fault'
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Mitt Romney for President … and PoliticusUSA

Senate Banking looking into S&P downgrade
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Hot Air and Erick's blog

Rick Perry to make 2012 intentions clear Saturday — Rick Perry intends to use a speech in South Carolina Saturday to make clear that he's running for president, POLITICO has learned. — According to two sources familiar with the plan, the Texas governor will remove any doubt …
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Will subsidies to farmer Perry come back to haunt presidential hopeful Perry?
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Washington Post and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Perry to visit NH and SC while presidential candidates gather in Iowa
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Washington Post, CNN, The Note, Pajamas Media, Iowa Caucuses and The Page

Aaauuuggghhh! Market Commentary Edition — Carnage in stock markets as I write — and all of the headlines I see attribute it to S&P's downgrade. — They really are trying to make my head explode, aren't they? — Once again: S&P declared that US debt is no longer a safe investment …
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Gawker, Wonkette, AMERICAblog News, Firedoglake, Modeled Behavior, Economist's View, Talking Points Memo and The New Republic
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Stocks Off Lows, Dow Above 11,000; Vix Soars — Stocks pared some losses in heavy, choppy trading Monday but were still sharply lower as investors fled from risky assets following S&P's downgrade of U.S.'s credit rating last week in addition to ongoing uncertainty over the euro zone crisis.

Disconnect — This piece on CNN Money says that “market …
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CNNMoney.com


Obama says he inherited economic problems — (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Monday he inherited many of the country's problems with high debt and deficits when he entered the White House, sounding a theme likely to dominate his 2012 re-election campaign.
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Sky Dancing, Weasel Zippers and Somewhat Reasonable
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You can believe me or you can believe your lying eyes — democrats style
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Washington Post, Crooks and Liars and The Hill

Those Colossal, Recklessly Irresponsible $2 Trillion Errors
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Pajamas Media

Ben Adler — It is clear from Standard & Poor's statement downgrading the federal government's credit rating that it places the blame squarely on Republican actions and policies. Two of S&P's biggest concerns about whether the United States will pay off its debt are whether Republicans …
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The Daily Caller and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
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Stocks: ‘Sell first, ask questions later’
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ABCNEWS, CNN, Online NewsHour, Global Public Square, This Just In, The Moderate Voice, New York Magazine and CNBC

Back on Stump, Romney Faults Obama on Downgrade
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CNN and The Caucus


Did a New Taliban Weapon Kill a Chopper Full of Navy SEALs? — Updated 8:36 a.m. EDT. — The passengers and crew of the twin-rotor CH-47 Chinook helicopter probably never saw the rocket hurtling towards them. The explosion and fiery crash in Wardak province in eastern Afghanistan early …
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Hot Air, The Atlantic Online, ISAF Latest, Guardian and The Gateway Pundit
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US helicopter crashed in Taliban trap: Afghan official
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Danger Room and Patterico's Pontifications

House leaders end page program — House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced they were ending the House page program. — As of Aug. 31, the program — which employs nearly 70 high school students to serve as messengers and couriers …
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CNN, The Politico, Shakesville, Wonkette and New York Magazine

Obama's horrifyingly bad speech — He was a half hour late. His head turned from side to side as if he were attending a tennis match. He practically never looked in the camera, as if he were averting our gaze. And those were the strong parts of President Obama's disastrous speech.
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UrbanGrounds and Hot Air

Who has got the margin call? — Bronte Capital tends - as this blog has said many times - to be long large cap and relatively liquid companies at 10-16 PE ratios. — And we are short the wildest range of frauds, fads and failures you can imagine. — Our shorts are small and relatively illiquid.
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Free exchange and It's All Trivial …


Conquering the Storm — In the coming days we'll sort through the repercussions of S&P's downgrade of our credit rating, including concerns about the impact a potential interest rate increase would have on our ability to service our suffocating $14.5 trillion debt.
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Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit, Top of the Ticket, Rumproast and Conservatives4Palin


Dog Helps Young Rape Victim Testify — POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — Rosie, the first judicially approved courtroom dog in New York, was in the witness box here nuzzling a 15-year-old girl who was testifying that her father had raped and impregnated her. Rosie sat by the teenager's feet.
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The Volokh Conspiracy, Shakesville and New York Magazine

What to expect when you're expecting recalls: A guide to state legislative recalls — While the political arguments surrounding tomorrow's Wisconsin recall elections are well covered elsewhere, I'd like to draw attention to the many issues and history surrounding the use of the recall - both in Wisconsin and the rest of the nation.
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Ben Smith's Blog