memeorandum: Walker signs legislation to redraw district boundaries (JSOnline)

12:25 AM ET, August 10, 2011

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Harry Reid super committee picks in place — In the first of what will be a closely watched selection process for a powerful new deficit panel, Democratic sources say Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will appoint Democratic Sens. Patty Murray (Wash.), Max Baucus (Mont.) and John Kerry …

Discussion: New York Times, Weasel Zippers, Hot Air, CNN, Outside the Beltway, Sky Dancing, National Review, The Note, AmSpecBlog, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, Seattle Times and The Hill

A.Killough / CNN:

CNN Poll: Time to clean house in Congress? — Washington (CNN) - Need more evidence that Americans are extremely angry at Congress? — Well, here you go: According to a new national survey, for the first time ever most Americans don't believe their own member of Congress deserves re-election.

Discussion: Hot Air, ThinkProgress, Donklephant, The Raw Story, TPMDC, Washington Monthly, Indecision Forever, Taegan Goddard's …, Prairie Weather and Booman Tribune

Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:

Poll: GOP more unpopular than during Clinton impeachment — Voters are more unhappy with the Republican Party now than they were when the Republican-led House voted to impeach then-President Clinton, according to a new CNN poll released Tuesday. — Fifty-nine percent of voters polled …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, The Political Carnival and AMERICAblog News

Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:

Poll: Dems up, GOP down — The debt ceiling debate hurt Americans' view of Republicans, bolstered their opinion of Democrats, and drove the tea party's favorable ratings to a new low, a poll on Tuesday found. — Just 33 percent of Americans approve of the Republican Party …

Discussion: Washington Post, Liberal Values, Outside the Beltway, The Hill and Little Green Footballs

David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Meet Your Catfood Commission, Senate Dem Edition: Murray, Kerry, Baucus

Discussion: TalkLeft

Kyle Leighton / TPMDC:
CNN Poll: Grand Old Party Downgrade

Discussion: Zandar Versus The Stupid, The Daily Dish, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Washington Monthly

The Note:
On the Defense Over the Debt Deal, McConnell Says He's ‘Very Close’ to Super Committee Picks

Discussion: The Hill

Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:

Wisconsin recall elections: Results live blog — Protesters yell from a balcony near the the Wisconsin State Assembly Chambers as the assembly meets in the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin March 10, 2011. … 10:13 P.M. The AP, along with local networks, has called …

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, The Raw Story, Daily Kos, Michelle Malkin and WisPolitics Election Blog

Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:

Reading the Wisconsin Recall Vote — Wisconsin residents on Tuesday voted on whether to recall six Republican state senators, whose backing of Gov. Scott Walker in the dispute over collective bargaining rights this year made them targets for Democratic-aligned groups.

Discussion: Firedoglake, JSOnline, TPMDC, Pajamas Media, AMERICAblog News and The Mahablog

JSOnline:

Walker signs legislation to redraw district boundaries — By Jason Stein of the Journal Sentinel — Madison - As elections took place Tuesday in six state Senate districts, Gov. Scott Walker signed legislation to redraw their boundaries along with the rest of legislative districts.

Discussion: The Political Carnival and The Raw Story

Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:

Wisconsin Recall Turnout: How High Can It Go? — So far, so good in the Wisconsin state Senate recalls, which as of midday have, according to reports, been proceeding smoothly. — TPM SLIDESHOW: Mad In Madison: Wisconsin Workers Protest Against Governor's Budget Proposals

Discussion: JSOnline, Washington Post, The Maddow Blog and Hullabaloo

WisPolitics Election Blog:
Clerks: Turnout steady to near presidential levels

Discussion: Althouse, The Gateway Pundit, Daily Kos, Sister Toldjah and First Draft

David Catanese / The Politico:
Strong voter turnout in Wisconsin

Discussion: Politics, Washington Post and Mother Jones

Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The Wisconsin recall vacuum

Discussion: ABCNEWS, New York Times, Hot Air, msnbc.com, Sky Dancing, Politics K-12, The Colorado Independent, The Atlantic Online, A plain blog about politics, Washington Wire, FrumForum and Mother Jones

Parker Leavitt / Arizona Republic:

McCain faces angry crowd at Gilbert town-hall meeting — U.S. Sen. John McCain's town-hall meeting Monday in Gilbert broke down into a shouting match at times as “tea-party” activists directed their anger and frustration toward the senator over issues ranging from his characterization of them as …

Discussion: Wonkette, The Colorado Independent, The Washington Independent, Talking Points Memo and Gawker

Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:

Impeach Obama, says Michael Burgess — Burgess, center, wants to impeach Barack Obama to stop him from ‘pushing his agenda.’ — Impeaching President Barack Obama “needs to happen,” Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas) told a local tea party group, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported Tuesday.

Discussion: PoliTex, Wonkette, Weasel Zippers, Washington Monthly, Change of Subject, Indecision Forever and The Daily Dish

Aman Batheja / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Burgess meets with unhappy Tea Party group

Discussion: ThinkProgress, TPMDC, A plain blog about politics, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and nation.foxnews.com

Dan Primack / Fortune:

About that plane over S&P — Who sent an aerial message to Wall Street? — Courtesy of NY Observer — Earlier today, a plane flew over S&P headquarters trailing a banner that read: … Fortune has learned that the person who paid to fly the banner is a Midwestern broker …

Discussion: Wonkette, The Raw Story and FT Alphaville

Foster Kamer / The New York Observer:

Single Mother from St. Louis Flying Banner Over Lower Manhattan: 'Thanks For The Downgrade. You Should All Be Fired.' (UPDATED) — YOU SHOULD ALL BE FIRED." Pictures and more sightings are beginning to emerge. Full image below: — The S&P offices are in the McGraw Hill building at 96 Water Street …

Discussion: Money & Company, Mogulite, Gawker and New York Magazine

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:

For immediate release — Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in June indicates that economic growth so far this year has been considerably slower than the Committee had expected. Indicators suggest a deterioration in overall labor market conditions in recent months, and the unemployment rate has moved up.

Discussion: New York Times, Free exchange, FT Alphaville, The Atlantic Online, Exile On Wall Street, AMERICAN FUTURE, Modeled Behavior, The Washington Independent, AmSpecBlog, naked capitalism, Online NewsHour, Washington Monthly, The Politico, Jared Bernstein and ThinkProgress

Paul Krugman:
The Fed States the Obvious

Discussion: Modeled Behavior and MarketBeat

Patrik Jonsson / Christian Science Monitor:

Flash mob attacks: Rising concern over black teen involvement — From Milwaukee to Philadelphia to Chicago, officials are enforcing curfews and requiring chaperones for teens, after several flash mob attacks allegedly involving black youths. — Atlanta — State police are roaming …

Dave Boyer / Washington Times:
Philadelphia mayor talks tough to black teenagers after ‘flash mobs’

Discussion: Althouse, Sister Toldjah, JSOnline, The Anchoress, blogs.telegraph.co.uk and Vox Popoli

Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:

S&P's Chambers: Balanced budget amendment would do more harm than good — (Scott Eells - BLOOMBERG) House and Senate Republicans have rallied around the notion of a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution as a solution to the country's dire fiscal straits.

Discussion: Washington Monthly and Daily Kos

Marie Diamond / ThinkProgress: S&P Director: GOP's Balanced Budget Amendment Would Hurt America's Creditworthiness

Craig Robinson / The Iowa Republican:

Perry's South Carolina Announcement Is A Slap In the Face to Iowa Republicans — Texas Governor Rick Perry's decision to announce his candidacy in South Carolina at the same time the Iowa Straw Poll is taking place in Ames is not only a slap in the face to Republican voters in Iowa …

Discussion: Hot Air and GOP 12

Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Huckabee to perform with Pawlenty, Cain at Ames Straw Poll

Discussion: CNN and The Politico

Jason Clayworth / Iowa Caucuses:
Rick Perry to make Iowa speech on Sunday

Discussion: Washington Wire, USA Today and msnbc.com

James Joyner / Outside the Beltway:

Honor Fallen SEALs by Questioning Their Mission — Joshua Foust tweets that his PBS piece “Lessons from this weekend's Afghan helicopter crash” has been called “enemy propaganda” by some critics. That charge fundamentally misunderstands patriotism. He's not divulging troop locations or battle plans …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Danger Room

Joshua Foust / Need to Know:
Lessons from this weekend's Afghan helicopter crash

Discussion: The Daily Dish, Danger Room, The Atlantic Online and Taylor Marsh

Keith Koffler / White House Dossier:

Michelle Obama Takes Secret Vacation to Oregon — First Lady Michelle Obama Slipped out of Washington unnoticed Monday for a secret trip to visit her brother, Oregon State University men's basketball coach Craig Robinson, at his home on Corvallis, Ore. — Mrs. Obama reportedly jetted …

Discussion: FishbowlDC

Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:

National Review: Obama Secretly Supports Violent London Rioters — Violent riots have swept London all week. The Washington Post reports that last night, “Rampant looting and raging fires engulfed swaths of London on Monday as the wave of civil unrest that has gripped this sprawling capital escalated sharply.”

Discussion: Guardian, Washington Post, National Review and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:

Swing State Deficit Polling — We decided to look at public opinion on the debt deal in two swing states that could hold the key to Barack Obama's reelection, Colorado and North Carolina. Here's what we found: —Voters across party lines in both states think the deal will be bad for the economy.

Discussion: The Colorado Independent

Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Record-Low 21% Say Most in Congress Deserve Re-Election

Discussion: The New Civil Rights Movement, The Hill and Washington Post

Carolyn Lochhead / San Francisco Chronicle:

S.F. gay married couple loses immigration battle — Washington — Citing the Defense of Marriage Act, the Obama administration denied immigration benefits to a married gay couple from San Francisco and ordered the expulsion of a man who is the primary caregiver to his AIDS-afflicted spouse.

Discussion: Firedoglake, GLAADBlog.org and ImmigrationProf Blog

NPR:

U.S. Credit Downgrade Leaves ‘Horrible Impact’ … Steve Inskeep talks to former Republican Senator Alan Simpson of Wyoming about the S&P downgrade of U.S. credit. Simpson has been saying that he hopes the S&P downgrade will cause lawmakers to take deficit deliberations more seriously.

Discussion: The Political Carnival and Outside the Beltway

The Politico:

Obama plan: Destroy Romney — Barack Obama's aides and advisers are preparing to center the president's re-election campaign on a ferocious personal assault on Mitt Romney's character and business background, a strategy grounded in the early stage expectation that the former Massachusetts governor is the likely GOP nominee.