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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Mike Huckabee: Rick Perry timing ‘bad form,’ ‘tactical blunder’ — Mike Huckabee is giving a big thumbs-down to Rick Perry's campaign rollout, telling Fox News that the Texas governor's decision to announce on the day of the Iowa straw poll is a big “tactical blunder.”
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Hot Air, Campaign 2012 and Iowa Caucuses
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Mark Halperin / The Page:
Rick Perry Wants to Be President — Highlights here. Subscribers can read Halperin's story on Perry in the latest issue of TIME. — Video highlight: Perry says he has decided he wants to be president. — Video highlight: Perry on 43's advice to him. Transcript of Mark Halperin's Interview with Rick Perry
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Bachmann campaign targeting Pawlenty behind the scenes — AMES, IOWA — Rep. Michele Bachmann's (R-Minn.) campaign showed its biggest immediate concern is fellow Minnesotan Tim Pawlenty at Thursday night's GOP debate. — During the debate Bachmann staffers handed reporters in Iowa …
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The Note, Ben Smith's Blog and Don Surber
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
King hits Perry for treating Iowans like “country bumpkins” — AMES, Iowa — Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), a Tea Party star in the Hawkeye State, attacked Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) hours ahead of the Republican presidential debate for his decision to announce his campaign plans on Saturday, the same day as the Ames Straw Poll.
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The Raw Story
Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
Rick Perry, the “hawk internationalist”
Rick Perry, the “hawk internationalist”
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AmSpecBlog, Eunomia, The Daily Dish and Salon
First Read / msnbc.com:
Santorum continues anti-gay rhetoric, takes shot at Bachmann, rest of field
Santorum continues anti-gay rhetoric, takes shot at Bachmann, rest of field
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ThinkProgress, Indecision Forever and National Review
A.Killough / CNN:
Perry will announce Saturday
Perry will announce Saturday
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The Daily Caller, Hot Air, The Note, USA Today, Fox News, The Caucus, Fox News Insider, Outside the Beltway, Grist and The Politico
Adam Sorensen / Swampland:
Q&A: Rick Perry Is Ready to Run
Q&A: Rick Perry Is Ready to Run
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Washington Post, CNN, Hot Air, The Daily Caller, The Note, PoliTex, Pajamas Media and Balloon Juice
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Romney gets in heated exchange with hecklers at Iowa State Fair — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's (R) exchange with a few hecklers turned into somewhat of a shouting match while he was stumping Thursday in Iowa. — Romney faced aggressive inquiries with a liberal bent at the top …
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Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress:
VIDEO: Romney Angrily Confronted Over His Desire To Cut Entitlements While Protecting The Rich — GOP 2012 presidential contender Mitt Romney today spoke at the Iowa state fair, before a key Republican debate tonight and an upcoming Iowa straw poll. At the end of his speech, a Q&A session quickly devolved into a shouting match.
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Reuters, Pajamas Media and Rebuild the Dream
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney: ‘Corporations are people’
Mitt Romney: ‘Corporations are people’
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Campaign 2012, Outside the Beltway, Gawker, The New Republic, Booman Tribune and Balloon Juice
Benjy Sarlin / TPMDC:
Romney: ‘Corporations Are People, My Friend’ [VIDEO]
Romney: ‘Corporations Are People, My Friend’ [VIDEO]
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Crooks and Liars, Sky Dancing, No More Mister Nice Blog and Towleroad News #gay
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Corporations and context — After an uncomfortable shouting match …
Corporations and context — After an uncomfortable shouting match …
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Washington Post and New York Magazine
Doug Powers / Michelle Malkin:
Romney Squares Off With Hecklers in Iowa
Romney Squares Off With Hecklers in Iowa
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Ben Smith's Blog, CNN, Hotline On Call, Sister Toldjah and HotAirPundit
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Romney dodges S&P question
Romney dodges S&P question
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ThinkProgress, The New Republic, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, AmSpecBlog and The Daily Dish
Donna Smith / Reuters:
Exclusive: Republican Camp won't rule out tax increases — (Reuters) - A leading Republican lawmaker would not rule out tax increases on Thursday if they could boost economic growth, adding that “everything is on the table” for a congressional panel charged with forging a deal to cut the deficit.
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Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, Campaign 2012, Daily Kos and The Hill
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Pelosi names three House Democrats to complete debt panel selection
Pelosi names three House Democrats to complete debt panel selection
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Campaign 2012, The Politico, The Political Carnival and Shakesville
Brody Mullins / Washington Wire:
Rep. Becerra Supporter Touts Seat on Debt Committee in Fund-Raising Pitch
Rep. Becerra Supporter Touts Seat on Debt Committee in Fund-Raising Pitch
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Pajamas Media, The Daily Caller and National Review
Jillian Rayfield / tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com:
Tea Party Rep: Bank Should Have Known I Wouldn't Be Able To Repay $2.2 Million Loan — Tea Party aligned Georgia Rep. Tom Graves (R), who castigates Washington for fiscal irresponsibility, reached an out of court settlement Wednesday after he was sued for defaulting on a $2.2 million loan …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Daily Kos
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Frank Miniter / National Review:
England Used to Be a Country of Men — With London succumbing to looters and muggers, it's time to ask what happened to the once-manly English people. The August 9 issue of the Daily Mail, for example, includes a photo of a young man taking off his pants on the street as an impatient looter waits …
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Shakesville and Booman Tribune
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PM statement on disorder in England
PM statement on disorder in England
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Guardian, msnbc.com, The Lede and Spiked, more at Techmeme »
Joe Davidson / Washington Post:
USPS proposes cutting 120,000 jobs, pulling out of health-care plan — In an attempt to stem its financial hemorrhaging, the U.S. Postal Service is seeking to reduce its workforce by 20 percent, including through layoffs now prohibited by union contracts. USPS also wants to withdraw …
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Politics, msnbc.com and Campaign 2012
New York Times:
Wisconsin's Warning to Union-Busters — Five months after Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin pushed through a law stripping public unions of their bargaining rights, the Republican Party has paid a price. Two of the state senators who backed the law were thrown out of office by voters on Tuesday and replaced with Democrats.
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Washington Post, Via Meadia, Campaign 2012, Hit & Run, FiveThirtyEight and AFL-CIO NOW BLOG
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Dear WI Dems, please keep doing the same thing over and over, while expecting different results
Dear WI Dems, please keep doing the same thing over and over, while expecting different results
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Don Surber, No Runny Eggs, Wisconsin Reporter, The Maddow Blog and The Mahablog
Elizabethwarren / Blue Mass Group:
Coming Home — Well, I guess she is interested! Professor Warren, thanks so much for coming here and engaging with the BMG community. You read it here first, folks. - promoted by david — Growing up, every decision for my family involved a careful calculation about how we could pay for it …
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Money & Company, Firedoglake, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Washington Post, The Hill and The Caucus
Sesame Workshop / Facebook:
Sesame Workshop Statement on Bert and Ernie Petitions — Bert and Ernie are best friends. They were created to teach preschoolers that people can be good friends with those who are very different from themselves. — Even though they are identified as male characters and possess …
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Washington Post and Guardian
Don Kaplan / New York Post:
‘Drunk’ man pees on 11 year old on JetBlue flight — It was plane madness. — Chaos erupted on JetBlue's red-eye flight from Portland, Ore., to JFK yesterday when a drunk allegedly urinated on a sleeping 11-year-old girl. — The youngster was traveling with her sister and dad …
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The Jawa Report, msnbc.com and New York Magazine
Neela Banerjee / Hampton Roads Daily Press:
Obama sets fuel efficiency standards for big rigs — Obama sets new regs for trucks ((Daily Press file photo)) — WASHINGTON—President Obama announced the first-ever fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas standards for long-haul rigs, work trucks, and other heavy duty vehicles Tuesday …
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Douglas Stanglin / USA Today:
Extremist T-shirt offers different message after the first wash — When the 250 T-shirts were donated to a right-wing concert in Germany, they looked perfect: A skull and crossbones, nationalist flags and the slogan “Hardcore rebels.” — But when the T-shirts were washed for the first time, the message changed.
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Guardian, ThinkProgress, Towleroad News #gay and Shakesville
Chris Brown / Political Correction RSS:
ATF Whistleblower: NRA-Criticized Rule Is “Huge Tool” For Law Enforcement — Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the National Rifle Association (NRA), has been on a media blitz trying to defend an NRA lawsuit that attempts to block an executive rule aimed at keeping guns out of the hands of cartels and criminals.
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Crooks and Liars, ThinkProgress and The Agonist
Masaccio / Firedoglake:
Completing the Theft from the Social Security Trust Fund — The Catfood Commission rump report made it crystal clear that the political and financial elites have no intention of ever paying off the bonds held by the Social Security Trust Fund. You thought you were paying excess FICA taxes …
Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
VIDEO: Michele Bachmann's Auschwitz Warning — In 2002, the tea party leader and GOP presidential candidate filmed a movie that warned Minnesota's educational standards could lead to a second Holocaust. — Post Comment — In a 2002 film highlighting her work as an education activist …
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The Raw Story, Guardian, Salon and ThinkProgress
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Mitch McConnell Called For Rich To Pay Their ‘Fair Share’ In 1990 Ad … WASHINGTON — The Republican Party's dogmatic opposition to raising taxes has been a consistent obstacle to patching together a broader deal to decrease the nation's growing debt. And for Democrats with good long-term memories …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Washington Monthly, Hullabaloo, Daily Kos and ThinkProgress