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Mark Halperin / The Page:
He Speaks — 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 — Halperin: Tell me what being a Texan means to you. — Perry: (Laughs.)
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A.Killough / CNN:
TRENDING: Palin bus tour to roll into Iowa — (CNN) - After a more than two-month hiatus, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is planning to crash the presidential party once again with a heartland-themed re-launch of her “One Nation” bus tour this week in Iowa, according to a Palin fundraising email obtained by CNN.
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A.Killough / CNN:
New CNN Poll: Perry near top of pack in GOP nomination battle — Washington (CNN) - As Rick Perry moves closer and closer to a run for the White House, a new national survey indicates that the longtime Texas governor is close to the top of the pack in the hunt for the Republican presidential nomination.
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Molly Ball / The Politico:
Sarah Palin headed to Iowa — Sarah Palin is making a surprise trip to Iowa this weekend, just in time to catch the political spotlight trained on the Ames straw poll. — In an email to supporters Wednesday, Palin said she's accepted an invitation “to meet folks at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines this week.”
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Taxes key to Mitt Romney's '04 pitch to Standard & Poor's — Gov. Mitt Romney lobbied the credit ratings agency Standard & Poor's in 2004 to raise his state's credit rating in part because Massachusetts had raised taxes during an economic downturn two years earlier.
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Peter King on Osama bin Laden movie: ‘I hit a sensitive nerve’ — Rep. Peter King begs to differ with White House press secretary Jay Carney's jab that it's “ridiculous” for the congressman to suggest the Obama administration could be endangering national security by cooperating with filmmakers working on a movie about Osama bin Laden.
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Rob Crilly / Telegraph:
Osama bin Laden ‘protected by Pakistan in return for Saudi cash’
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Jihad Watch, Weasel Zippers and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
Max Hastings / Daily Mail:
Years of liberal dogma have spawned a generation of amoral, uneducated, welfare dependent, brutalised youngsters — A few weeks after the U.S. city of Detroit was ravaged by 1967 race riots in which 43 people died, I was shown around the wrecked areas by a black reporter named Joe Strickland.
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Jon Cohen / Washington Post:
Poll: Spreading gloom about government; most dissatisfied with political system — In the aftermath of the tumultuous debate over raising the debt ceiling, Americans give Washington a strong vote of no confidence, with barely a quarter saying the federal government can fix the nation's economic problems …
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Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress:
FLASHBACK: In 1990 Campaign Ad, McConnell Said ‘I Think Everyone Should Pay Their Fair Share, Including The Rich’ — Today, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) named three Republicans to the fiscal super committee that was created by the debt ceiling deal.
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Boehner, McConnell announce debt super committee picks
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The Huffington Post
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Simpson blasts Baucus, Murray
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Chicago Boyz, Firedoglake and PERRspectives
Telegraph:
Secret peace talks between US and Taliban collapse over leaks — Secret exploratory peace talks between the United States and the Taliban leadership have broken down after details of the negotiations were leaked, Western diplomats have told The Daily Telegraph.
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Hot Air, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Jihad Watch
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
D.C., Hawaii Most Democratic, Utah Most Republican State in '11 — North Dakota and Louisiana tilt more Republican than they did in 2010 — PRINCETON, NJ — Hawaii shows the largest advantage for the Democratic Party over the Republican Party among U.S. states, along with the District of Columbia, in the first half of 2011.
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The Politico and The Political Carnival
Greg Turner / Boston Herald:
Hear me now? Union picketers ‘ridiculous’ — A Quincy mom has disconnected her support for striking Verizon workers yesterday after a group of mouthy picketers surrounded non-union repairmen and turned a phone-line fix at her home into what she is calling a “ridiculous” protest scene.
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RedState
New York Times:
Europe Considers Ban on Short Selling — BRUSSELS — A European market regulator is considering recommending a temporary ban on negative bets against stocks across the continent, in an effort to stop the tailspin in the markets, according to two people with knowledge of government discussions.
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Europe, msnbc.com and MarketBeat
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
More Educated People Spend More On Booze — Your Bureau of Labor Statistics trivia fact of the day is that educational attainment is strongly correlated with alcohol expenditures:
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Arthur Delaney / The Huffington Post:
Claire McCaskill Comes Out Against Further Unemployment Benefits [UPDATE] … During a Tuesday visit to a factory in St. Charles, Mo., Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill said she opposed extending federal unemployment benefits. — “I'm not for extending the unemployment benefits any further …
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Crooks and Liars, KMOV-TV, ThinkProgress and Washington Monthly
David Harsanyi / Real Clear Politics:
Sorry, Guys, There Are No More Kings — The romance is gone. But don't worry. It's not him; it's you. — It turns out we are the ones who failed Him. We weren't prepared for a mega-dosage of awesomeness. We were too dimwitted to grasp the decency of central planning.
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Maggie's Farm
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Supercommittee gives Kerry chance to shine, worrying liberals — Sen. John Kerry's appointment to the debt-reduction supercommittee is his big moment to shine as a dealmaker and silence critics who have questioned his modest record of legislative accomplishments.
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The Politico and New York Magazine
Ruth Padawer / New York Times:
The Two-Minus-One Pregnancy — As Jenny lay on the obstetrician's examination table, she was grateful that the ultrasound tech had turned off the overhead screen. She didn't want to see the two shadows floating inside her. Since making her decision, she had tried hard not to think about them …
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Sister Toldjah and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:
Anarchy and Austerity: Why London Won't Be the Last City to Burn — The Great Recession gave birth to a lost generation across the world, where youth unemployment rates stretch into the 20s, 30s and even 40s. Those millions have responded with violence. — REUTERS
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The Agonist and Real Time Economics
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Wisc. Results Suggest Recall of Governor Would Be Close — Close doesn't count in elections — just ask Al Gore or Norm Coleman. — It appeared as late as midnight on Tuesday that Democrats had a chance to win the three seats necessary to give them control of Wisconsin's State Senate in an unusual and expensive recall election.
Bill Gross / Washington Post:
America's debt is not its biggest problem — For a few days there it seemed like President Obama was the master of the bond market. This is a Triple-A nation, he intoned on Monday, and always will be a Triple-A nation no matter what some rating agency says.
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Washington Monthly
Yahoo! News:
White House photo sparks protest — WASHINGTON (AP) — A White House photographer was allowed to take and widely distribute a photo from the ceremony Tuesday for the return of the remains of 30 American troops killed in a weekend helicopter crash in Afghanistan despite the Pentagon's claim …
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ThinkProgress, BLACKFIVE, Scared Monkeys, Weasel Zippers and Israel Matzav
A.Killough / CNN:
Poll: New Yorkers want same-sex marriage law to stay put — Washington (CNN) - Just weeks into a new law that recognizes same-sex marriage in New York, a new poll finds a majority of voters in the state not only support the legislation but would resist efforts to overturn it, as well.
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Towleroad News #gay, ThinkProgress and Good As You
Charlie Butts / OneNewsNow.com:
Coulter — ‘queen of fabulous’ for gay conservatives — A pro-homosexual faction within the Republican Party is touting the appointment of an outspoken conservative writer to its panel of advisors. — Columnist Ann Coulter — GOProud says conservative columnist Ann Coulter will carry the title of …
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Seumas Milne / Guardian:
These riots reflect a society run on greed and looting — David Cameron has to maintain that the unrest has no cause except criminality - or he and his friends might be held responsible — It is essential for those in power in Britain that the riots now sweeping the country can have no cause beyond feral wickedness.
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Garth Stapley / modbee.com:
Cardoza doesn't deny reports he may retire — Dennis Cardoza, who has represented the Northern San Joaquin Valley in Congress for more than eight years, is not denying reports he may retire rather than seek re-election next year. — His 18th Congressional District is expected to splinter Monday …
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