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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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The Note, Washington Post, No More Mister Nice Blog, Taylor Marsh, Hot Air, msnbc.com, Daily Kos, Campaign 2012 and CNN
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New York Times:
8 From G.O.P. Trade Attacks at Iowa Debate — AMES, Iowa — A withering critique of President Obama's handling of the economy was overshadowed by a burst of incivility among the Republican presidential candidates who, in a debate here Thursday night, fought to stay alive in the party's increasingly competitive nominating race.
Frances Martel / Mediaite:
Tim Pawlenty And Rep. Michele Bachmann Rumble In White Hot Debate Exchange — Perhaps the most heated exchanges of tonight's Fox News debate happened 20 minutes into the show, and, shockingly enough, it involved some sharp barbs from typically placid Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty.
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Connecting.the.Dots and Hot Air
Mike Allen / The Politico:
NEW SHERIFF: RICK PERRY RUNNING ON CHANGE - Announces Sat. - You're invited: Pawlenty headlines Playbook Breakfast in downtown Des Moines, 8:15 a.m. CT — PLAYBOOK CRYSTAL BALL - Spotted later today, lunching in Kennebunkport: President George H.W. Bush, President Bill Clinton, Jean Becker, Doug Band and W.J.C. CoS Laura Graham.
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The Note, USA Today and Iowa Caucuses
The Note:
Michele Bachmann, Tim Pawlenty Take Gloves Off At Iowa Debate — ABC News' Amy Walter (@amyewlater) and Michael Falcone (@michaelpfalcone) report: — AMES, Iowa — The fierce battle between Republican presidential candidates Tim Pawlenty and Michele Bachmann that has been waged …
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CNN, blogs.abcnews.com, Ben Smith's Blog and Michelle Malkin
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Tim Pawlenty: Ames flop would force campaign to ‘reassess’ plan
Tim Pawlenty: Ames flop would force campaign to ‘reassess’ plan
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Taegan Goddard's …
Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
The Gloves Come Off at Iowa Debate
The Gloves Come Off at Iowa Debate
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Guardian, nation.foxnews.com, American Power and Althouse
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Bachmann campaign targeting Pawlenty behind the scenes
Bachmann campaign targeting Pawlenty behind the scenes
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The Note, CNN, Betsy's Page, Don Surber and Ben Smith's Blog
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
King hits Perry for treating Iowans like “country bumpkins”
King hits Perry for treating Iowans like “country bumpkins”
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The Politico and The Raw Story
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Hijacked Crisis — Has market turmoil left you feeling afraid? Well, it should. Clearly, the economic crisis that began in 2008 is by no means over. — But there's another emotion you should feel: anger. For what we're seeing now is what happens when influential people exploit a crisis rather than try to solve it.
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Daily Kos and Prairie Weather
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
All The Anti-Gay Rhetoric From The GOP Presidential Debate...In Under 2 Minutes — The GOP presidential candidates reiterated their opposition to same-sex marriage during Thursday's debate in Ames, Iowa, even as the majority of Americans now support marriage equality and 11.4 percent …
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Towleroad News #gay, Shakesville and Pam's House Blend
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Obama: ‘Last thing we need’ is for Congress to return to DC — President Obama blasted Congress from the road on Thursday, saying things would be worse if lawmakers returned to Washington. — “There is nothing wrong with our country,” Obama said in a speech at a Holland, Mich. plant.
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
John Roberts Is No Fool — The White House tries to put one over on the Supreme Court. — “The White House . . . has quietly altered its website to remove the references to Jerusalem being in ‘Israel,’ ” the New York Sun reports. It sounds like another make-work Keynesian stimulus: dig a hole, fill it up.
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The Jawa Report
Geoff Earle / New York Post:
NY turns negative on Bam — WASHINGTON — President Obama might need to start taking a few more campaign trips to New York — and not just to raise cash. — A stunning new survey gives the president a negative approval rating in the Empire State for the first time, with just 45 percent approval …
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JammieWearingFool
Joe Davidson / Washington Post:
Postal Service proposes cutting 120,000 jobs, pulling out of health-care plan — SEATTLE — The financially strapped U.S. Postal Service is proposing to cut its workforce by 20 percent and to withdraw from the federal health and retirement plans because it believes it could provide benefits at a lower cost.
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News Desk and Talking Points Memo
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Joe Davidson / Washington Post:
USPS proposes cutting 120,000 jobs, pulling out of health-care plan
USPS proposes cutting 120,000 jobs, pulling out of health-care plan
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Politics, msnbc.com and Campaign 2012
Oren Yaniv / NY Daily News:
Woman sues for sexual harassment at People's Choice Realty; Their response? She's too ugly to touch — A 23-year-old lesbian says the Brooklyn real estate office she once worked in is a den of deviants where raunchy sexcapades were the norm. — But the bosses she's suing say she's too ugly to harass.
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Joe. My. God. and Gothamist
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
O'Donnell: ‘Witch’ was the worst — Christine O'Donnell reveals in her new book that the “lowest moment” of her failed 2010 Senate campaign came when the Delaware Republican made the now-infamous assurance to voters: “I am not a witch.” — Writing in her memoir, “Troublemaker …
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Peter Oborne / blogs.telegraph.co.uk:
The moral decay of our society is as bad at the top as the bottom — David Cameron, Ed Miliband and the entire British political class came together yesterday to denounce the rioters. They were of course right to say that the actions of these looters, arsonists and muggers were abhorrent and criminal …
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Outside the Beltway, Samizdata.net and Telegraph
Citizen:
Ledyard clerk won't sign gay marriage licenses — A town clerk in Cayuga County has informed her town board that because of her religious beliefs, she does not believe she can sign marriage licenses for same-sex couples, according to a member of the board. — Ledyard Town Clerk Rose Marie …
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Joe. My. God.
Kara Scannell / Financial Times:
SEC makes S&P downgrade inquiries — The Securities and Exchange Commission has asked credit rating agency Standard & Poor's to disclose who within its ranks knew of its decision to downgrade US debt before it was announced last week, as part of a preliminary look into potential insider trading, people familiar with the matter say.
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Firedoglake, Reuters, MarketBeat and New York Magazine
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Democrats Enjoy Slight Edge on 2012 Congressional Ballot — Twice as many voters say Tea Party endorsements are a negative rather than a positive — PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup's first measure of the 2012 congressional elections shows Democrats leading Republicans, 51% to 44% …
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The Hill, TPMDC, Hotline On Call and Daily Kos
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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The Huffington Post, Money & Company, Washington Post, TPMDC, The Hill, Firedoglake, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Caucus and AMERICAblog News
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
David Axelrod Promises To Fire Any Team Obama Staffer Who Calls Mitt Romney ‘Weird’ — On MSNBC's Morning Joe, former RNC Chairman Michael Steele pressed senior Obama adviser David Axelrod on the Politico piece that suggested Team Obama's strategy would be to paint GOP hopeful Mitt Romney as “weird.”
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Ben Smith's Blog, The Atlantic Online, Washington Post, The Hill and The Politico
Dan Hirschhorn / The Politico:
Dem super PAC targets 3 GOP frosh — The new Democratic political action committee created to help recapture control of the House is unveiling its first slate of TV ads since it played heavily in a May special election win in New York, POLITICO has learned.
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CNN
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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The Gateway Pundit and The Lonely Conservative
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Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
CAFE Standards Come To Big Rigs
CAFE Standards Come To Big Rigs
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The Reality-Based Community and Modeled Behavior
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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New York Magazine, The Jawa Report and msnbc.com
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Fact checking the GOP debate in Iowa — That was some collection of facts and statistics during the GOP debate in Iowa on Friday night that aired on Fox News. — We're going to take an instant stab at nine of the statements, and then perhaps come back next week with a more extended look at other assertions.
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Taegan Goddard's …