memeorandum: Bachmann skipped family reunion she cited (Ben Smith/Ben Smith's Blog)

10:35 PM ET, August 15, 2011

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Bachmann skipped family reunion she cited — On her victory lap of Iowa yesterday, Straw Poll winner Rep. Michele Bachmann paid repeated tribute to her local roots, and repeatedly mentioned her family reunion that day, citing it as an excuse for her late arrival at a local party event in Waterloo.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Daily Kos, Hot Air, The Impolitic and Iowa Caucuses

Roger Simon / The Politico:

Ron Paul remains media poison — I admit I do not fully understand Ron Paul and his beliefs. But I do understand when a guy gets shafted, and Ron Paul just got shafted. — On Saturday, the Ames Straw Poll was conducted in Iowa amid huge media interest and scrutiny.

Discussion: Booman Tribune, The Note, CNN, Mediaite, Truthdig, The Raw Story, Swampland, Washington Monthly, Outside the Beltway and New York Times

Michelle Goldberg / The Daily Beast:

A Christian Plot for Domination? — Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry aren't just devout—both have deep ties to a fringe fundamentalist movement known as Dominionism, which says Christians should rule the world. — With Tim Pawlenty out of the presidential race, it is now fairly clear …

Discussion: The Atlantic Online, Sister Toldjah, Crooks and Liars, Hullabaloo, Off the Kuff, Suburban Guerrilla, ThinkProgress, The Daily Dish, Let Freedom Ring Blog, Firedoglake, CNN and Taylor Marsh

Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Will no one rid the GOP of this troublesome congressman?

Discussion: Campaign 2012, Outside the Beltway, Eunomia, National Review, LewRockwell.com Blog and AmSpecBlog

Ken Shepherd / NewsBusters.org blogs:
Daily Beast/Newsweek: Michele Bachmann Has ‘Christian Plot’ for ‘Domination’

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Pirate's Cove

Byron York / Campaign 2012:
Behind the Michele Bachmann ‘submissive’ question

Discussion: Salon, CNN, The Daily Caller, Outside the Beltway, Right Wing Watch and CBS News

David Weigel / Slate:
Exit Tim Pawlenty

Discussion: Swampland, No More Mister Nice Blog, Eunomia, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Balloon Juice, The Daily Dish and ThinkProgress

Azi Paybarah / PolitickerNY:

Bill Clinton: Rick Perry is a ‘Good-Looking Rascal,’ But His Platform ‘Is Crazy’ — Bill Clinton at the IAFF conference in Manahttan on August 15, 2011. (photo credit: azi paybarah / observer) — Bill Clinton said newly announced presidential candidate, Republican Governor Rick of Texas was a …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Mediaite, TPMDC, The Hill, GOP 12, CNN, Pajamas Media, Gothamist, Althouse and Columbian

Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:

Was Perry packing? — Texas Gov. Rick Perry is a leading advocate of gun rights who likes to boast of having dispatched a coyote on a recent jog, so I asked him during today's walking press conference at the Iowa State Fair whether he was armed. — “I never comment on whether I'm carrying a handgun or not,” he said.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, The Note, Gawker, New York Magazine and Althouse

Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
What a president ‘looks like’

Discussion: Washington Post, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Atlantic Online and Paul Krugman

Glenn Thrush / The Politico:
President Obama blasts Republican presidential field

Discussion: The Note, Weasel Zippers, CNN and And So it Goes in Shreveport

Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Chris Christie's Cue

Discussion: msnbc.com, Eunomia, The Political Carnival and The New Republic

Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney Mistakes New Hampshire For Iowa (VIDEO)

Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Daily Kos

Neil King Jr / Washington Wire:
Perry and Romney Trade Swipes Over ‘Real Economy’

Discussion: The Caucus, Public Policy Polling and Hot Air

Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Perry Jabs Romney in Iowa

Discussion: CNN, Outside the Beltway and Connecting.the.Dots

Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:

The Ten Weirdest Ideas In Rick Perry's Fed Up — Rick Perry's November 2010 book Fed Up!: Our Fight to Save America from Washington is not a typical “campaign book” from a political candidate. For starters, its forward is written by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, nominally one of Perry's rivals for the nomination.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, National Review, And So it Goes in Shreveport, Gawker, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Paul Krugman, The Reality-Based Community, Questions and Observations, Balloon Juice, Shakesville and The Huffington Post

Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:

Conservatives Whine About Unfairness Of Quoting Rick Perry Accurately — Rick Perry holds a lot of extreme views about American public policy and constitutional law. I know that because I've read Rick Perry's book, Fed Up, which about his extreme views about American public policy and constitutional law.

Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:

Fact checking Rick Perry's announcement speech — Well, goodbye Tim Pawlenty, hello Rick Perry. — The Texas governor announced that he is running for president on Saturday, just hours before the Ames Straw Poll in Iowa that ended Pawlenty's presidential aspirations.

Discussion: Indecision Forever, Daily Kos, Campaign 2012, The Nation, Erica Grieder and Swampland

Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Texas Unmiracle — As expected, Rick Perry, the governor …

Discussion: Washington Post, Campaign 2012, The TrogloPundit, Paul Krugman, Outside the Beltway, dallasmorningviewsblog …, Felix Salmon, Washington Monthly, The Mahablog, ThinkProgress, Prairie Weather, Daily Kos and National Review

Clifford Krauss / New York Times:
In Texas Jobs Boom, Crediting a Leader, or Luck

Discussion: Pajamas Media

Warren E. Buffett / New York Times:

Stop Coddling the Super-Rich — OUR leaders have asked for “shared sacrifice.” But when they did the asking, they spared me. I checked with my mega-rich friends to learn what pain they were expecting. They, too, were left untouched. — While the poor and middle class fight for us in Afghanistan …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, International Liberty, Hit & Run, National Review, Lynn Sweet, Campaign 2012, The Atlantic Online, The Reaction, The Wealth Report, Rebuild the Dream, Hot Air, The Heritage Foundation, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, No More Mister Nice Blog, ABCNEWS, Outside the Beltway, Crooks and Liars, The Democratic Daily, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, The Lonely Conservative, Newshoggers.com, Rhymes With Right, CBS New York, AMERICAN FUTURE, Questions and Observations, War in Context, The Politico, NewsBusters.org blogs, Forbes.com, Firedoglake, dallasmorningviewsblog …, AmSpecBlog, Clusterstock, Felix Salmon, Guardian, The Moderate Voice, Blue Mass Group, EconLog, The Impolitic, Donklephant, Taylor Marsh, AFL-CIO NOW BLOG, emptywheel, The Raw Story, Pajamas Media, TPMDC, The Hill, Mediaite, Liberal Conspiracy, Booman Tribune, New York Magazine, Washington Monthly, TalkLeft, Connecting.the.Dots, Balloon Juice, Daily Kos, Althouse and PointOfLaw Forum

Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Obama: Warren Buffett is right on the money

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, CNN and JammieWearingFool

Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
How Much Tax Should The Rich Pay?

Discussion: Hit & Run, National Review and Modeled Behavior

Byron York / Campaign 2012:

Obama: I reversed recession until ‘bad luck’ hit — At a town hall meeting on his campaign-style tour of the Midwest, President Obama claimed that his economic program “reversed the recession” until recovery was frustrated by events overseas. And then, Obama said, with the economy …

Discussion: Power Line, The POH Diaries and Weasel Zippers

John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Obama: I'm Just Like Lincoln! — Byron York is chronicling …

Discussion: Pajamas Media

Byron York / Campaign 2012:
Obama compares woes to Lincoln

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Hot Air

Christian Heinze / GOP 12:

Rove warns GOP about electability — First, the Wall Street Journal was spooked about the Michele Bachmann/Rick Perry surge, and just now, Karl Rove issued a similar warning. … Earlier today, the WSJ wrote an op-ed that seemed to suggest that neither Michele Bachmann nor Rick Perry were particularly electable.

Discussion: The Mahablog, Gawker, Washington Monthly, Washington Post, Daily Kos, Taylor Marsh and No More Mister Nice Blog

Wall Street Journal:

Bachmann-Perry Overdrive — GOP voters are still searching for a unifying candidate. — The fight for the Republican Presidential nomination is finally getting underway in earnest, with Texas Governor Rick Perry bull-riding his way into the race and Michele Bachmann winning Saturday's straw poll in Iowa.

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Washington Post, Salon, The Moderate Voice, Talking Points Memo, Balloon Juice, Online NewsHour, No More Mister Nice Blog, Booman Tribune, Don Surber, GOP 12 and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Andrew Restuccia / The Hill:

Obama to automakers: 'You can't just make money on SUVs and trucks' — The country's automakers should ditch their focus on SUVs and trucks in favor of smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles, President Obama said Monday. — “You can't just make money on SUVs and trucks,” …

Discussion: The Sundries Shack, Weasel Zippers, Pajamas Media and The Lonely Conservative

Nouriel Roubini / Project Syndicate:

ROUBINI: Is Capitalism Doomed? Karl Marx was right, it seems, in arguing that globalization, financial intermediation run amok, and redistribution of income and wealth from labor to capital could lead capitalism to self-destruct. So what can be done to prevent that outcome?

Discussion: American Power and Truthdig

Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:

A Businessman in Congress Helps His District and Himself — VISTA, Calif. — Here on the third floor of a gleaming office building overlooking a golf course in the rugged foothills north of San Diego, Darrell Issa, the entrepreneur, oversees the hub of a growing financial empire worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Discussion: Pajamas Media, The Hill, The Heritage Foundation, The Daily Caller, iWatch News, Crooks and Liars, Firedoglake, Washington Monthly, The Impolitic, Daily Kos, JammieWearingFool, Campaign 2012 and The Page

Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:

Ed Rendell: Hillary Clinton can't resist White House run — Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell said on Monday he doesn't believe Hillary Clinton is ready to retire from public life and the possibility of someday becoming the first female president “would probably be too much for her to resist.”

Discussion: New York Post, Taylor Marsh, Weasel Zippers, The Raw Story and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Mark Knoller / CBS News:

U.S. Secret Service gets 2 new buses ahead of Obama tour — The U.S. Secret Service has two new buses in its fleet for President Obama to use on his three-day, three-state Midwestern bus trip that kicked off Monday. — CBS News has learned the buses were purchased in recent months at a cost …

Discussion: FishbowlDC, Weasel Zippers and White House Dossier

Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:

‘Iron my shirt’ — When Texas Gov. Rick Perry took his jacket off for a question-and-answer session in Waterloo last night, he joked about his attire. — “This shirt has a few wrinkles in it; it's not my wife's fault,” he said. — The line seemed very Texas, and a bit less directed …

Discussion: Slate Magazine

JSOnline:

Special prosecutor named in Prosser/Bradley altercation — By Patrick Marley of the Journal Sentinel — Madison - Sauk County District Attorney Patricia Barrett will serve as special prosecutor in the investigation of a physical altercation between two state Supreme Court justices.

Discussion: Althouse

Kieran Crowley / New York Post:

Wall Street big lavished gifts on mistresses in three countries: wife — He's an aging Wall Street fat cat who could put even the most lusty young lothario to shame. — John Duffy, 62, the married CEO of the Keefe, Bruyette & Woods investment bank, has lavished millions of dollars' worth of homes …

Discussion: The Other McCain, Gothamist, Dealbreaker and New York Magazine