memeorandum: Rick Perry Introduces Himself as 2012 Contender to Iowa Voters (KLPW Radio)

5:05 PM ET, August 15, 2011

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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 Moderate Voice, Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, Salon, Don Surber, Booman Tribune, Balloon Juice, GOP 12 and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Rick Perry / 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 …

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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: New York Magazine, National Review, Gawker, Paul Krugman and Questions and Observations

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: Daily Kos

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: CNN

Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:

Will no one rid the GOP of this troublesome congressman? — With Tim Pawlenty out of the race, only two active Presidential candidates scored more than 10 percent in Saturday's Iowa straw poll. Following the media coverage Sunday, you would never guess Congressman Ron Paul was one of them.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Campaign 2012 and AmSpecBlog

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

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

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First Read / msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: And then there were three

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The Note:
Mitt Romney Dubs Obama's Trip the ‘Magical Misery Bus Tour’

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The Note:
Rick Perry Takes On Obama And Romney In Iowa

Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog, Washington Monthly and Shakesville

David Weigel / Slate:
Exit Tim Pawlenty

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New York Times:
After Iowa, Republicans Face a New Landscape

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Beth Reinhard / NationalJournal.com:
Despite Bachmann's Success, the Real GOP Race is Now Perry vs. Romney

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CNN:
Romney touts business experience; says most of his rivals don't have it

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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 …

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

Discussion: Modeled Behavior

The Politico:
Buffett: I beg you to raise my taxes

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, CNN and JammieWearingFool

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

Discussion: Weasel Zippers

Daniel Indiviglio / The Atlantic Online:
Should Billionaires Pay Lower Taxes Than You Do?

Discussion: National Review and AmSpecBlog

Paul Krugman / New York Times:

The Texas Unmiracle — As expected, Rick Perry, the governor of Texas, has announced that he is running for president. And we already know what his campaign will be about: faith in miracles. — Some of these miracles will involve things that you're liable to read in the Bible.

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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, The Nation, Daily Kos, Erica Grieder and Swampland

KLPW Radio:

Rick Perry Introduces Himself as 2012 Contender to Iowa Voters — Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(WATERLOO, Iowa) — In his remarks to an audience in Waterloo, Iowa, Texas Gov. Rick Perry acknowledged that “it takes me a while to get into something,” but “when I'm in, I'm in all the way.”

Discussion: Taegan Goddard's … and New York Magazine

The Politico:
Rick Perry schools Michele Bachmann in Waterloo

Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Miracles, myths, and mirages

Discussion: The Mahablog

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.

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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Issa's office slams New York Times's ‘hit piece’

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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: Taylor Marsh and Weasel Zippers

New York Post:
Andy has upHill fight to win in '16: top Dem

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland and The Raw Story

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 …

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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:

Another tight Wisconsin recall — While last week's Wisconsin votes on recalling Republican state senators drew national attention, the votes tomorrow on recalling three Democrats is worth keeping an eye on. — Sources on both sides tell me they expect Democrats to struggle …

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Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:

Mitt Romney Mistakes New Hampshire For Iowa (VIDEO) … Mitt Romney , Elections 2012 , Mitt Romney Iowa , Mitt Romney New Hampshire , American Bridge For The 21st Century , Mitt Romney 2012 , Mitt Romney For President , Mitt Romney Gaffe , Mitt Romney Gaffes , Politics News

Discussion: Daily Kos

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: Gothamist, Dealbreaker and New York Magazine

Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:

All He Is Saying Is, Give War A Chance — Former Enron advisor Paul Krugman outlined his latest stimulus idea on Fareed Zakaria's Sunday talkie: — It's very hard to get inflation in a depressed economy. But if you had a program of government spending plus an expansionary policy by the Fed, you could get that.