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11:20 PM ET, August 24, 2011

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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Perry Zooms to Front of Pack for 2012 GOP Nomination  —  Leads Romney by 29% to 17%  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Shortly after announcing his official candidacy, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has emerged as rank-and-file Republicans' current favorite for their party's 2012 presidential nomination.
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Rick Perry/Barack Obama comparison in Twitter picture  —  David Limbaugh, the conservative author and brother of Rush, tweets an image you're likely to see again.  —  A spokesman for Rick Perry didn't respond to a request for comment on the photo, the origin of which is unknown.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and National Review
Mark Benjamin / Swampland:
Perry Compared Homosexuality to Alcoholism in 2008 Book  —  The origin of homosexuality has become something of a political litmus test for presidential candidates, almost akin to their stance on abortion.  Candidates are now expected to explain whether or not they believe homosexuality is a hard-wired predisposition.
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Perry Surges in Polls, Testing Romney's Strategy  —  Primary polls can be erratic, so the rule is not to get too worked up about any one set of numbers.  But now there have been five surveys conducted since Rick Perry announced his presidential campaign — one each from Gallup …
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Perry leads nationally  —  In PPP's first national poll since Rick Perry's official entry into the Presidential race he's jumped out to a double digit advantage.  Perry's at 33% to 20% for Mitt Romney, 16% for Michele Bachmann, 8% for Newt Gingrich, 6% for Herman Cain and Ron Paul, 4% for Rick Santorum, and 3% for Jon Huntsman.
Todd J. Gillman / Trail Blazers Blog:
Obama team scouts for anti-Perry Texans
Discussion: Hot Air and Campaign 2012
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Perry bids for front-runner title
Discussion: CNN
Poornima Gupta / Reuters:
Steve Jobs resigns from Apple, Cook becomes CEO  —  (Reuters) - Silicon Valley legend Steve Jobs on Wednesday resigned as chief executive of Apple Inc in a stunning move that ended his 14-year reign at the technology giant he co-founded in a garage.  —  Apple shares dived as much as 7 percent …
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Business Wire:
Steve Jobs Resigns as CEO of Apple  —  Tim Cook Named CEO and Jobs Elected Chairman of the Board  —  CUPERTINO, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Apple's Board of Directors today announced that Steve Jobs has resigned as Chief Executive Officer, and the Board has named Tim Cook …
msnbc.com:
Apple's Jobs, beset by health issues, resigns
Discussion: Brilliant at Breakfast and Reuters
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Steve Jobs Resigns As CEO Of Apple
Shira Ovide / Deal Journal:
Steve Jobs Resigns as Apple CEO
Nick Bilton / Bits:
Jobs Steps Down From Chief Executive Post at Apple
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Tamara Abraham / Daily Mail:
Expensive massages, top shelf vodka and five-star hotels: First Lady accused of spending $10m in public money on her vacations  —  The Obamas' summer break in Martha's Vineyard has already been branded a PR disaster after the couple arrived four hours apart on separate government jets.
Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS:
Obama Hobnobs With Friends on Vineyard Family Vacation
Discussion: The Note
Scott Stump / msnbc.com:
Cheney: My book will have ‘heads exploding’ in D.C.  —  Revelations include resignation letter kept locked in a safe in case of heart attack or stroke  —  Below:  —  updated 2011-08-24T19:33:23  —  When former Vice President Dick Cheney releases his memoir early next week …
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Tim Mak / The Politico:
Cheney kept secret resignation letter  —  Dick Cheney kept a secret resignation letter locked away in a safe in case he were ever to be incapacitated, the former vice president reveals in his new book.  —  The letter, which Cheney signed in March of 2001, was written because of the vice president's health.
Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
Tea Partier Tells Rep. Lujan, Life-Long American, To ‘Get Out Of Politics And Make Room For An American’  —  The Tea Party continues to claim that racism, ethnocentrism, and xenophobia are not driving forces in its movement, but the actions of its members continues to belie those claims.
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Chuck Slothower / Farmington Daily Times:
Face time: Tea Party protesters greet Lujan
Matt Lewis / The Daily Caller:
Despite my hopes, Sen. Marco Rubio will not run for president in 2012.  But that doesn't mean he won't soon be within a heartbeat of the presidency.  As the New Yorker's Ryan Liza asked on Twitter: “Is it time to rename GOP primaries 'the contest to become Marco Rubio's running mate'?”
Discussion: Fox News and RedState
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CBO's Latest 10 Documents:
BUDGET AND ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: AN UPDATE  —  Text-only.  —  The United States is facing profound budgetary and economic challenges.  At 8.5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), the $1.3 trillion budget deficit that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects for 2011 …
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Worse Than It Looks: CBO Says Economic Outlook More Dire Than Reported
Discussion: Reuters and Daily Kos
Campaign Fix:
Paul Krugman's Google+ Account is Fake, I Know because I Created It  —  Approximately a month ago, having been laid off and having too much time on my hands, I finally decided to create my own personal account on Google+.  I found it to be extremely boring, mostly because no one I knew …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Krugman(?): If only the earthquake had done more damage, the economy would have gotten a boost; Update: Not Krugman
nationalzoo.si.edu:
National Zoo Animals React to the Earthquake … Great Apes  — The earthquake hit the Great Ape House and Think Tank Exhibit during afternoon feeding time.  — About five to ten seconds before the quake, many of the apes, including Kyle (an orangutan) and Kojo (a Western lowland gorilla) …
Discussion: News Desk and New York Magazine
Matt Cover / CNSNews:
Flashback: Obama in 2008: Adding $4 Trillion to National Debt ‘Unpatriotic’  —  (CNSNews.com) - Although the national debt under President Barack Obama has increased $4 trillion since he took office in 2009, as a presidential candidate in 2008 Obama criticized then-President George W. Bush …
Discussion: Sister Toldjah and Pajamas Media
Michael Howard Saul / Wall Street Journal:
9/11 Exclusion Spurs Outrage  —  Religious leaders are calling on Mayor Michael Bloomberg to reverse course and offer clergy a role in the ceremony commemorating the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.  —  Rudy Washington, a deputy mayor in former Mayor Rudolph …
Discussion: New York Magazine and Gothamist
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Leary / nation.foxnews.com:
Bloomberg Bans Clergy From 9/11 Ceremony but Ground Zero Mosque OK
Adam Goldman / Associated Press:
With CIA help, NYPD moves covertly in Muslim areas  —  NEW YORK (AP) — In New Brunswick, N.J., a building superintendent opened the door to apartment No. 1076 one balmy Tuesday and discovered an alarming scene: terrorist literature strewn about the table and computer and surveillance equipment set up in the next room.
Robert J. Barro / Wall Street Journal:
Keynesian Economics vs. Regular Economics  —  Food stamps and other transfers aren't necessarily bad ideas, but there's no evidence they spur growth.  —  Keynesian economics—the go-to theory for those who like government at the controls of the economy—is in the forefront of the ongoing debate on fiscal-stimulus packages.
Jim Treacher / The Daily Caller:
If you're a famous guy with a head full of deep thoughts and nobody to tell you when it might be in your own best interest not to express them, Twitter is the best thing ever.  As long as you've got your iPhone in hand, you can give the whole world instant, unfiltered access to your keenest insights …
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
Chicago Requires A License To Help People Fill Out The Paperwork To Get a Business Permit  —  An interesting story about municipal regulations piled upon municipal regulations in Chicago comes to me from IB.  In Chicago, as in other large American cities, recent immigrants are disproportionately involved …
Discussion: Immigration and CARPE DIEM
 
 
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