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New York Times:
Obama Moves Jobs Speech After Skirmish With Boehner — WASHINGTON — Any hopes that a kinder, gentler bipartisan Washington would surface once Congress returns after Labor Day were summarily dashed on Wednesday when President Obama and Speaker John A. Boehner clashed over, of all things …
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
And...Sept. 8 it is, White House says — The White House just put out a statement that puts the onus for clearing Sept. 7 as a date for President Obama's ballyhooed jobs speech on House Speaker John Boehner, and says the president will instead “welcome” the chance to speak on Sept. 8:
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Cenk Uygur / The Huffington Post:
Is Obama Playing Rope-a-Dope? — Here was the headline on Yahoo from Wednesday night: Obama bows to Boehner on jobs speech. — I can tell you what any progressive who has been paying attention thought, “Oh boy, here we go again.” — President Obama has now changed the day of his address to Congress to accommodate the Republicans.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Peace in our time: Obama to address Congress on jobs the day after GOP debate
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Coincidences don't happen in presidential politics. Ever.
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Fawn Johnson / The Atlantic Online:
Obama Rolls Out a Jobs Plan That Doesn't Need Congress — The president has asked federal agencies to find solutions on their own. His message to lawmakers: We can do this without you. — President Obama is either fed up with Congress or he's testing his own administration's mettle. Or both.
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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Obama's paradox problem
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Paul Bedard / US News:
Obama Labor Boss Buys Canadian-Built Car — Says purchase was to show support for American workers — To show her support for American workers, President Obama's labor secretary, Hilda Solis, has junked the standard black limo and purchased a new Chevrolet Equinox to ride around Washington in.
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Morning Briefing: September 1, 2011
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Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
Gibson Guitars CEO: U.S. Government Urged Him to Use Foreign Labor — Press release from KMJ-AM in Fresno, California: — Tonight, in an interview on KMJ's “The Chris Daniel Show,” Gibson CEO Henry Juszkiewicz confirmed that the US government wanted Gibson guitars to use foreign labor over American labor:
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Rasmussen Reports:
Perry 44% Obama 41%; President Leads Other GOP Hopefuls — For the first time this year, Texas Governor Rick Perry leads President Obama in a national Election 2012 survey. Other Republican candidates trail the president by single digits. — A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone …
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George Bennett / Palm Beach Post:
FEMA'S use of term ‘federal family’ for government expands under Obama — Posted: 6:17 p.m. Wednesday, Augt. 31, 2011 — Don't think of it as the federal government but as your “federal family.” — In a Category 4 torrent of official communications during the approach and aftermath …
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Valerie Bauerlein / Wall Street Journal:
How to Measure a Storm's Fury One Breakfast at a Time
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Arshad Mohammed / Reuters:
Exclusive: Condoleezza Rice fires back at Cheney memoir — (Reuters) - Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday she resented what she viewed as an attack on her integrity by former Vice President Dick Cheney in his just-published memoir. — Speaking in an interview with Reuters …
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CNN:
New CNN Poll: 65% give Obama thumbs down on economy — Washington (CNN) - Only a third of all Americans approve of how President Barack Obama is handling the economy, according to a new national survey. — And with a CNN/ORC International Poll also indicating that more than three-quarters …
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Matthew Schofield / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
WikiLeaks: Iraqi children in U.S. raid shot in head, U.N. says — This cell phone photo was shot by a resident of Ishaqi on March 15, 2006, of bodies Iraqi police said were of children executed by U.S. troops after a night raid there. A State Department cable obtained by WikiLeaks quotes …
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Ashley Parker / New York Times:
Huntsman Urges Stripping Deductions From Tax Code — Jon M. Huntsman Jr. again showed himself on Wednesday to be an ideological outlier in the Republican presidential field, calling for the tax code to be stripped of all loopholes and deductions. — Congressional Republicans …
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CNN:
Rep. Carson defends controversial tea party slam — LOS ANGELES (CNN) - As members of the Congressional Black Caucus converged in Los Angeles for its final national job fair series, one of its ranking members responded to his own previous inflammatory comments in Miami about the tea party …
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Matthew L. Wald / New York Times:
Solar Firm Aided by Federal Loans Shuts Doors — WASHINGTON — A Silicon Valley maker of solar power arrays that was started with high hopes and $527 million in loans from the federal government said on Wednesday that it would cease operations. The failure of the company …
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The Politico:
Michele Bachmann AWOL from N.H. — Bachmann's New Hampshire effort is led by state chairman Jeff Chidester, a radio host based in Rochester. In an interview, he told POLITICO he's received assurances from the campaign's national leadership that the candidate will be back in September …
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New York Post:
Deputy mayor quit after being busted for domestic violence — The blizzard didn't bury him — roughing up his wife did. — Former Deputy Mayor Stephen Goldsmith — who drew sharp criticism for bungling the Christmas storm that shut down the city — actually resigned in disgrace after his wife …
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Todd J. Gillman / Salt Lake Tribune:
Perry has plenty of ideas on Supreme Court, including term limits — One solution the governor embraces is to end lifetime tenure — a cornerstone of the Constitution, whose drafters worried far less about activist or senile judges than about meddling tyrants and political pressure.
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Ben Smith's Blog and The New Republic
CNET News:
Apple loses another unreleased iPhone (exclusive) — Cava22, the San Francisco bar where another unreleased iPhone apparently went missing. — In a bizarre repeat of a high-profile incident last year, an Apple employee once again appears to have lost an unreleased iPhone in a bar, CNET has learned.
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The Huffington Post:
Pima County Repubs Raffle Glock As Fundraiser; Same Gun Type Used in Tucson Shooting … Talk about a killer gimmick. — An Arizona Republican fundraiser is offering as a prize the same type of gun used in the attempted assassination of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.
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Quinnipiac University:
Obama Approval Hits All-Time Low, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Economy Is Getting Worse, More Voters Say — President Barack Obama's overall job approval rating has sunk to an all-time low, as American voters disapprove 52 - 42 percent, compared to 47 - 46 percent approval in July …
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Hot Air, Campaign 2012 and Hotline On Call
Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS:
Thousands Visit Bowling Alley in Obama White House — As a presidential candidate in 2008, Barack Obama vowed to tear out the White House bowling alley and install a basketball court if elected. Now, nearly four years later, the basement bowling alley is still there, and getting plenty of use.
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New York Magazine
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
As Republicans debate, Palin expected in South Korea — A reader points out that Sarah Palin has booked a speech at a conference in Seoul just as Republicans are expected to participate in a New Hampshire debate. — Palin is listed as a speaker, along with the likes of Larry Summers and Gordon Brown …
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CNN, Politics and The Daily Caller
Zaid Jilani / ThinkProgress:
Another Republican Rebukes Cantor: Chris Christie Demands Hurricane Aid Without Offsetting Cuts — Last week, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) shockingly said that Congress should not approve emergency aid to states battered by Hurricane Irene unless it makes offsetting budget cuts elsewhere first.
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Romney money man on Bachmann-Jewish story: ‘No’ — If there's one person out there who could verify the New York Post's story about Michele Bachmann being mistaken for a Jew, it's Mel Sembler. Check out the bona fides: Sembler, a Florida businessman, did ambassador stints under …
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GOP 12
Digby / Hullabaloo:
The long march to dismantle democracy — I've been writing about the conservative movement's long term project to disenfranchise Democratic voters since I started this blog. I had hoped that after the debacle of the 2000 election, the Democrats would take this issue seriously and put some weight behind substantial election reform.
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