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Obama's whopper of a claim on tax cuts — “We said working folks deserved a break , so within one month of me taking office, we signed into law the biggest middle-class tax cut in history, putting more money into your pockets.” — The president's Labor Day speech in Detroit featured …
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Old Tax Relief Seen as Anchor in Obama Plan — WASHINGTON — The centerpiece of the job creation package that President Obama plans to announce on Thursday — payroll tax relief for workers and perhaps their employers — is neither his first policy choice nor that of many economists.
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Sky Dancing, Daily Kos and The Maddow Blog
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Obama plan: 100s of billions for jobs — With the economy struggling and his re-election campaign gearing up, President Barack Obama plans to propose a jobs package worth several hundred billion dollars, mostly in tax cuts, infrastructure spending, and direct aid to state and local governments, according to reports on Wednesday.
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Obama Said to Seek $300 Billion Jobs Package — President Barack Obama plans to propose sparking job growth by injecting more than $300 billion into the economy next year, mostly through tax cuts, infrastructure spending and direct aid to state and local governments.
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Firedoglake, TalkLeft, Open Congress, The Huffington Post, RedState, MarketBeat, Washington Post, Daily Kos, Business Insider and Althouse
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Sen. Sessions: GOP will oppose new spending on jobs from Obama
Sen. Sessions: GOP will oppose new spending on jobs from Obama
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Booman Tribune and Don Surber
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Karl Rove: Rick Perry's Extreme Views On Social Security Are ‘Toxic’ — This morning on ABC, Karl Rove said Rick Perry's extreme views on Social Security — detailed in his book “Fed Up!” — are “toxic” both in the Republican primary and the general election. Rove also dismissed Perry's response thus far as “inadequate.”
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
In advance of the Reagan revelry
In advance of the Reagan revelry
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Los Angeles Times and A plain blog about politics
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Rep. King critiques GOP field, wants to ‘get to know Rick Perry’
Rep. King critiques GOP field, wants to ‘get to know Rick Perry’
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GOP 12
George Stephanopoulos / Politics:
Karl Rove: Rick Perry's Social Security Views ‘Toxic’
Karl Rove: Rick Perry's Social Security Views ‘Toxic’
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RedState, The Gateway Pundit, Campaign 2012, GOP 12 and TPMDC
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A Campaign Challenge: Defining Obama — LOS ANGELES — President Obama may have escaped the burden of a Democratic primary challenger. Yet the battle to define him is rapidly escalating — not only by Republicans competing to run against him, but also within his own team inside the White House.
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Barbara Boxer: I hope greens sue President Obama — Senate Environment and Public Works Chairwoman Barbara Boxer said she hopes green groups sue President Barack Obama over his decision to punt a regulation curbing smog-creating emissions until at least 2013.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Democrats fear it's too late — President Obama's new effort to revive the ailing economy may be too little, too late, according to Democrats and liberal policy experts. — They contend that Obama missed his chance to turn the economy around by November 2012, but still want him to call …
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The Politico, Washington Post, Big Government and Outside the Beltway
Erick Erickson / RedState:
Enough — “[A]t some point, Sarah Palin has to take some responsibility for her supporters as Ron Paul must for his. Palin's dragging out the tease on her decision has compounded the problem and we've reached a breaking point.” — On Fox News, Ann Coulter and Laura Ingraham had the best discussion on Sarah Palin I have seen.
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Obama and Jobs: Why I Don't Believe Him Anymore — I was in an airport in Florida yesterday and was forced into a terrible, Sophie's Choice-type choice. — I was hours early for a flight and stuck in a relatively small terminal crammed with people. Only one area in the whole wing had empty seats …
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The Moderate Voice, Don Surber, UrbanGrounds and DownWithTyranny!
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Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America:
Like Fox News, Washington Post, USA Today And CNN All Run Hoffa Comments Out Of Context — This is what happens when the mainstream press chases manufactured, right-wing media controversies: The alleged stories are built upon lies and when trying to detail the faux controversies …
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Sean Sullivan / Hotline On Call:
Poll: Republicans View Perry As Most Electable Nominee
Poll: Republicans View Perry As Most Electable Nominee
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Pat Dollard and Weasel Zippers
Mackenzie Weinger / The Politico:
West: Obama must condemn Hoffa — Republican Rep. Allen West slammed the Obama administration on “Fox and Friends” Wednesday for not condemning Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa's call for workers to wage war on the tea party and “take these son-of-a-bitches out.”
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Washington Monthly, Media Matters for America and Weasel Zippers
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John Matthews / 630 WMAL:
WMAL EXCLUSIVE: LISTEN - Obama's New Rule For Political Civility
WMAL EXCLUSIVE: LISTEN - Obama's New Rule For Political Civility
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Pelosi Peeved Republicans Opt Out of Rebuttal to Obama Speech — Republicans have decided they're not going to give a rebuttal to President Obama's jobs speech later this week, a decision House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi took as a high affront to the White House.
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Michelle Malkin, Hot Air, The Page, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Pajamas Media
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Palestinians deploy Obama speech in U.N. campaign — (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is an unlikely participant in a Palestinian campaign to drum up support for a bid to win U.N. recognition of their statehood — a diplomatic move opposed by both his administration and Israel.
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Mackenzie Weinger / The Politico:
Obama ‘star’ of Palestinian ad
Obama ‘star’ of Palestinian ad
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Hot Air and Pirate's Cove
CNN:
EXCLUSIVE: Libyan missiles looted — CNN's Ben Wedeman and Ingrid Formanek reporting from Tripoli, Libya - — TRIPOLI, Libya (CNN) - A potent stash of Russian-made surface-to-air missiles is missing from a huge Tripoli weapons warehouse amid reports of weapons looting across war-torn Libya.
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G.O.P. Legislators Balk at a Call to Tie Storm Aid to Budget Cuts — WASHINGTON — As Congress prepares to tackle the issue of providing aid to areas ravaged by Tropical Storm Irene, a rift has opened among House Republicans over the federal government's role in providing disaster relief.
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ThinkProgress, No More Mister Nice Blog and Daily Kos
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The Other Climate Theory — Al Gore won't hear it, but heavenly bodies might be driving long-term weather trends. — In April 1990, Al Gore published an open letter in the New York Times “To Skeptics on Global Warming” in which he compared them to medieval flat-Earthers.
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Power Line
Jenna Sachs / WITI:
Protesters arrested after disrupting luncheon featuring Cong. Paul Ryan — Equal number of protesters, supporters were at event — More than 40 police officers came to control the crowds at Whitnall Park Rotary Club Tuesday afternoon where Congressman Paul Ryan was invited to speak.
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The Hill, The Politico, Fox News and nation.foxnews.com
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Teamsters' Hoffa Made $300,000 in 2010 — (CNSNews.com) - International Brotherhood of Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa Jr. was paid a base salary of $294,285 in 2010, according to the labor union's financial disclosure forms. — Hoffa made headlines on Labor Day with comments calling union members part …
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Weasel Zippers and No More Mister Nice Blog
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Shays unsure how to overcome McMahon money — Former Rep. Chris Shays has settled on running for Connecticut's open Senate seat, but hasn't yet determined how he'll overcome Linda McMahon's personal resources in a potential GOP primary. — “I don't know.
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Mich. governor signs 48-month welfare limit — LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Rick Snyder on Tuesday signed into law a stricter, four-year lifetime limit on cash welfare benefits, prompting advocates for the poor to warn that tens of thousands of residents will find themselves without cash assistance on Oct. 1.
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ThinkProgress, New York Times, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and The Gateway Pundit
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Tomblin leads by 6 points in WV — The West Virginia Governor's race has tightened significantly over the last four months and Democrat Earl Ray Tomblin now leads Republican challenger Bill Maloney by only 6 points at 46-40. PPP's last poll, in May, found Tomblin leading by 15 at 45-30 …
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Don Surber, Taegan Goddard's … and Moe Lane
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Liberals Finally See the Obama We've Seen All Along — Hey, remember when it was an unhinged, unfair, right-wing smear to charge that Obama was obliviously and aloofly golfing his way through a four-year national recession? — Yeah, check out the cartoon of Tom Toles …
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