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9:15 AM ET, September 8, 2011

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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:

Fireworks between Perry and Romney erupt early in debate — Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) began sparring over their respective jobs records after no less than 10 minutes into Wednesday's Republican presidential debate.

New York Times:

Romney and Perry Clash, Drawing Lines in G.O.P. Sand — SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — The fight for the Republican presidential nomination began narrowing into an intense and ideological battle at a debate here Wednesday night, with Gov. Rick Perry of Texas and Mitt Romney sharply clashing over Social Security …

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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:

Romney adviser: Perry ‘has lost’ — Mitt Romney's campaign leapt just now on Rick Perry's restatement of his view that Social Security is a “Ponzi scheme” and that promising to maintain it in its current form is a “monstrous lie.” — “PERRY DOES NOT BELIEVE SOCIAL SECURITY SHOULD EXIST,” read the headline of Romney's press release.

Discussion: Politics, The Huffington Post, Pajamas Media, The Politico and ThinkProgress

Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:

REPUBLICANS CHEER DEATH PENALTY at Reagan Library Debate (Video) — Republicans Cheer Death Penalty- — Republicans cheered the death penalty tonight at the GOP debate at the Reagan Library. They cheered again when Governor Rick Perry defended his state's laws. — Brian Williams: Governor Perry a question about Texas.

Discussion: Freedom's Lighthouse

Stanley Kurtz / National Review:

Perry Leads — This was a very successful debate debut for Rick Perry. It confirms his position as the leader of the field. As of now, this race is a Perry-Romney duel, but Perry's the one to beat. Romney and Perry were well matched tonight, but Perry's appeal to the base means he's got …

Discussion: Washington Post, Verum Serum, RedState and Rick Perry for President 2012

Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Perry begins to show his hand on Social Security

Discussion: Connecting.the.Dots, Hot Air and Outside the Beltway

Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Live Blog: Perry Makes His Debate Debut

Discussion: New York Times, The Moderate Voice, The Other McCain and Saint Petersblog

Al Gore / Al's Journal:

Confronting Disappointment — On Friday afternoon, as brave and committed activists continued their non-violent civil disobedience outside the White House in protest of the tar sands pipeline that would lead to a massive increase in global warming pollution, President Obama ordered the EPA …

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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Obama jobs plan could cost $300 billion, include tax cuts, new spending

Discussion: The Hill, Jared Bernstein and JammieWearingFool

Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
The White House's two priorities

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, Hullabaloo, Firedoglake, Taylor Marsh, TPMDC, Bloomberg and New York Times

Dan Berman / The Politico:
Al Gore: Obama bows to polluters

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Philip Klein / Campaign 2012:

Gallup:Obama approval among Hispanics hits new low — President Obama's approval rating among Hispanics hit a new monthly low at 48 percent in August, according to Gallup, another troubling sign as he heads into next year's election. — In 2008, Obama blew out Sen. John McCain …

Discussion: nation.foxnews.com

Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Obama Approval Sinks to New Lows Among Whites, Hispanics

Discussion: Washington Post, Scared Monkeys, Hot Air, Weasel Zippers and Naked Politics

David Rogers / The Politico:

Hill moving fast on spending bills — Keeping faith with the August debt accord, House Republicans and Senate Democrats moved dramatically closer on 2012 domestic spending Wednesday even as the GOP leadership signaled greater latitude regarding disaster funding without immediate offsets.

CNN:
Reid pushes emergency FEMA funding while Cantor denies holding disaster aid ‘hostage’

Discussion: Reuters, Campaign 2012 and The Politico

Healthwatch:
OVERNIGHT HEALTH: Republican presidential debate promises healthcare fireworks

Discussion: CNN

New York Times:

The Republican Debate at the Reagan Library — The following is a transcript of the 2012 Republican presidential debate on Sept. 7, 2011, in Simi Valley, Calif., as transcribed by Roll Call. — SPEAKERS: REP. RON PAUL, R-TEXAS, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE — GOV. RICK PERRY, R-TEXAS, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

Discussion: Post on Politics, Michelle Malkin and The Lonely Conservative

Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times:
The real Ronald Reagan may not meet today's GOP standards

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Thomas Kaplan / City Room:

In Race for Weiner's Seat, $75,000 From Foes of Same-Sex Marriage — After the New York State Legislature voted in June to allow gay couples to wed, opposition groups vowed that they would make trouble for lawmakers who supported the marriage bill the next time they had to face the voters.

Discussion: Towleroad News #gay

CBS New York:
Battle For Weiner's Seat In Congress Turns Into Referendum On Obama Policies

Discussion: Hotline On Call and The Lonely Conservative

George F. Will / Washington Post:

Why liberals fear the ‘Lochner’ decision — Liberal certitudes continue to dissolve, the most recent solvent being a robust new defense of a 1905 Supreme Court decision that liberals have long reviled — and misrepresented. To understand why the court correctly decided Lochner v. New York …

Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy

Maura Dolan / Los Angeles Times:
Gay marriage foes may win right to defend Prop. 8 in court

Discussion: Gay Blog AMERICAblog Gay and The BLT

Michael Falcone / Politics:

Dick Cheney to Hillary Clinton: Run! — LOS ANGELES — Hillary Clinton for president? — “So far she hasn't said she would, but I think it's not a bad idea,” former Vice President Dick Cheney told ABC's Jonathan Karl in an interview on Wednesday to promote his new book “In My Time.”

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Jonathan Karl / Politics:
Dick Cheney Tells Republican Presidential Candidates To Watch Their Mouths

Discussion: Opinion L.A., nation.foxnews.com and Business Insider

Tim Graham / NewsBusters.org:

Actress Mila Kunis: ‘I Love Barack Obama,’ Adds Young Republicans Are ‘Ill-Informed’ — Actress Mila Kunis granted an interview (and cover photo) to Stylist magazine and proclaimed “I love Barack Obama” and that young Republicans are “ill-informed” in Middle America and can't tell you why they oppose Obama.

Discussion: TBogg and The Caucus

Conn Carroll / Campaign 2012:

NBC picks Packers over Obama in Milwaukee — He probably didn't know it at the time, but when President Obama greeted Green Bay Packers quarterback (and California Golden Bears alum) Aaron Rodgers at the White House this August, he was shaking hand with the competition. And not because Obama is a Chicago Bears fan.

Discussion: Scared Monkeys, Hot Air, Fox News, JSOnline, The Daily Caller, Don Surber, The Gateway Pundit and The Lonely Conservative

Fox News:
Pelosi Peeved Republicans Opt Out of Rebuttal to Obama Speech

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Sheri Jennings / Associated Press:

‘4:44’ Film Billed as Wake-up Call to Humanity — Abel Ferrara made his new film “4:44 Last Day on Earth” to serve as a wake-up call to humanity over impending ecological disasters. — The movie, by the director of 1992's “Bad Lieutenant,” focuses largely on one couple …

Discussion: Right Wing News

Greg Sargent / Washington Post:

The secret to the right wing noise machine's success — It's simple: Keep making noise, regardless of the facts, and hopefully with a big assist from the major news orgs, until the other side caves from sheer exhaustion, in order to make the noise go away. — Conservatives and Tea Partyers …

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Brad Friedman / MoJo Articles:

Audio: Chris Christie Lets Loose at Secret Koch Brothers Confab — In our exclusive recordings, David Koch introduces the New Jersey governor as “my kind of guy” and “a true political hero.” — Post Comment … On the morning of June 26, Chris Christie, New Jersey's flamboyant …

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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:

GIBSON CEO WILL ATTEND OBAMA'S JOB SPEECH: Says Federal Raid Will Cost Company $10 Million (Video) — Gibson CEO Henry Juszkiewicz told reporters today that the federal raid on the popular American guitar maker will cost the company $10,000,000. Juszkiewicz also said that he will attend …

Discussion: Politics, Shot in the Dark, nation.foxnews.com and Nice Deb

Nick Gillespie / Hit & Run:

One Reason Why Keynesian Stimuli Aren't Working: They Aren't Keynesian — In The Washington Times, businessman Mike Whalen (who's associated the free-market think tank NCPA) writes up an interesting take on why various federal stimulus program have tanked like the Titanic (while causing few ripples on the way down).

Discussion: Chicago Boyz

Michael J. Boskin / Wall Street Journal:

The Obama Presidency by the Numbers — The president constantly reminds us that he was dealt a difficult hand. But the evidence is overwhelming that he played it poorly. — When it comes to the economy, presidents, like quarterbacks, often get more credit or blame than they deserve.

Discussion: The Lonely Conservative