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Associated Press:
FACT CHECK: Obama's jobs plan paid for? Seems not — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's promise Thursday that everything in his jobs plan will be paid for rests on highly iffy propositions. — It will only be paid for if a committee he can't control does his bidding …
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The Politico:
Obama jobs speech transcript: Full text (as prepared for delivery) — Remarks of President Barack Obama in an Address to a Joint Session of Congress — Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, and fellow Americans: — Tonight we meet at an urgent time for our country.
James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
On the Tone and Structure of the Obama Jobs Speech — 1) In his appraisal, the Atlantic's Chris Good said that the speech's refrain — pass this jobs bill; you should pass it right away — amounted to a kind of begging to Congress. That may be the President's real situation.
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The White House:
THE AMERICAN JOBS ACT — 1. Tax Cuts to Help America's Small Businesses Hire and Grow — Cutting the payroll tax in half for 98 percent of businesses: The President's plan will cut in half the taxes paid by businesses on their first $5 million in payroll, targeting the benefit …
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The White House:
Address by the President to a Joint Session of Congress — Washington, D.C. — THE PRESIDENT: Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, and fellow Americans: — Tonight we meet at an urgent time for our country. We continue to face an economic crisis that has left millions …
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Philip Klein / Campaign 2012:
Obama gives campaign speech to liberals — President Obama's jobs speech was one of the weaker addresses of his presidency. The delivery was rushed, the laundry list of policies were rehashed from prior speeches and his constant refrain emploring Congress to “pass this jobs bill” …
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Obama Challenges Congress on Job Plan
Obama Challenges Congress on Job Plan
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George E. Condon Jr / NationalJournal.com:
Obama Proffers $447 Billion Jobs Plan; Urges Fast Action
Obama Proffers $447 Billion Jobs Plan; Urges Fast Action
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New York Times:
Transcript: Obama's Speech to Congress on Jobs
Transcript: Obama's Speech to Congress on Jobs
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Keith Laing / The Hill:
GOP chairman opposes Obama's call for national infrastructure bank
GOP chairman opposes Obama's call for national infrastructure bank
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Democracy in America
Brian Ross / ABCNEWS:
Feds: Zawahiri Launched Al Qaeda Terror Plot for 9/11 Anniversary — U.S. authorities are scrambling to sort through information that the CIA developed in the past 24 hours indicating that at least three individuals entered the U.S. in August by air with the intent to launch a vehicle-borne attack …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Setting Their Hair on Fire — First things first: I was favorably surprised by the new Obama jobs plan, which is significantly bolder and better than I expected. It's not nearly as bold as the plan I'd want in an ideal world. But if it actually became law, it would probably make a significant dent in unemployment.
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
We Are All Ponzi Schemers Now — I know I should ignore this. Ignore, ignore, ignore. You can do it, Kevin! — But no. I'm hopeless. Here is Reason's Shikha Dalmia on why Social Security isn't a Ponzi scheme, it's worse than a Ponzi scheme: … Forget the business about the surplus.
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Philip Klein / Campaign 2012:
Romney throws America's youth under the bus
Romney throws America's youth under the bus
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Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
Rick Santelli to Tom Friedman: 'You're idiotic'
Rick Santelli to Tom Friedman: 'You're idiotic'
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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
President Obama Pushes $447 Billion Jobs Plan in Address to Congress — President Obama took the bully pulpit tonight before a divided Congress and disillusioned electorate, laying out a $447 billion legislative package meant to spur job creation and put more money in the pockets of consumers, and do it quickly.
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International Business Times:
Ron Paul Debate: Rick Perry Physically Grabs Him, Points at His Face — During the Sept. 7 Republican debate, Ron Paul clashed with fellow Texan Rick Perry once again. — This time, things got physical. — During a commercial break, Perry walked up to Paul's podium, physically grabbed Paul's wrist …
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Ron Paul .com:
Force vs. Reason: Rick Perry Gets in Ron Paul's Face
Force vs. Reason: Rick Perry Gets in Ron Paul's Face
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Rove ‘surprised’ by Perry's criticism of him at Republican debate
Rove ‘surprised’ by Perry's criticism of him at Republican debate
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Rick Klein / ABCNEWS:
Jacqueline Kennedy Reveals That JFK Feared an LBJ Presidency — President John F. Kennedy was so “worried for the country” about the prospect that Vice President Lyndon Johnson might succeed him as president that he'd begun having private conversations about who should become …
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Rick Klein / ABCNEWS:
Jacqueline Kennedy on Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Jacqueline Kennedy on Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Congressman Allen West / Facebook:
My meeting with CBC Chairman Emanuel Cleaver — I met with Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Cleaver, yesterday, Wednesday, September 7th, fellow colleague Rep. Wm. Lacy Clay, CBC Executive Director Angela Rye,and my own Chief of Staff was also present.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The irrelevancy of the Obama presidency — President Obama gave one of the most impassioned speeches of his presidency when he addressed a joint session of Congress Thursday night. Too bad so many in the audience thought it was a big, fat joke. — “You should pass this jobs plan right away!”
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Obama gets cool response from Republicans, even some Dems
John T. Bennett / The Hill:
Kyl threatens to quit supercommittee over further defense cuts — A senior Republican senator said Thursday he would have declined a seat on the congressional supercommittee if further Pentagon budget cuts were on the table. — The disclosure by Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) …
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Patricia Sellers / Fortune:
Carol Bartz exclusive: Yahoo “f—ed me over” — FORTUNE — Here is what Carol Bartz thinks of the Yahoo (YHOO) board that fired her: “These people f—ed me over,” she says, in her first interview since her dismissal from the CEO role late Tuesday. — Last evening, barely 24 hours …
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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Why They Cheered — Capital punishment brings out the worst in the liberal elite. — (Note: We're working on an assignment, so today's column is abbreviated. We return tomorrow at the usual length.) — Perhaps the most striking statement at last night's Republican presidential debate came …
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Cheering for state-imposed death
Cheering for state-imposed death
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
Debt panel co-chair criticizes Obama jobs proposal — The Republican co-chairman of the congressional “supercommittee” on deficit reduction sharply criticized President Obama's call for the panel to find additional budget savings to pay for his $447 billion jobs plan.
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