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7:40 AM ET, September 13, 2011

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A.Killough / CNN:
TRENDING: Jindal to endorse Perry  —  Tampa, Florida (CNN) - Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is backing Rick Perry for president, a major endorsement for the Texas governor as the campaign for the Republican nomination enters the crucial fall stretch of the primary calendar, a source tells CNN.
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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
2012 debate escalation!  —  Mitt Romney went on the attack against Rick Perry at the first possible opportunity Monday night, challenging the Texas governor on whether he “continues to believe that Social Security should not be a federal program ... or does he retreat from that view.”
New York Times:
Perry Wears a Bull's-Eye at G.O.P. Debate  —  TAMPA, Fla. — The Republican presidential candidates aggressively confronted Gov. Rick Perry at a debate here on Monday night and pressed him to expound upon his views on Social Security and a controversial vaccination program for teenage girls that he signed into law in Texas.
Walter Shapiro / The New Republic:
The Debate in Tampa: How Perry's Rivals Are Perfecting Their Attacks on the Frontrunner  —  CNN's over-produced, odd-couple alliance with the Tea Party produced an unexpected result—the first “Not So Fast, Governor Perry” debate.  —  Direct from Tampa, the site of the 2012 GOP Convention …
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Bachmann: 'I'm offended'  —  Within 90 minutes of the end of the GOP debate, Michele Bachmann's camp emailed on the HPV vaccine dust-up with Rick Perry, highlighting her status as a mom as she questioned his conservative credentials.  —  It's also the first time I can remember Bachmann …
Discussion: National Review
Wall Street Journal:
Perry's the Man in the Middle  —  Fellow Republican Presidential Candidates Take Aim at Front-Runner in Debate  —  Texas Gov. Rick Perry's status as front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination animated a candidates' debate in Florida Monday, as rivals attacked his rhetoric on Social Security …
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
At GOP presidential debate, field takes aim at Perry
Discussion: Guardian, Mediaite and Taylor Marsh
Rick Klein / Politics:
Fred Malek: ‘Too Late’ for Palin to Run; GOP Nominee Will Be Perry or Romney
Discussion: GOP 12
Brent Budowsky / Presidential Campaign:
Why Ron Paul scares Rick Perry
Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Jindal to Endorse Perry
Paul Krugman:
More About the 9/11 Anniversary  —  It looks as if I should say a bit more about yesterday's anniversary.  So:  —  The fact is that the two years or so after 9/11 were a terrible time in America - a time of political exploitation and intimidation, culminating in the deliberate misleading of the nation into the invasion of Iraq.
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Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Megyn Kelly Hosts Fiery Debate Over Paul Krugman's ‘Years Of Shame’ 9/11 Column  —  NY Times columnist Paul Krugman observed 9/11 this weekend with a provocative blog post entitled “Years of Shame.”  In it he calls out “Fake heroes like Bernie Kerik, Rudy Giuliani, and, yes …
A.Killough / CNN:
Cantor says no to jobs bill spending  —  Washington (CNN) - House Majority Leader Eric Cantor continued to reach out to work with President Obama on his jobs bill Monday, but emphasized that Republicans are focused on items they support in the plan like the tax breaks and will oppose …
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Obama proposes tax hikes on wealthy to pay for $447B jobs bill
Christina Bellantoni / Roll Call:
Administration Willing to Go It Alone
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
We Don't Have Deficit Reduction Because Republicans Don't Want It
Associated Press:
Plot against Biden alleged … No comments yet.  Be the first!
Discussion: National Confidential
The Politico:
Feinstein: ‘Wiped out’ by scandal  —  Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said she was “wiped out” by Kinde Durkee, a well-connected California Democratic political operative who served as treasurer for hundreds of state, local and federal campaign committees.  —  Durkee was arrested by the FBI …
Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Palin takes aim at GOP presidential candidates  —  In the immediate aftermath of Monday's GOP presidential debate, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) launched jabs at the entire Republican field, a move sure to ramp up speculation that the 2008 vice presidential candidate will make her own bid for the nomination.
Discussion: The Crawdad Hole
ESO:
Fifty New Exoplanets Discovered by HARPS  —  Richest haul of planets so far includes 16 new super-Earths  —  Astronomers using ESO's world-leading exoplanet hunter HARPS have today announced a rich haul of more than 50 new exoplanets, including 16 super-Earths, one of which orbits at the edge of the habitable zone of its star.
Discussion: Daily Kos, Mashable! and msnbc.com
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Brian Vastag / Washington Post:   New ‘super-Earth’ that is 36 light-years away might hold water, astronomers say
Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters.org:
Morning Joe Skirmish As Smiley Recycles ‘Bush Lied’  —  A skirmish broke out on Morning Joe today as Tavis Smiley claimed President George W. Bush “lied” the USA into the war in Iraq.  Joe Scarborough and—surprisingly— Jon Meacham forcefully refuted Smiley's slur.
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Breitbart.tv:
RUMSFELD'S BIGGEST REGRET: BUSH ADMINISTRATION TOO POLITICALLY CORRECT ABOUT RADICAL ISLAM  —  Donald Rumsfeld also complained about the Obama Administration's inability to even discuss radical Islamist terrorism and Fareed Zakaria interrupts him and says “But, he did kill Osama.”
Evan McMorris-Santoro / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012  —  Tea Party Debate Audience Cheers Idea Of Letting Sick Man Without Insurance Die (VIDEO)  —  The last two Republican presidential debates have been some of the most macabre on record.  Last time around, at the Reagan Library, the crowd gave the biggest applause of the night …
 
 
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Fortune:
Meet Ted Weschler: Buffett auction winner, Berkshire's new hire
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Michael Cavna / Washington Post:
In ‘Doonesbury,’ Palin biography ‘The Rogue’ gets a comic-strip tease
Justin Fishel / Fox News:
U.S. Boots on the Ground in Libya, Pentagon Confirms
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Rep. King says Judiciary Committee should question Obama's ‘Uncle Omar’
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Solarbuzz:
Solar Module Price Cuts Stimulate Massive Growth in US Photovoltaic Project Pipeline
Discussion: Grist and ThinkProgress
Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
After 9/11  —  What I chiefly remember about New York in the days …
Discussion: Roger Ailes
 

 
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