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First Read / msnbc.com:
Perry ‘taken aback’ by debate crowd reaction — TAMPA, FL — The morning after a sometimes-rocky appearance in front of a Tea Party debate audience, Gov. Rick Perry said he was “taken aback” by cheers from some crowd members on a hypothetical question of whether a young man who decides …
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Henry I. Miller / National Review:
Gardasil and the GOP — More than an hour into last night's debate, Rep. Michele Bachmann attacked Gov. Rick Perry on the HPV vaccination controversy — or more accurately pseudo-controversy. It stems from an executive order issued by Perry in 2007 that required all Texas girls to receive Gardasil …
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Bachmann: Gardasil causes “mental retardation” — Earlier today, I noted that Michele Bachmann finally scored points on Rick Perry by hitting him on his ties to Merck and linking that to the Gardasil mandate Perry imposed through executive order in Texas. This is a fair point on Perry's record …
Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
Bachmann: I'm A-Goin' to Go Ahead and Push This Lunatic Vaccines=Autism Lie — Precious bodily fluids. — That's not just a throwaway movie line. There is strain of “body paranoia,” for lack of a better term, that infects the public from time time; first it was fluoridation …
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The Right Scoop:
Rush: Bachmann jumped the shark over Gardasil causing mental retardation
Rush: Bachmann jumped the shark over Gardasil causing mental retardation
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Ryan Lizza / News Desk:
HPV, Perry, and Bachmann
HPV, Perry, and Bachmann
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Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Bachmann claims HPV vaccine might cause ‘mental retardation’
Bachmann claims HPV vaccine might cause ‘mental retardation’
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David Weigel / Slate:
Bachmann Asks: Can Gardisil Make Your Kids Retarded?
Bachmann Asks: Can Gardisil Make Your Kids Retarded?
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John Podhoretz / Commentary Magazine:
Perry Better Get Better — I don't think Rick Perry lost …
Perry Better Get Better — I don't think Rick Perry lost …
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ABCNEWS:
Emails: Obama White House Monitored Huge Loan to ‘Connected’ Firm — Chris Gronet, right, talks about solar technology with President Barack Obama on a tour of the Solyndra solar panel company, in this May 26, 2010 file photo, in Fremont, Calif. (Paul Chinn/Pool/Getty Images)
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Marc Ambinder / NationalJournal.com:
White House Already Spinning Feared New York Loss — The White House is girding for a political loss in the heart of New York on Tuesday. They're also spinning up an explanation that won't entirely result in the blame landing on the low popularity of the president.
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Alex Isenstadt / The Politico:
In NY-9 special election, Dems race to stave off an upset — NEW YORK - Democrats here spent Tuesday in the final throes of a frantic, last-ditch effort to stave off a loss in the special election race to replace Anthony Weiner. — Democrat David Weprin, trailing Republican Bob Turner in multiple polls …
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Andrew Stiles / National Review:
WH Pressured OMB on Solyndra Decision — The Washington Post uncovers more White House e-mails regarding the Solyndra loan scandal, and it's not pretty: … So clearly, as far as the Obama administration was concerned, the Solyndra loan was a done deal, and didn't much care for the opinions of the budget geeks at OMB.
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Jennifer Gould Keil / New York Post:
Weiner flees amid Dem panic over vote today
Weiner flees amid Dem panic over vote today
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Ronald D. White / Money & Company:
Energy Department expects solar energy project to create 900 jobs
Energy Department expects solar energy project to create 900 jobs
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Social Security hurting Perry? — Americans strongly disagree with the statements Rick Perry made about Social Security in last week's Republican Presidential debate, and Barack Obama has nearly doubled his lead over Perry nationally in the span of just 3 weeks.
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Jaime Fuller / TAPPED:
Today in SAT Prep: Romney Is to Clinton as Perry Is to Obama
Today in SAT Prep: Romney Is to Clinton as Perry Is to Obama
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Ross Douthat:
Rick Perry as Howard Dean
Rick Perry as Howard Dean
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Dustin Ingalls / Public Policy Polling:
Obama leads Romney by 4, Perry by 11 nationally
Obama leads Romney by 4, Perry by 11 nationally
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Perry Leads but Romney Gaining in GOP Favorability
Perry Leads but Romney Gaining in GOP Favorability
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Eric Kleefeld / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — Elizabeth Warren Officially Launching Senate Campaign Against Scott Brown — Former White House financial reform adviser Elizabeth Warren will officially launch her campaign for U.S. Senate from Massachusetts on Wednesday, challenging incumbent Republican Sen. Scott Brown, a source close to Warren told TPM on Tuesday.
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Elizabeth Warren To Announce Senate Run Wednesday
Elizabeth Warren To Announce Senate Run Wednesday
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Frank Phillps / Boston Globe:
Democrat Warren to announce Senate candidacy targeting Scott Brown
Democrat Warren to announce Senate candidacy targeting Scott Brown
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Michele Bachmann: U.S. Immigration ‘Worked Very, Very Well’ Under The Asian Exclusion Act — Under Bachmann's Immigration Policy, Lt. Hikaru Sulu Would Not Be Allowed In The United States — In 1924, Congress passed a package of immigration laws — including the National Origins Act …
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Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
West to Bachmann: Everglades are off limits
U.S. Census Bureau News:
Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010 — Summary of Key Findings — The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that in 2010, median household income declined, the poverty rate increased and the percentage without health insurance coverage was not statistically different from the previous year.
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Suzy Khimm / Washington Post:
The Great Recession in five charts
The Great Recession in five charts
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Todd Gregory / Media Matters for America:
Shockingly Petty: News Corp. Outlets Attack Obama Over Paper Clip — In the annals of mindless partisan sniping, this may place at the top. — This morning, Fox & Friends joined the New York Post in attacking President Obama for using a paper clip. Read that again: They attacked Obama for using a paper clip.
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Wisconsin unions start feeding on each other — If you want a good measure of how deeply the collective bargaining bill in Wisconsin has disrupted public sector unions, there is no better example than the Wisconsins Education Association Council (WEAC). — Last month WEAC announced that it was laying off 40% of its staff.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Indecent — The moment from last night that keeps haunting me: — Look: in some ways the honesty is refreshing. Yes, failing to get your own health insurance creates an obvious free-rider problem, and this is at the heart of the health insurance debate.
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Paul Krugman:
The Death of the Confidence Fairy — In the first half of last year a strange delusion swept much of the policy elite on both sides of the Atlantic — the belief that cutting spending in the face of high unemployment would actually create jobs. I went after this stuff early and hard …
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Brad Plumer / Washington Post:
IMF: Austerity boosts unemployment, lowers paychecks
IMF: Austerity boosts unemployment, lowers paychecks
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ABCNEWS:
Osama Bin Laden's Last Message to America: Beware Capitalism? — A day after Americans observed the tenth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks by al Qaeda, a new video featuring the terror group's now-deceased leader surfaced in which Osama bin Laden warns the American people …
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Liberal Democrats announce jobs platform to the left of Obama's — Liberal House Democrats on Tuesday announced a jobs proposal to the left of President Obama's jobs package. — At a news conference, members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus said Obama's proposal was a good start …
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CNN:
CNN Poll: President gets no bounce from speech, but disapproval rating peaks — Washington (CNN) - President Barack Obama didn't score any political points with his speech on jobs to a joint session of Congress last Thursday. According to a new CNN/ORC International poll released Tuesday …
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Connecting the Dots: How the Left Works — We wrote here and in several follow-up posts about the New York Times's outrageous front-page smear of Darrell Issa, Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Times reporter Eric Lichtblau falsely accused Issa of using his Congressional office to enrich himself.
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Andrew Harris / Bloomberg:
Judge Invalidates Health Care Act's Insurance-Buying Mandate — Sept. 13 (Bloomberg) — The insurance-buying mandate in President Barack Obama's health-care reform legislation is unconstitutional, a federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled. — U.S. District Judge Christopher C. Conner …
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