memeorandum: Facebook puts off IPO until late 2012 (April Dembosky/Financial Times)

6:35 PM ET, September 14, 2011

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Julianna Goldman / Bloomberg:

Obama Approval Plummets on Jobs Plan: Poll — A majority of Americans don't believe President Barack Obama's $447 billion jobs plan will help lower the unemployment rate, skepticism he must overcome as he presses Congress for action and positions himself for re- election.

The Politico:

Twin defeats spark Democratic fears — HOWARD BEACH, N.Y. — The Democratic Party's rare loss of a congressional seat in its urban heartland Tuesday, accompanied by a blowout defeat in a Nevada special election, marked the latest in a string of demoralizing setbacks that threatened to deepen …

Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:

For Democrats, It's 2010 All Over Again — The outcome of any individual election to the United States House, even in a highly partisan era where Congressional elections have a relatively strong correlation with presidential voting and national trends, is going to be determined based on a combination of local and national factors.

Discussion: The Politico, Campaign 2012, Swampland, Las Vegas Review-Journal, The Daily Caller, Greg's Opinion, Guardian, americanthinker.com, Big Government, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Taylor Marsh and New York Magazine

Manu Raju / The Politico:

Hill Dems pick apart Obama jobs plan — President Barack Obama's new jobs plan is hitting some unexpected turbulence in the halls of Congress: lawmakers from his own party. — As he demands Congress quickly approve his ambitious proposal aimed at reviving the sagging economy …

Discussion: The Atlantic Online, Hot Air, The New Republic, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Nice Deb, ThinkProgress, The Anchoress, Sky Dancing, The Daily Caller, Weasel Zippers, ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/* and TPMDC

Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:

Ridiculous NY-09 spin: “It's a very difficult district for Democrats” — Republicans won two House seats in a special election last night. One, in Nevada, had been a relatively safe district, and Republican Mark Amodei cruised to victory over Democrat Kate Marshall as expected.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Left Coast Rebel, National Review, City Room, Randy's Roundtable, Pajamas Media, Zandar Versus The Stupid, The Crawdad Hole, Politics, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Weasel Zippers

David Seifman / New York Post:
Disaster looms for O in 2012 — Republican Bob Turner's victory …

Discussion: americanthinker.com

Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Blue Dogs Cool To Obama Jobs Vision

Discussion: ThinkProgress and Daily Kos

New York Times:
Bob Turner Wins Anthony Weiner's House Seat

Alex Isenstadt / The Politico:
NY-9: Winners and losers

Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog and Ballot Box

Rob Bluey / The Heritage Foundation:

Conservative Nabs Naming Rights to ‘American Jobs Act’ After Obama Delay — President Obama repeatedly asked members of Congress to pass the American Jobs Act last week. But when no Democrat filed Obama's bill after he presented it to Congress, a conservative congressman swiped the name for his own legislation.

Discussion: Publius Forum, Weasel Zippers, Balloon Juice, The Right Scoop, The Lonely Conservative and The Crawdad Hole

Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:

Obama: 'If you love me, you've got to help me pass this bill' — Obama promoted his jobs bill in North Carolina on Wednesday, the third stop on what White House press secretary Jay Carney has called a “campaign” for jobs. — Not for the first time, Obama called back to an audience member who shouted …

Discussion: CNN, The Politico, The Other McCain, The Crawdad Hole, Campaign 2012, The Jawa Report and Weasel Zippers

Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
GOP rep. introduces alternative American Jobs Act

Discussion: CNN, Hot Air and Gawker

CNN:
CNN Poll: More Americans trust Obama on economy over Republicans in Congress

Discussion: Washington Post, US Politics and Washington Monthly

National Enquirer:

WORLD EXCLUSIVE! SARAH PALIN BOMBSHELL BOOK SHOCKING CLAIMS! — In a bombshell NATIONAL ENQUIRER world exclusive, the new issue of The ENQUIRER hitting newsstands today breaks major news on SARAH PALIN and her husband TODD, according to a new book. — Publishing sources familiar …

Discussion: Power Line, Washington Post, Runnin' Scared, The Crawdad Hole, Wonkette, Deadspin, New York Magazine, Naked Politics and Gawker

Jack Dickey / Deadspin:

New Biography Claims Sarah Palin Had A One-Night Stand With Glen Rice In 1987 — The National Enquirer grabbed some details from the upcoming Joe McGinniss Sarah Palin book, and this chunk is too delightful not to share with you immediately. Apparently Palin had a fling …

Discussion: TBogg

Elizabeth Flock / Washington Post:

Attack Watch, new Obama campaign site to ‘fight smears,’ becomes laughing stock of the Internet — As the 2012 presidential campaign heats up, President Obama's campaign team has set up a new Web site, AttackWatch.com, to challenge negative statements about the president made by Republican presidential candidates and conservatives.

Discussion: Washington Wire, The Jawa Report, Politics, Hot Air, Politisite, The Crawdad Hole and HillBuzz.org

Michelle Malkin:

Attaaaaack Waaaaaaatch; Update: The laughter continues — This is simply brilliant. — Ezra Dulis and Misfit Politics with Brandon Morse cranked out a quick, hilarious rejoinder to Obama's 4th Brigade of Snitch. — Humor is always the best revenge. — Watch Attaaaaack Waaaaaatch. YouTube gold:

Discussion: The Hill, Big Government and AMERICAN DIGEST

Michelle Malkin:
Obama launches another snitch police squad

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Nick Baumann / Mother Jones:

The GOP's Genius Plan to Beat Obama in 2012 — If Pennsylvania Republicans and their buddies in other states execute a plan to change election rules, Obama has a one-way ticket to Losertown. — Post Comment — Republican state legislators in Pennsylvania are pushing a scheme that …

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, Associated Press, Washington Post, National Review, Business Insider, Pajamas Media, Booman Tribune, Hullabaloo, Washington Monthly, Ballot Box, The Raw Story, Gawker, Truthdig, Daily Kos, New York Magazine, PoliPundit.com and Suburban Guerrilla

Dan Senor / Wall Street Journal:

Why Obama Is Losing the Jewish Vote — He doesn't have a ‘messaging’ problem. He has a record of bad policies and anti-Israel rhetoric. — New York's special congressional election on Tuesday was the first electoral outcome directly affected by President Obama's Israel policy.

Discussion: Politics, Israel Matzav and Shot in the Dark

Brendan Kennedy / Toronto Star:
Jewish prof forced to defend himself against anti-Semitism claims

Discussion: Gawker, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and The Volokh Conspiracy

Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Revenge of the Jews? — I've never been to a Republican victory party …

Discussion: New York Magazine, Washington Post, The Atlantic Online, No More Mister Nice Blog, Weasel Zippers, americanthinker.com and Pajamas Media

Jonathan Martin / The Politico:

Perry knocks Bachmann's HPV story — RICHMOND, Va. - Rick Perry criticized Michele Bachmann Wednesday for relaying the story of a woman who claimed her daughter became mentally retarded after being vaccinated against HPV. — “I think that was a statement that had no truth in it …

Discussion: CNN, Washington Wire, Ballot Box, Iowa Caucuses, Runnin' Scared, National Review, New York Magazine and Campaign 2012

Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Perry maintains double digit lead

Discussion: Vibe, Don Surber, Las Vegas Sun Blogs, CNN, Flower & Thistle, Campaign 2012, Guardian and Balloon Juice

Washington Post:
The GOP field goes AWOL from Afghanistan

Discussion: ThinkProgress

Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:

Republican State Legislators Can Win The 2012 Election Tomorrow If They Want To — “Pennsylvania Ponders Bold Democrat-Screwing Electoral Plan” is Dave Weigel's brilliant headline for a proposal pending in the PA state legislature. The way this would work is for Pennsylvania …

Discussion: A plain blog about politics and Lawyers, Guns & Money

David Weigel / Slate:
Pennsylvania Ponders Bold Democrat-Screwing Electoral Plan

Discussion: Daily Kos and Outside the Beltway

Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
New Adventures in Electoral Cynicism

Discussion: Outside the Beltway and TalkLeft

Seth Abramovitch / Gawker:

Ron Paul's Campaign Manager Died of Pneumonia, Penniless and Uninsured — At CNN's Tea Party-indulging debate on Monday, Ron Paul, a medical doctor, faced a pointed line of questioning from Wolf Blitzer regarding the case of an uninsured young man who suddenly found himself in dire need of intensive health care.

Discussion: Mediaite, ThinkProgress, The Moderate Voice, The Political Carnival and New York Magazine

Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:

Gosh, Could Obamacare Be Working? — Need a reason to believe the Affordable Care Act is starting to work? The Census Bureau just gave you a half million of them. — That's how many young adults had health insurance in 2010, as compared to 2009, according to the official estimates.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, ThinkProgress and Mother Jones

Financial Times:

Obama to propose Medicare and Medicaid cuts — Barack Obama is expected to lay out a plan next week that would cut several hundred billion dollars from Medicare and Medicaid, the large government healthcare schemes for the elderly and the poor, as part of a pitch to cut future deficits by more than $1,500bn.

Discussion: Firedoglake, Taylor Marsh, Daily Kos, Hullabaloo and New York Times

Sam Youngman / Ballot Box:
Obama's 2012 reelection stimulus

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, The Lonely Conservative and Dean's World

April Dembosky / Financial Times:

Facebook puts off IPO until late 2012 — Facebook is preparing to launch its blockbuster initial public offering in the US towards the end of next year, a later public debut by the social networking site than had been widely anticipated, say people familiar with the company.

Discussion: Fortune, Mashable! and msnbc.com, more at Techmeme »

The Politico:

GOP: Python ban squeezes economy — Snakes alive! Giant pythons in the Everglades are the latest focal point in the Hill's partisan squabble over federal regulations that House Republicans say are squeezing the nation's job growth. — At issue is a proposed rule from the Interior Department …

Discussion: TPMDC and Zandar Versus The Stupid

Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press:

AP Exclusive: Long-term care plan alarms ignored — WASHINGTON (AP) — Even as leading Democrats offered assurances to the contrary, government experts repeatedly warned that a new long-term care insurance plan could go belly up, saddling taxpayers with another underfunded benefit program …

Discussion: Hit & Run and Campaign 2012

ABCNEWS:

Solyndra: Blame It On Bush, Say Obama Officials — After spending months touting the Obama administration's decision to loan $535 million to the California solar energy upstart Solyndra, top officials took a new tack Wednesday while testifying before Congress about the company's abrupt shut …

Discussion: ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*, YID With LID and nation.foxnews.com

Joe Stephens / Washington Post:
Solyndra loan: White House pressed on review of solar company now under investigation

Tyler Durden / ZeroHedge:

Blast From Paul Krugman's Past: “Social Security Is A Ponzi Scheme And Will Soon Be Over” — It is one thing (what thing that is we are not sure, but we have heard others say it, so like all good lemmings we will say it too) for Rick Perry to call Social Security a ponzi scheme.

Discussion: Big Journalism, Paul Krugman, National Review and NewsBusters.org