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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Obama and Perry, geese and ganders — The New York Times has an item this morning about tonight's Republican debate, and it featured this Getty Images photograph, taken before the start of last week's debate. — It wouldn't be especially interesting, except I also remember seeing this photograph several hundred times four years ago.
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JustOneMinute, The Caucus and Joe. My. God.
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Gallup:
More Voters Considering Romney Than Obama, Perry — Sixty-two percent would definitely vote for Romney or consider doing so — PRINCETON, NJ — More registered voters say they would definitely vote for Mitt Romney or might consider doing so (62%) than say the same about his two main rivals …
David Shepardson / Detroit News:
McCotter drops out of race for GOP presidential nomination — Washington— Livonia Rep. Thaddeus McCotter told The Detroit News this afternoon that he is leaving the race for the Republican presidential nomination after he failed to win access to the Republican presidential debates.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Agony of the GOP Establishment — Psst, pick the guy on the left. — The Republican establishment finds itself with a problem no party establishment wants to have. It has a presidential race between a decent candidate, who could probably win the general election but is distrusted …
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Washington Post, Guardian, Salon and No More Mister Nice Blog
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Rick Perry Rewrites His Own History Again, Claims He Never Considered Secession
Rick Perry Rewrites His Own History Again, Claims He Never Considered Secession
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Fox News, Crooks and Liars, The Atlantic Online and Washington Monthly
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Handicapping the GOP Debate
Handicapping the GOP Debate
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Mediaite, Politics, The Hill, Hot Air and The Right Scoop
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
The Night They Killed Troy Davis — Rutgers historian William Jelani Cobb was outside of the prison, last night, where Troy Davis was held and executed. He filed this report while bearing “witness to a great evil.” Jelani has guest-posted here before. We're always happy to have him back offering …
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Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Bill Clinton Weighs In On Troy Davis Execution … Bill Clinton , Capital Punishment , Death Penalty , Video , Clinton Global Initiative , Troy Davis Case , Bill Clinton Capital Punishment , Bill Clinton Death Penalty , Bill Clinton Troy Davis , Troy Davis , Troy Davis Execution , Troy Davis Execution Date , Politics News
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The Politico, Mother Jones and This Just In
John Hawkins / The Huffington Post:
Why Do Liberals Have Such a Soft Spot for Cop Killers Like Troy Davis?
Why Do Liberals Have Such a Soft Spot for Cop Killers Like Troy Davis?
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Slate Magazine, WXIA-TV, theblogprof, Nation Now, Outside the Beltway, Confederate Yankee and Hullabaloo
Peter Wilkinson / CNN:
World shocked by U.S. execution of Troy Davis
World shocked by U.S. execution of Troy Davis
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The Other McCain, News One, Guardian, The Observer-Dispatch …, Ann Coulter and New York Magazine
Larry Flynt / TMZ.com:
Gunning for Rick Perry — Hustler Magazine publisher Larry Flynt is putting GOP Presidential candidate Rick Perry in his crosshairs ... he'll be offering up to $1 million for anyone who can prove Perry has had an illicit sexual liaison ... TMZ has learned. — The ad — which Flynt …
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Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
Bill Clinton: Netanyahu killed the peace process — Who's to blame for the continued failure of the Middle East peace process? Former President Bill Clinton said today that it is Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — whose government moved the goalposts upon taking power …
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Weasel Zippers and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
Tim Mak / Reuters:
Bill Clinton: Rick Perry's like Israeli ‘militants’
Bill Clinton: Rick Perry's like Israeli ‘militants’
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CNN, Weasel Zippers, Mediaite, Mother Jones, Ben Smith's Blog, The Daily Dish, Israel Matzav and Rick Perry 2012 Campaign …
Frank Jordans / Associated Press:
CERN claims faster-than-light particle measured … GENEVA (AP) — Scientists at the world's largest physics lab say they have clocked subatomic particles traveling faster than light, a feat that - if true - would break a fundamental pillar of science. — The readings have so astounded researchers …
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Steve Jones / Telegraph:
CERN scientists ‘break the speed of light’ — Scientists said on Thursday they recorded particles travelling faster than light - a finding that could overturn one of Einstein's fundamental laws of the universe. — Antonio Ereditato, spokesman for the international group of researchers …
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
The Great $16 Muffin Myth — I've been reading all day about the $16 muffins the Department of Justice served at one of its conferences, and I finally got curious about this. Is it really true? So I went to the DOJ Inspector General's website, got the report, and searched for “muffin.”
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Andrew Breitbart / Big Government:
Explosive Email Shows Anti-Palin Author McGinniss, Random House Likely Published Literary Hoax — The awful launch week for the over-hyped, expected bestseller The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin, by controversial author Joe McGinniss, just got worse. Much worse.
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Power Line, Conservatives4Palin, Mediaite, The Other McCain, Big Journalism, Don Surber, All American Blogger and The Right Scoop
Russell Berman / The Hill:
Boehner chastises conservatives: You voted to spend more money — House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) delivered a tough message to conservatives who rejected his government funding bill on Wednesday: You voted to spend more money. — Four dozen House Republicans broke ranks and opposed …
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The Politico, TPMDC, Guardian and Daily Kos
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Tim Mak / The Politico:
U.S., allies walk out on Iran leader — Western diplomats walked out on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad after he questioned what he called the “mysterious September 11 incident” during his fiercely anti-American diatribe. — “[Who used] the mysterious Sept. 11 incident as a pretext to attack Afghanistan and Iraq?”
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Yahoo! News:
US walks out as Iran delivers anti-US speech
US walks out as Iran delivers anti-US speech
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Bangor Daily News, Associated Press and Campaign 2012
Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
A Few Words With Iran's President
A Few Words With Iran's President
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The Atlantic Wire, Hot Air, Guardian, Ricochet Conversation Feed and The Huffington Post
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Oops, Obama touts his jobs plan today at an Ohio bridge that won't qualify — You know all those rusting bridges that President Obama wants to spend billions more dollars repairing to allegedly stimulate the economy? — He's headed out to one today which he's described as a …
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Danny Yadron / Washington Wire:
Obama To Republicans: ‘Help Us Rebuild This Bridge’
Obama To Republicans: ‘Help Us Rebuild This Bridge’
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ThinkProgress and nation.foxnews.com
David Frum / FrumForum:
The Texas Non-Miracle — About all those new jobs created under Gov. Rick Perry... The Center for Immigration Studies reports some facts that should sprinkle a little cold water on over-heated claims for the low-wage/high-immigration Texas economic model. … Absorb that for a minute.
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Eli Clifton / ThinkProgress:
Clinton: ‘There Is Not A Single Solitary Example’ Of A Country That Has Succeeded With A Tea Party Philosophy — Credit: Cibele Vieira / Clinton Global Initiative — Former President Bill Clinton blasted the “non-fact-based political debate” surrounding the Republican primary race …
Tanya Somanader / ThinkProgress:
Rep. Joe Walsh: Media Will Protect Obama In 2012 Because He Is Black — Media hound Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) has harsh praise for the company he seeks — particularly when it comes to coverage of President Obama. He is a firm believer in the idea that the media and liberals' collective …
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Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
Rep. Joe Walsh: Media Will Show ‘Real Desperation’ to Protect Obama
Rep. Joe Walsh: Media Will Show ‘Real Desperation’ to Protect Obama
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Crooks and Liars, Mediaite and The Daily Caller
James B. Stewart / New York Times:
Voting to Hire a Chief Without Meeting Him — The mystery isn't why Hewlett-Packard is likely to part ways with its chief executive, Léo Apotheker, after just a year in the job. It's why he was hired in the first place. — The answer, say many involved in the process, lies squarely with the troubled Hewlett-Packard board.
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Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
Is Irish Austerity Paying Dividends? — Last year, the failure of Irish austerity was on the lips of every left-wing wonk in America. Paul Krugman, the leader of this school of thought, has compared austerity to bloodletting and other such primitive medical quackery (a comparison he repeated a couple of days ago).
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Agence France Presse, Marginal Revolution and Free exchange
Walter Russell Mead / Via Meadia:
Panic? — That's what we've been seeing on world markets since Thursday trading began in Asia; this morning it hit the US with the kind of sickening thud we remember too well from 2008. Amid the general hurricane of bad economic news a few things stand out.
Scott McPherson / Advocate:
MAP: Which Countries Enlist Gay Soldiers? — The United States is now one of 26 countries worldwide that welcome gays and lesbians in the military, according to the Palm Center. — The United States is now one of 26 countries worldwide that welcome gays and lesbians in the military, according to the Palm Center.
Russell Berman / The Hill:
Censure briefly forgotten as House leaders honor Rep. Charles Rangel — House leaders honored Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y) with an official Capitol portrait Thursday, sweeping aside two years of scandal and a formal rebuke to recognize a man who rose from humble beginnings to become a congressional pioneer.
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Republicans demand Buffett's tax returns — The GOP is making a concerted effort to pressure billionaire investment guru Warren Buffett to release his tax returns to the public. — Republicans say Buffett — the public face of Obama's proposed “Buffett Rule” to increase taxes on the wealthy …
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Paul Krugman, Politics, TPMDC and Mother Jones
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
The Five Million Dollar Man — How government unions rip off the taxpayer. — In his Labor Day speech in Detroit, Barack Obama issued a ringing endorsement of government employee unions: … From the president's hometown comes an example of what he is actually supporting.
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driftglass, The Atlantic Online and Chicago Tribune
David Lat / Above the Law:
Judicial Diva Gone Wild? Chief Judge Jones Tells Judge Dennis to ‘Shut Up’ — Chief Judge Edith Jones: Underneath her robe beats a judicial diva's heart. — Can you enforce civility by being... uncivil? That's the question being raised, over and over again, by federal judges from Texas these days.
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