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TRANSCRIPT: Fox News-Google GOP Debate — This is a rush transcript from the Fox News-Google GOP Presidential debate on September 22, 2011 at the Orlando Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. — BRET BAIER, ANCHOR …

Discussion: Politics, ThinkProgress, Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic Online, FP Passport, Outside the Beltway, Don Surber, GOP 12, Top of the Ticket, Ballot Box, The Daily Caller, ImmigrationProf Blog, No More Mister Nice Blog, Lawyers, Guns & Money, PoliPundit.com, Rick Perry 2012 Campaign … and CNN

Michelle Malkin:

Video: Perry's cringe-worthiest debate moment — This is a gimme. Seriously. — I mentioned Rick Perry's DREAM Act debate blunder in my round-up post. — It gets second place. — The cringe-worthiest moment, by a hair, was when Perry botched what should have been his most potent attack on Mitt Romney's chronic flip-flopping.

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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:

Special Editorial: Yikes — THE WEEKLY STANDARD's official reaction to last night's Republican presidential debate: Yikes. — Reading the reactions of thoughtful commentators after the stage emptied, talking with conservative policy types and GOP political operatives later last evening and this morning, we know we're not alone.

Discussion: Mother Jones, The Page and Hit & Run

goproud.org:

Rick Santorum Owes Gay Soldier an Apology — For Immediate Release — Joint Statement of Christopher R. Barron, Chairman of the Board and Jimmy LaSalvia, Executive Director — (Washington, D.C.) - “Tonight, Rick Santorum disrespected our brave men and women in uniform, and he owes Stephen Hill …

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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:

Audience Members Of GOP Debate Boo Steven Hill, Gay Soldier Serving In Iraq — At Thursday night's Fox News/Google Republican Presidential Debate, the crowd was once again the star of an ugly moment. Moderator Megyn Kelly introduced a question via Youtube from Stephen Hill, a soldier who's currently serving in Iraq.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Opinion L.A., Hot Air, Outside the Beltway and The Atlantic Online

Paul Waldman / TAPPED:
This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things, Affordable Care Act Edition

Discussion: Washington Monthly

John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Perry: “I Don't Think You Have a Heart” If You Oppose In-State Tuition for Children of Illegal Immigrants

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Philip Klein / Campaign 2012:
Why I doubt Romney would repeal Obamacare

Discussion: Washington Post, Cold Fury and Hot Air

Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
N.H. poll shocker: Perry falls, Romney surges as does Jon Huntsman

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Evan McMorris-Santoro / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:

TPM2012 — Audience Members At Fox News Debate Boo Gay Soldier (VIDEO) — ORLANDO, FL — Members of the crowd gathered for the Fox News/YouTube debate booed a video of a gay soldier in Iraq who asked if the nine presidential candidates on stage would work to “circumvent” the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell.

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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Gay soldier booed at GOP debate, candidates stay mum

Discussion: NPR, The Politico and Gay Politics

Erick Erickson / RedState:
Herman Cain Won the Debate

Discussion: The Daily Beast, The Daily Caller, The Daily Dish, US Politics and Taegan Goddard's …

Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:

Senate likely to reject House-passed spending bill; shutdown still possible — Washington lurched toward another potential government shutdown crisis Friday, as the House approved by a 219-203 vote a GOP-authored short-term funding measure designed to keep the government running through Nov. 18 …

Discussion: New York Times, Washington Monthly and msnbc.com

Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress:
Tea Party House Republicans Sell Their Principles For Gimmicky $100 Million Cut

Discussion: Firedoglake, The Politico, The Huffington Post and US Politics

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

Rush Limbaugh On Gary Johnson Joke: 'Guess I've Become Show Prep For The GOP Debates' … NEW YORK — Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson brought down the house at Thursday night's Fox News/ Google debate when he joked about how his “next-door neighbor's two dogs have created more shovel-ready jobs than this current administration.”

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, The Politico, Hit & Run, New York Magazine, Brains and Eggs, Dependable Renegade, National Review, The Agitator and Rick Perry 2012 Campaign …

Rush Limbaugh:
“Mr. Boehner, Tear Down This Bridge”

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Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:

Romney: Obama should convince others to oppose Palestinian statehood — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney raised the stakes in his effort to convince voters he is Israel's best friend among the GOP presidential field, arguing in an op-ed with former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) …

Discussion: The Politico

New York Times:
The Palestinians' Bid — Last year, President Obama's speech …

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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
House liberal breaks with Obama on UN vote

Discussion: Weasel Zippers

Paul Krugman / New York Times:

The Social Contract — This week President Obama said the obvious: that wealthy Americans, many of whom pay remarkably little in taxes, should bear part of the cost of reducing the long-run budget deficit. And Republicans like Representative Paul Ryan responded with shrieks of “class warfare.”

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Arlette Saenz / Politics:

HPV Vaccine Fact Check: Perry Misstated Relationship With Dying Woman — Although Rick Perry said at a debate on Thursday that he was “lobbied” by a 31-year-old woman suffering from cervical cancer to require young girls to receive the HPV vaccine, he did not meet the cancer patient until …

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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Romney: Opposing illegal immigration requires ‘a heart and a brain’

Discussion: CNN

Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Fact checking the GOP debate in Orlando

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Lymari Morales / Gallup:

Majority in U.S. Continues to Distrust the Media, Perceive Bias — More perceive liberal bias than conservative bias — WASHINGTON, D.C. — The majority of Americans still do not have confidence in the mass media to report the news fully, accurately, and fairly.

Discussion: Big Journalism, NewsBusters.org, Questions and Observations and Weasel Zippers

Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Press Widely Criticized, But Trusted More than Other Information Sources

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The Politico:

Texas toast? Perry worries GOP — ORLANDO - The first line of Rick Perry's campaign obituary may have been drafted Thursday night: He got in too late. — It's not quite time for his camp to panic but in his third debate in a month - nearly as many as he's done in the entire decade he's served …

Discussion: Washington Post, Washington Wire, New York Magazine and Lawyers, Guns & Money

The Daily Beast:

Obama Sold Israel Bunker-Buster Bombs — While Obama publicly pressured Israel to make concessions to the Palestinians over settlements, he secretly sold Jerusalem deep-penetrating bombs it had long sought. Eli Lake previews an exclusive story appearing in Monday's Newsweek.

Discussion: Danger Room, Hot Air, ThinkProgress, The Politico, Attackerman and New York Magazine

Jacob Weisberg / Slate Magazine:

His book about Obama is as spurious as the ones he wrote about Bush. — As an editor, you develop a B.S. meter—an internal warning system that signals caution about journalism that doesn't feel trustworthy. Sometimes it's a quote or incident that's too perfect —a feeling I always …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Moe_Lane's blog, Politics and Business Insider

Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:

Dead federal retirees are paid $120 million annually, report says — The federal government pays out millions of dollars to dead people each year — including deceased retired federal workers, according to a new report. — In the past five years, the Office of Personnel Management …

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, The Politico, americanthinker.com and Gretawire

Darren Samuelsohn / The Politico:

Solyndra executives repeatedly invoke the Fifth — Solyndra executives repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment this morning as House lawmakers pressed them to answer questions about the company's financial collapse and any hopes of repaying their $535 million federal loan guarantee.

Discussion: New York Times, Weasel Zippers and JONATHAN TURLEY

Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:

New gaffe: Obama hails America's historic building of ‘the Intercontinental Railroad’ … That's what the president of the United States flat-out said Thursday during what was supposed to be a photo op to sell his jobs plan next to an allegedly deteriorating highway bridge. — A railroad between continents?

Discussion: Power Line, Michelle Malkin, Investor's Business Daily, Weasel Zippers, Outside the Beltway, Cold Fury and Pirate's Cove

Tempie / Ranting Professor:

I bet you didn't know this about selling silver coins for cash — There are numerous alternatives to locate a gold purchaser when browsing for the ideal hard cash for gold in California to promote your gold jewelry or silver and platinum. Nonetheless, in buy to discover the buyer …

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Lee Fang / ThinkProgress:

Anti-Immigrant Groups Founded By White Supremacist Wield Influence Over Google/Fox News Debate — The Google/Fox News debate last night featured a new online question submission platform, allowing the “viewing public for the first time to weigh in with votes on questions they want asked.”

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, News Hounds and Ballot Box