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4:00 AM ET, September 25, 2011

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St. Petersburg Times:
Herman Cain wins Presidency 5 straw poll  —  ORLANDO — In a stunning upset Saturday, Herman Cain won Florida's Presidency 5 straw poll, a vote of 2,657 Republican activists that in past years has predicted the party nominee.  —  Cain, the former CEO of Godfather's Pizza who charmed the three …
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Cain upsets Perry at Florida straw poll  —  Businessman Herman Cain scored a major upset Saturday, winning the Florida straw poll and creating a new set of problems for Texas Gov. Rick Perry.  —  The final tally: Cain carried 37% of the vote, Perry 15% and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney 14%.
Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Cain wins an upset victory in Florida presidential straw poll  —  Herman Cain pulled off a shocking upset victory in Florida's Presidency 5 Straw Poll on Saturday.  The Georgia businessman won more votes than the Republican primaries frontrunners — Texas Gov. Rick Perry and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney — combined.
James Hohmann / The Politico:
Delegates slam Perry on immigration  —  ORLANDO, Fla.—Rick Perry hit a roadblock on immigration at Florida's Presidency 5 straw poll on Saturday.  —  An issue that may have less impact in other early-state Republican primaries, immigration is a hot-button issue in Florida …
Discussion: The Other McCain
The Politico:
Chris Christie back in spotlight as Perry sags  —  With the party's frontrunner sagging, Chris Christie is reconsidering pleas from Republican elites and donors to run for president in 2012, two Republican sources told POLITICO.  —  The New Jersey governor has indicated he is listening …
Kevinliptak / CNN:
TRENDING: Cain upsets Perry as winner of Florida straw poll  —  Orlando, Florida (CNN) - Texas Gov. Rick Perry's presidential campaign was dealt a worrying blow Saturday when he finished in a distant second place to businessman Herman Cain in a closely watched straw poll in Florida.
Byron York / Campaign 2012:
In FL straw poll, a late surge for Herman Cain  —  ORLANDO — There's no scientific polling, but talks with dozens of delegates who will vote in today's Florida straw poll suggest that many are making last-minute decisions to vote for Herman Cain.  —  What seems to be happening is this …
Seth McLaughlin / Washington Times:
Herman Cain wins GOP Florida straw poll; Rick Perry in second place  —  ORLANDO — Former Godfather Pizza CEO Herman Cain won the Presidency 5 straw poll here Saturday, delivering a blow to Texas Gov. Rick Perry's frontrunner status and a victory for a candidate who has struggled to transform …
Discussion: BizzyBlog and Weasel Zippers
Arlette Saenz / Politics:
Rick Perry Takes His Chances on Florida Straw Poll
The Huffington Post:
Herman Cain Wins Florida Straw Poll Ahead Of 2012
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Daily Kos
WSB-TV:
Father upset over homework promoting polygamy, Islam  —  COBB COUNTY, Ga. — A father's complaint that his daughter's homework promotes the Muslim faith could lead to a lesson change in Cobb County.  —  Channel 2's Tom Regan talked to the father who showed him where his daughter's homework …
Discussion: Right Wing News and Jihad Watch
Joe Nocera / New York Times:
The Phony Solyndra Scandal  —  If Brian Harrison and W. G. Stover, the two Solyndra executives who took the Fifth Amendment at a Congressional hearing on Friday, ever spend a day in jail, I'll stand on my head in Times Square.  —  It's not going to happen, for one simple reason: neither they …
Marisa Schultz / Detroit News:
McCotter: ‘Democratic Party not progressive’  —  Mackinac Island— Two days after the onetime White House hopeful dropped his presidential run, U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter told a breakfast crowd House Republicans will not back away from reforming entitlement programs, like Medicare and Social Security.
Colin Moynihan / City Room:
80 Arrested as Financial District Protest Moves North  —  Police officers arrested protesters who had marched from Zuccotti Park to Union Square.  —  The police made scores of arrests on Saturday as hundreds of people, many of whom had been encamped in the financial district as part of a lengthy protest, marched north to Union Square.
Anand Giridharadas / New York Times:
The Fraying of a Nation's Decency  —  CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS — Amazon.com, the books-to-diapers-to-machetes Internet superstore, is a perfect snapshot of the American Dream, circa 2011.  —  It grows by the hour, fueled by a relentless optimism that has made America America.  First it sold books.
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