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CNN Poll: Perry still at top but Romney stronger vs. Obama — Washington (CNN) - Despite his performances in the two most recent Republican presidential debates, a new national survey indicates that Texas Gov. Rick Perry remains on top of the field in the race for the GOP nomination.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
How Lucky Is Mitt Romney? — “Go to sleep, Rick Perry. Go to sleeeep ... ” — I have spent more than a year predicting the electoral demise of Mitt Romney. Here is a Mormon, once fervently pro-choice candidate running to lead an electorate whipped into a frenzied belief …
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RC Poll: Obama trails Republican front runners; Allen and Kaine in dead heat in Va poll — Jobs trump deficit; Virginians want political compromise — Conducted by The Institute for Policy and Opinion Research at Roanoke College — With 14 months remaining until the 2012 election …
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Obama mocks Perry, Republican debates — President Obama broadened his attack on Republicans Sunday night, firing an indirect shot at Texas Gov. Rick Perry and condemning audience members at recent Republican debates. — At a fundraiser in San Jose, Calif., Obama said that some in the audience might …
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
‘Outrageous’ — A Rick Perry spokesman pushed back on President Obama's use of the Texas wildfires in a fundraising speech last night to criticize the GOP frontrunner as a climate-change critic. — “It's outrageous President Obama would use the burning of 1,500 homes, the worst fires in state history …
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Matt Negrin / The Politico:
Obama mocks Perry, GOP audiences
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Obama raps Perry as gov ‘whose state is on fire’
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Jackie Calmes / The Caucus:
At Fund-Raisers, Obama Refers to Audiences at G.O.P. Debates
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Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
New gaffe: Obama confuses Jews with janitors — President Obama spoke to the Congressional Black Caucus awards banquet over the weekend. — Those folks will stick with him in 2012, of course. — But they've been somewhat miffed in recent months that the first post-partisan president …
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Mackenzie Weinger / The Politico:
Maxine Waters: Obama remarks ‘curious’ — Rep. Maxine Waters on Monday called President Barack Obama's comments to black Americans that they should stop complaining “a bit curious” and said she doesn't “know who he was talking to.” — The California Democrat told CBS's “Early Show” …
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Jamie Weinstein / The Daily Caller:
Obama gaffe: President says billionaires should pay ‘Jew’ tax rate
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Rick Perry / The Daily Beast:
Roger's Reality Show — First, Ailes dialed back the Tea Party talk. Now he's turning the GOP race into a political X-Factor—and steering the election agenda one more time. — It was part political spectacle, part American Idol, part YouTube extravaganza, a pure Roger Ailes production …
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Americans Express Historic Negativity Toward U.S. Government — Several long-term Gallup trends at or near historical lows — PRINCETON, NJ — A record-high 81% of Americans are dissatisfied with the way the country is being governed, adding to negativity that has been building over the past 10 years.
Chris Moody / Yahoo! News:
Cain nearly quit campaign before Florida straw poll, calls Obama a ‘liar’ — ORLANDO, Fla. — Not everyone needs to go to Disney World to have fun in central Florida. — After one of Herman Cain's strongest showings yet at a Republican presidential debate Thursday, and two days …
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Shutdown looms: Spotlight now on Senate after Boehner wrangled House GOP votes — With time running out, Congress returns Monday to try to pass a short-term funding measure to avert a government shutdown and avoid yet another market-rattling showdown over the federal budget.
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David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Democrats Fighting Funding Resolution To Stop a Dangerous Precedent
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Flood Victims Getting Fed Up With Congress
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Joseph Goldstein / New York Times:
Videos Show Police Using Pepper Spray at Protest on the Financial System — For a few moments on Saturday, the confrontations between the police and the protesters just south of Union Square in Manhattan seemed fairly typical. People pushed, the police shoved and arrests were made …
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Philosopher Artists / Davids Camera Craft:
Occupy Wall Street March Turns Violent
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Euro Zone Death Trip — Is it possible to be both terrified and bored? That's how I feel about the negotiations now under way over how to respond to Europe's economic crisis, and I suspect other observers share the sentiment. — On one side, Europe's situation is really, really scary …
Jim McElhatton / Washington Times:
California Democratic Party among Solyndra's creditors — Out of the hundreds of out-of-work employees, vendors, investors and other creditors in the bankruptcy of government-backed solar-panel maker Solyndra LLC, one name stands out: the California Democratic Party.
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Erik Eckholm / New York Times:
Companies Get Gay-Rights Heat Over Christian Donations — The culture war over gay rights has entered the impersonal world of e-commerce. — A handful of advocates, armed with nothing more than their keyboards, have put many of the country's largest retailers, including Apple, Microsoft …
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FIRE:
‘Firefly’ and Anti-Fascism Posters Get Professor Threatened with Criminal Charges on University of Wisconsin Campus — A professor has been censored twice, reported to the “threat assessment team,” and threatened with criminal charges because of satirical postings on his office door.
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Stephen M. Walt / Foreign Policy:
Mearsheimer responds to Goldberg's latest smear — Ever since John Mearsheimer and I began writing about the Israel lobby, some of our critics have leveled various personal charges against us. These attacks rarely addressed the substance of what we wrote — a tacit concession that both facts …
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Chuck Bennett / New York Post:
Cocaine ‘blow’ to economy — Here's another sign of the stalled economy — New Yorkers are ditching their coke habits. — Cocaine-related emergency-room admissions, overdoses and requests for rehab have declined since the economy started its 2008 decline, according to data obtained by The Post.
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CNN:
Paul Ryan: Popular by pushing the unpopular — Washington (CNN) — To hear Paul Ryan explain it, there's just one way to cope with becoming the Democrats' favorite man to hate: “I gave fear up for Lent this year,” Ryan told CNN during an extensive interview. — And he's not kidding.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Revenge of the Jews, or of the economy? — The American Jewish Committee's annual survey of its constituents (and this is American Jewish adults, not voters) is out today, and shows the sort of dramatic drop in support for Barack Obama that you've seen in a range of polls.
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