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6:55 PM ET, September 28, 2011

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Rick Perry to Newsmax: I Regret ‘Heartless’ Comment on Immigration — More ways to share... Mixx — Stumbled — LinkedIn — Vine — Buzzflash — Newstrust — Technocrati — Forward Article — Presidential candidate Rick Perry on Wednesday apologized for saying …

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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:

Defiant Team Perry's plan: Hit harder — Rick Perry's widely panned debate performances? Just a hiccup. Any major changes in debate prep? None planned. His unexpected and deflating Florida straw poll loss last weekend? Not a big deal. — Even as some of his supporters grow anxious …

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Matt Lewis / The Daily Caller:
Jonathan Martin's post today on how Rick Perry's campaign has …

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Kevinliptak / CNN:

TRENDING: Cain: Black community ‘brainwashed’ into voting for Dems — Washington (CNN) - The one African-American running for the GOP presidential nomination said Wednesday the black community was ‘brainwashed’ for traditionally siding with liberal politicians.

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Robert Costa / National Review:
Christie's Father: ‘I Think He Would Beat Obama’

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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
The Heresies of Chris Christie

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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog: Waiting on Christie — Jonathan Martin writes that Rick Perry's …

Deborah Solomon / Wall Street Journal:

Solyndra Said to Have Violated Terms of Its U.S. Loan — Solyndra LLC had such steep financial problems in late 2010 that the company violated terms of its loan-guarantee agreement with the Department of Energy and technically defaulted on its $535 million loan, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Andrew Restuccia / The Hill:

Energy Department approves $1 billion in solar loan guarantees — The Energy Department announced Wednesday that is has finalized more than $1 billion in loan guarantees for two separate solar projects. — The decision comes several weeks after Solyndra, a California-based solar manufacturer …

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Bloomberg: Solyndra's $733M Plant Had Robots, Spa Showers

Adam Liptak / New York Times:

Justice Dept. Asks Supreme Court for Health Care Ruling — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to hear a case concerning the 2010 health care overhaul law. The development came unexpectedly fast and makes it all but certain that the court will soon agree …

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Stephanie Cutter / White House.gov Blog:
Obama Administration Asks Supreme Court to Hear Health Care Lawsuit

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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate Magazine:
The Supreme Court is less interested in ruling on Obama's health care law than you think.

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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:

What's behind the scorn for the Wall Street protests? — It's unsurprising that establishment media outlets have been condescending, dismissive and scornful of the ongoing protests on Wall Street. Any entity that declares itself an adversary of prevailing institutional power is going to be viewed …

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Cindy Adams / New York Post:

Obama's top ‘fat cat’ strays — JP Morgan honcho Jamie Dimon, once a “fat cat” ally of President Obama, seems to have strayed to Republican contender Mitt Romney. — Dimon, a lifelong Democrat who was rumored to be on Obama's short list for treasury secretary before he settled on Tim Geithner …

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Peter Hamby / CNN:

First on CNN: Florida will likely hold Jan. primary, threatening presidential calendar — Washington (CNN) — Florida is now expected to hold its presidential primary on the last day in January 2012, a move likely to throw the carefully arranged Republican nominating calendar into disarray …

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Ali A. Akbar / Tea Party Brew:

A Tea Party Invitation to Morgan Freeman — My name is Ali Akbar. I'm a 26 year-old African-American small business owner and a tea party activist. I'm not writing to rake you over the coals in the way that many conservatives have done in the last 48 hours.

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Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
Obama's Racial Crisis

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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:

Romney up in Florida — Rick Perry's led the Republican field in every Southern state that we've polled since he entered the Presidential race...until now. Mitt Romney continues to lead the way in Florida with 30% to 24% for Perry, 10% for Gingrich, 8% for Ron Paul, 7% for Herman Cain …

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Quinnipiac University:
Romney-Perry See-Saw Among Ohio Republicans, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Both Running Neck And Neck With Obama

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Jordy Yager / The Hill:

Man arrested in ‘step-by-step’ plot to blow up Capitol, Pentagon — The FBI arrested and charged a man Wednesday for allegedly plotting to blow up the Capitol and the Pentagon. — The 26-year-old Massachusetts man, Rezwan Ferdaus, was arrested as part of an FBI sting operation …

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Christian Heinze / GOP 12:

Palin sends more mixed signals — Sarah Palin, as often, sent ambivalent signals in her interview on Fox News last night. — The clip that everyone is buzzing about last night and this morning as a sign that she's leaning against a run: … I say “ambivalent signals” because …

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Fox News:
Palin: GOP Infighting Playing Into ‘Liberal Handbook,’ Problem Is Obama's ‘Socialist-Leaning Failed Policies’

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Sheila Marikar / Politics:
Sarah Palin: ‘Is a Title and Campaign Too Shackle-y?’

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Saeed Kamali Dehghan / Guardian:

Al-Qaida calls on Ahmadinejad to end 9/11 conspiracy theories — Terrorist organisation's magazine reportedly says it is ‘ridiculous’ for Iran's president to blame the attacks on the US government — Al-Qaida has sent a message to the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad …

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Lee Ferran / ABCNEWS:
Al Qaeda to Iran: Stop Spreading 9/11 Conspiracy Theory

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Noah Bierman / Boston Globe:

Setti Warren said to be quitting US Senate race — Newton mayor Setti Warren, whose US Senate campaign has been short on cash and eclipsed by the emergence of Elizabeth Warren, plans to announce tomorrow that he is dropping out, according to an early supporter who received a phone call this afternoon.

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Ballot Box:
Liberal darlings Warren, Baldwin set up joint fundraising group

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Joseph Goldstein / City Room:

Police Dept. to Examine Pepper-Spray Episode — Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said on Wednesday that the Internal Affairs Bureau “will look” into the decision of a high-ranking officer to use pepper spray on a number of female protesters at an Occupy Wall Street demonstration on Saturday.

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Charlie GrapskiFollow / Daily Kos:
Bologna's Second Attack with Pepper Spray

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Timothy R. Homan / Bloomberg:

Obama Jobs Plan May Prevent 2012 Recession — President Barack Obama's $447 billion jobs plan would help avoid a return to recession by maintaining growth and pushing down the unemployment rate next year, according to economists surveyed by Bloomberg News. — The legislation …

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Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:

New audio: NC governor struck serious tone on suspending congressional elections — If it was a joke, North Carolina Democratic Governor Bev Perdue needs to polish her delivery. — Newly released audio contradicts the claims of Perdue's press team that her call Tuesday for suspending Congressional election was a joke or hyperbole.

Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:

Rights Collide as Town Clerk Sidesteps Role in Gay Marriages — LEDYARD, N.Y. — Rose Marie Belforti is a 57-year-old cheese maker, the elected town clerk in this sprawling Finger Lakes farming community and a self-described Bible-believing Christian. She believes that God has condemned homosexuality …

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Nicholas Kulish / New York Times:

As Scorn for Vote Grows, Protests Surge Around Globe — MADRID — Hundreds of thousands of disillusioned Indians cheer a rural activist on a hunger strike. Israel reels before the largest street demonstrations in its history. Enraged young people in Spain and Greece take over public squares across their countries.

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Alexander Bolton / Healthwatch:

Sens. Lieberman, Coburn press for big supercommittee cuts to Medicare — Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) are pressing the deficit-reduction supercommittee to consider their proposal to cut more than $500 billion in Medicare spending over 10 years.

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