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5:20 PM ET, September 28, 2011

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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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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Waiting on Christie  —  Jonathan Martin writes that Rick Perry's …
Discussion: The Politico
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 …
Bloomberg:   Solyndra's $733M Plant Had Robots, Spa Showers
Sean Higgins / Investor's Business Daily:
DOE Mulls Green Energy Loans At $23 Million Per Job
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 …
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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Robert Costa / National Review:
Christie's Father: ‘I Think He Would Beat Obama’  —  Trenton, N.J. — Bill Christie, Gov. Chris Christie's father, tells National Review Online that his son will make the final decision about a presidential bid.  But as the governor mulls, he can count his father as one of many Republicans …
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
The Heresies of Chris Christie
Kevinliptak / CNN:
TRENDING: Cain: Black community ‘brainwashed’ into voting for Dems
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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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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’
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  —  In the current racial circus, the president of the United States, in addressing an assembly of upscale black professionals and political leaders, adopts the style of a Southern Baptist preacher of the 1960s.  He alters his cadences and delivery to both berate and gin …
Stephanie Cutter / White House.gov Blog:
Obama Administration Asks Supreme Court to Hear Health Care Lawsuit  —  Tens of millions of Americans are benefiting from the Affordable Care Act, including the parents of children with preexisting conditions, women getting mammograms with no out-of-pocket cost, seniors saving hundreds …
Discussion: The 1600 Report and msnbc.com
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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.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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 …
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 …
Lee Ferran / ABCNEWS:
Al Qaeda to Iran: Stop Spreading 9/11 Conspiracy Theory  —  The terror group al Qaeda has found itself curiously in agreement with the “Great Satan” — which it calls the U.S. — in issuing a stern message to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: stop spreading 9/11 conspiracy theories.
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Saeed Kamali Dehghan / Guardian:   Al-Qaida calls on Ahmadinejad to end 9/11 conspiracy theories
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.
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.
CNN:
CNN Poll: Democrats and Republicans don't see eye-to-eye over Palestinian statehood  —  Washington (CNN) - Most Americans don't think that the Palestinians should be allowed to become full members of the United Nations, according to a new national survey.  And the CNN/ORC International Poll …
Discussion: The Politico and Hot Air
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Bloomberg:
Amazon Unveils $199 Kindle Fire Tablet, Targeting IPad  —  Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN), the world's largest online retailer, unveiled its Kindle Fire tablet computer, taking aim at Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s bestselling iPad with a device that's smaller and less than half the price.
Mackenzie Weinger / The Politico:
Judge OKs key parts of Alabama immigration law  —  A federal judge gave a green light for Alabama to enforce some of the most controversial parts of its toughest-in-the-nation immigration law, ruling that certain measures do not violate federal law.  —  U.S. District Judge Sharon Blackburn ruled …
Discussion: CNN and Weasel Zippers
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 …
Discussion: Business Insider
 
 
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Julie Mason / The Politico:
Obama tells Hispanic roundtable he can't fix immigration alone
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Alexander Bolton / Healthwatch:
Sens. Lieberman, Coburn press for big supercommittee cuts to Medicare
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Sean Cockerham / Anchorage Daily News:
Young wants to roll back all regulations since '91
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The Permanent Candidate  —  What's Driving Rick Perry?
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Ryan pitches voucher plan to replace Obama healthcare reforms
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