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Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
‘Niggerhead’ — Ok, then: … In all seriousness, I think this says very little about Rick Perry, and a lot more about the country he seeks to govern. A few choice quotes: … And from the Times: … Surely there are people, in both stories, who find the name offensive.
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Rick Perry / Washington Post:
At Rick Perry's Texas hunting spot, camp's old racially charged name lingered — The rock was about five feet across and three feet tall, smooth and relatively flat, the word in block letters stretching across its surface, said the former worker from the Hendrick ranch …
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Michelle Malkin:
Rick Perry and the Macaca Media — I'm sure you all saw what the Washington Post did this weekend. — The newspaper tried to macaca Rick Perry. — The frenzy is over a now-overturned stone on a secluded property — “associated” with Perry through his father, partners or his signature on a lease …
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Emily Ramshaw / The Texas Tribune:
Perry Critics Defend Him In Racist Camp Name Furor
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Richard A. Oppel Jr / New York Times:
Perry's Link to N-Word Place Name Puts Campaign on Defensive
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Andrew Breitbart / Big Government:
Shock Photos: Candidate Obama Appeared And Marched With New Black Panther Party in 2007 — New photographs obtained exclusively by BigGovernment.com reveal that Barack Obama appeared and marched with members of the New Black Panther Party as he campaigned for president in Selma, Alabama in March 2007.
NY Daily News:
TWU blasts city for putting handcuffed Occupy Wall Street protesters on buses — The Transport Workers Union will go to court Monday to try to stop the city from forcing bus drivers to transport Wall Street protesters arrested by the NYPD, the Daily News has learned.
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The New York Observer:
Exclusive: Occupy Wall Street Activist Slams Fox News Producer In Un-Aired Interview [Video]
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Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
The Cost Of A Demobilized Left
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Russell Goldman / ABCNEWS:
President Obama Calls Himself ‘Underdog’ in 2012 Race for White House — George Stephanopoulos of ABC News interviews President Barack Obama live on ABCNews.com and Yahoo! today at 2:35 EST. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) — Calling himself an “underdog,” President Obama today …
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
Rep. Cantor rejects Obama, says president's jobs package is dead
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Bob Inglis / Bloomberg:
Conservative Means Standing With Science on Climate: Bob Inglis — Oct. 3 (Bloomberg) — Normally, the country can count on conservatives to deal in facts. We base policies on science, not sentiment, we insist on people being accountable for their actions, and we maintain that markets, not mandates, are the path to prosperity.
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Mort Zuckerman / Financial Times:
Why business despairs of Obama — Take a deep breath. The industrialised world, America included, seems stuck in one of those horror movies, where the monster, thought to be slain, morphs into something even more scary. The fear is that a double-dip, or worse, is now upon us.
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Kevinliptak / CNN:
South Carolina to hold primary on January 21 — Washington (CNN) - South Carolina's Republican presidential primary will be held on Jan. 21 of next year, two GOP sources tell CNN. — South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Chad Connelly will formally announce the date later this morning.
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Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:
GOP primary chaos continues as South Carolina reschedules
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Fran Tarkenton / Wall Street Journal:
What if the NFL Played by Teachers' Rules? — Imagine a league where players who make it through three seasons could never be cut from the roster. — Imagine the National Football League in an alternate reality. Each player's salary is based on how long he's been in the league.
Gary Langer / Politics:
Majority Expects Obama to Lose Re-Election — A majority of Americans expect Barack Obama to be a one-term president, an assessment on which, in past elections, the public more often has been right than wrong. — Just 37 percent in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll say they expect Obama …
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Joe Battenfeld / Boston Herald:
Warren, Brown in dead heat: UMass Lowell/Herald poll — Joe K, Deval would do better — Democrat Elizabeth Warren's meteoric ascent in Massachusetts politics has landed her in a virtual dead heat with Republican U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, while two Democrats who passed on the race …
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Washington Examiner:
Thank Wal-Mart for your new bank card fee — When Bank of America announced last week that it would charge $5 a month to customers who make purchases with their debit card, customers railed against the bank. — Many conservatives and libertarians said the anger should be aimed at Congress …
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
It's between Christie and his wife — I've been avoiding doing a tick-tock of “will-he-or-won't-he” on Chris Christie's deliberations this weekend, and his camp has stayed off the grid. Christie himself has also stayed mum, and he has no media availability tomorrow.
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Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
STATE FOR SALE … - POLITICS - PROFILES - THE TALK OF THE TOWN - COMMENT - TABLE OF CONTENTS - THE FINANCIAL PAGE - NEWS DESK - THE POLITICAL SCENE
New York Times:
A U.S.-Backed Geothermal Plant Struggles — WASHINGTON — In a remote desert spot in northern Nevada, there is a geothermal plant run by a politically connected clean energy start-up that has relied heavily on an Obama administration loan guarantee and is now facing financial turmoil.
Democracy Now:
PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY OCT. 3, 1PM: Amy Goodman Announces Major Settlement in Federal Lawsuit Over Arrests at 2008 GOP Convention in Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan — MEDIA ADVISORY — Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman Announces Major Settlement in Federal Lawsuit
Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress:
VIDEO: Reagan Called For An End To ‘Crazy’ Tax Loopholes That Let Millionaires Pay Less Than Bus Drivers — When President Obama released his plan for “the Buffett rule,” which involves closing tax loopholes and ensuring that millionaires pay their fair share in taxes, he explained that …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
West Virginia too close to call — The race for Governor of West Virginia is looking more and more like a toss up, with Democrat Earl Ray Tomblin now leading Republican Bill Maloney only 47-46. Tomblin's lead was 46-40 on a poll conducted at the beginning of September and he had led …
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