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9:55 AM ET, October 4, 2011

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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Rick Perry slips, Herman Cain rises in bid for GOP nomination, poll finds  —  After a quick rise in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has experienced an almost equally dramatic decline, losing about half of his support over the past month, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
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Marc Caputo / St. Petersburg Times:
Fla poll: Romney 28%, Cain 24, Gingrich 10, Perry 9  —  Debates matter.  So did Florida's straw poll.  Just ask two guys: Herman Cain and Rick Perry.  —  Cain is now running in second place in Florida now that his support surged nearly 19 percentage points after last month's Republican Party …
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Mitt Romney's risky immigration play
Gary Langer / Politics:
Obama Seen as Underdog - but Against Whom?
Discussion: Hotline On Call and Big Government
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Romney says the name of Rick Perry's hunting camp is ‘offensive’
Andrew Ross Sorkin / DealBook:
On Wall Street, a Protest Matures  —  “I think a good deal of the bankers should be in jail.”  —  That is what Andrew Cole, an unemployed 24-year-old graduate of Bucknell University, told me Monday morning in Zuccotti Park, the epicenter of the Occupy Wall Street movement.
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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
'You're creating a vision of the sort of society you want to have in miniature.'  —  David Graeber is an anthropologist at Goldsmiths, University of London, and author of ‘Direct Action: An Ethnography.’ He was also one of the initial organizers of the ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protests.
The New York Observer:
Exclusive: Occupy Wall Street Activist Slams Fox News Producer In Un-Aired Interview [Video]  —  Even if Geraldo Rivera was at the Zuccotti Park yesterday, Fox News has generally been a tad dismissive of the Occupy Wall Street movement.  Foxnews.com (as of this writing) …
Lee Fang / ThinkProgress:
Top 5 Reasons Why The Occupy Wall Street Protests Embody Values Of The Real Boston Tea Party
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Judson Berger / Fox News:
Wall Street Protesters Brewing Tea Party of the Left? Not Yet, Strategists Say
Keach Hagey / The Politico:
ESPN yanks Hank Williams for comparing Obama to Hitler  —  Hank Williams Jr., the voice famous for asking millions of viewers if they're ready for some football, has been pulled from Monday's broadcast of “Monday Night Football” over a comment he made on Fox News this morning.
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ESPN:
ESPN pulls Williams from MNF opening  —  The Hank Williams Jr. song that has opened Monday Night Football for 20 years was not part of the opening of this week's Indianapolis-Tampa Bay game after Williams made controversial comments about President Barack Obama.
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Obama is Hitler: Hank Williams Jr. Impersonates a Tea Party Sign on Fox & Friends  —  Hank Williams Jr. joined the morning crew of Fox & Friends and meandered off the rails.  It even had the Ailes puppet crew freaking out, causing them to disavow his comments at the end of the segment.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
James Crugnale / Mediaite:
Hank Williams Jr. Likens Obama To Hitler In Uncomfortable Fox and Friends Interview
Discussion: msnbc.com, News Hounds and The Reaction
Nina Mandell / NY Daily News:
Hank Williams Jr. bounced from tonight's Monday Night Football opener after controversial comments
Josiah Ryan / The Hill:
Senate votes 79-19 to move bill punishing China on currency  —  The Senate voted Monday to advance legislation pressuring the Chinese government to stop undervaluing its currency, a practice most economists agree is giving the country an unfair trade advantage and is costing the U.S. jobs.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
White House kept Democratic senators hanging on the phone
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Betsy's Page
Jon Cohen / Washington Post:
Republicans expect to win in 2012
Discussion: Washington Wire
Washington Examiner:
‘Durbin fee’ will cost bank customers billions  —  U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) conducts a news conference in the Rock Island Country Market grocery store in Rock Island, Ill. on Sept. 30, 2011 to discuss reforms to the debit interchange system that will go into effect on Oct. 1, 2011.
Discussion: americanthinker.com
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Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Bank Of America Debit Card Fee Leads To Legislative Response
Campbell Robertson / New York Times:
After Ruling, Hispanics Flee an Alabama Town  —  ALBERTVILLE, Ala. — The vanishing began Wednesday night, the most frightened families packing up their cars as soon as they heard the news.  —  They left behind mobile homes, sold fully furnished for a thousand dollars or even less.
Wall Street Journal:
Fund-Raiser Offers Clues on Governor's Intentions  —  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who has kept the political world in suspense for weeks over his presidential intentions, told prominent California fund-raisers and donors as recently as last Wednesday he had no plans to seek the White House.
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Romney Can't Bring Himself To Condemn Jeering Of Gay Soldier  —  Mitt Romney couldn't bring himself to condemn the booing of a gay soldier serving in Iraq during an interview with the the editor and publisher of the Union Leader yesterday.  The former Massachusetts governor admitted that he heard …
Amy Harder / NationalJournal.com:
E-Mails Show Obama Was Warned; Bitter OMB, DOE Divide Over Solyndra  —  President Obama tours Solyndra's California headquarters in 2010 to tout investment in renewable energy.  New emails show the White House was warned before the visit about Solyndra's long-term viability …
Cath Elliott / Guardian:
Facebook is fine with hate speech, as long as it's directed at women  —  The social network's ‘jokes in the pub’ analogy, defending its decision not to take down pro-rape pages, is offensive  —  It doesn't matter how hard I study Facebook's terms and conditions, I still can't find the bit where it says …
Discussion: Pharyngula and Harry's Place
 
 
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Gretchen Morgenson / New York Times:
Fannie Mae Knew Early of Abuses, Report Says
uml.edu:
U.S. Senate Race Poll Data, Oct. 2, 2011
Discussion: WBUR, New York Times and Firedoglake
The Politico:
Lobbyists in on ‘super’ secrets
Anthony Watts / Watts Up With That?:
Hansen rakes it in  —  Disclosure Obtained by ATI Environmental …
Discussion: Swords Crossed and Pajamas Media
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Karl Smith / Modeled Behavior:
Investment  —  I get the sense that a lot of people believe …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and TheMoneyIllusion
Brian Bakst / Associated Press:
More aides leave Bachmann presidential campaign
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Is America Suffering from Rogue Leaders or Broken Institutions?
Discussion: Alas, a Blog
Neal Stephenson / World Policy Institute:
Innovation Starvation  —  My lifespan encompasses the era …
Discussion: The Other McCain
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
How Obama's tax hikes would really impact the rich, in three easy charts
Discussion: Political Mojo
Russell Goldman / ABCNEWS:
Obama Admits Americans No Better Off
 

 
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Ayodeji Rotinwa / Columbia Journalism Review:
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