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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
Mitt Romney's risky immigration play
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New York Times and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
Gary Langer / Politics:
Obama Seen as Underdog - but Against Whom?
Obama Seen as Underdog - but Against Whom?
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Hotline On Call and Big Government
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Romney says the name of Rick Perry's hunting camp is ‘offensive’
Romney says the name of Rick Perry's hunting camp is ‘offensive’
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Washington Post, Erick's blog, Taylor Marsh, Riehl World View and Weasel Zippers
Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
GOP's Christie announcement could come any day
GOP's Christie announcement could come any day
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Bloomberg, Iowa Caucuses, Politics and Washington Wire
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.
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normblog, Gawker, The Huffington Post, Guardian, Hit & Run, The Politico, RedState and Newshoggers.com
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
White House on Occupy Wall Street: ‘We understand’
White House on Occupy Wall Street: ‘We understand’
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ThinkProgress, Associated Press, Democracy in America, Connecting.the.Dots, The Hill, Weasel Zippers and The Daily Dish
The New York Observer:
Exclusive: Occupy Wall Street Activist Slams Fox News Producer In Un-Aired Interview [Video]
Exclusive: Occupy Wall Street Activist Slams Fox News Producer In Un-Aired Interview [Video]
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TPM LiveWire, Gawker, Wonkette, The BRAD BLOG, Mediaite, ThinkProgress, Guardian, News Hounds, ANIMAL, Washington Monthly, The Raw Story, Crooks and Liars, PolitickerNY and Towleroad News #gay
New York Times:
Anti-Wall Street Protests Spreading to Cities Large and Small
Anti-Wall Street Protests Spreading to Cities Large and Small
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Wall Street Journal, New York Post, City Room, New York Magazine, ACS Blog, The Democratic Daily and msnbc.com
Lee Fang / ThinkProgress:
Top 5 Reasons Why The Occupy Wall Street Protests Embody Values Of The Real Boston Tea Party
Top 5 Reasons Why The Occupy Wall Street Protests Embody Values Of The Real Boston Tea Party
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Prairie Weather
Judson Berger / Fox News:
Wall Street Protesters Brewing Tea Party of the Left? Not Yet, Strategists Say
Wall Street Protesters Brewing Tea Party of the Left? Not Yet, Strategists Say
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ThinkProgress and The Huffington Post
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
The Cost Of A Demobilized Left
The Cost Of A Demobilized Left
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Corrente, The Crawdad Hole, Balloon Juice, Ben Smith's Blog and Eschaton
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.
Michael Hiestand / USA Today:
ESPN drops Hank Williams Jr. from ‘Monday Night Football’ — After ESPN dropped Hank Williams Jr. from opening Monday Night Football tonight after Williams' controversial comments Monday about President Obama, the singer now says he was “misunderstood.” — Says ESPN, in a statement …
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TMZ.com, Campaign 2012, Politics, News Hounds, americanthinker.com, Hot Air, Washington Post and RealClearPolitics Video Log
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Obama is Hitler: Hank Williams Jr. Impersonates a Tea Party Sign on Fox & Friends
Obama is Hitler: Hank Williams Jr. Impersonates a Tea Party Sign on Fox & Friends
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Hullabaloo
James Crugnale / Mediaite:
Hank Williams Jr. Likens Obama To Hitler In Uncomfortable Fox and Friends Interview
Hank Williams Jr. Likens Obama To Hitler In Uncomfortable Fox and Friends Interview
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msnbc.com and The Reaction
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.
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New York Magazine, msnbc.com, NY Daily News, Talking Points Memo and The Lonely Conservative
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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.
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.
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americanthinker.com
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Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Bank Of America Debit Card Fee Leads To Legislative Response
Bank Of America Debit Card Fee Leads To Legislative Response
Discussion:
US Politics, Money & Company and Hot Air
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
White House kept Democratic senators hanging on the phone
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Weasel Zippers and Betsy's Page
Cath Elliott / Guardian:
Facebook is fine with hate speech, as long as it's directed at women | Cath Elliott — 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 …
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Pharyngula and Harry's Place
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 …
Discussion:
The Politico, Politics and Towleroad News #gay
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Wonkbook: The jobs bill is dead — It's not much of a surprise, I guess. The American Jobs Act never had a particularly good chance of passing the House. But as of yesterday, it's officially dead. Majority Leader Eric Cantor isn't even pretending the two sides will work something out.
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New York Times, TPMDC, NationalJournal.com and The Enterprise Blog
Paul Waldman / TAPPED:
Stupid Answers to Stupid Questions — Appearing on Fox News Sunday yesterday, Herman Cain had this exchange with host Chris Wallace about Cain's “9-9-9” tax plan, which involves a 9 percent income tax, a 9 percent sales tax, and a 9 percent corporate tax: … I don't know who's being dumber here.
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Washington Monthly