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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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Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
David Brooks / New York Times:
In Defense of Romney — Over the past several months …
In Defense of Romney — Over the past several months …
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Taegan Goddard's … and Politics
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 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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Lee Fang / ThinkProgress:
Top 5 Reasons Why The Occupy Wall Street Protests Embody Values Of The Real Boston Tea Party — 2011: Demonstrators stage civil disobedience protests against corporate control of America. 1773: Protester boards an East India Trading Company ship, dumps tea.
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Prairie Weather
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
'You're creating a vision of the sort of society you want to have in miniature.'
'You're creating a vision of the sort of society you want to have in miniature.'
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Guardian, normblog, Gawker, The Huffington Post, Addicting Info, 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
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, City Room, New York Magazine, New York Post, ACS Blog, The Democratic Daily and msnbc.com
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, Guardian, The BRAD BLOG, Mediaite, ThinkProgress, News Hounds, ANIMAL, Washington Monthly, The Raw Story, Crooks and Liars, PolitickerNY and Towleroad News #gay
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
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’
ESPN drops Hank Williams Jr. from ‘Monday Night Football’
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Politics, TMZ.com, Campaign 2012, 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
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
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.
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke / Board of Governors …:
Testimony — Economic Outlook and Recent Monetary Policy Actions — Before the Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress, Washington, D.C. — Chairman Casey, Vice Chairman Brady, and other members of the Committee, I appreciate this opportunity to discuss the economic outlook and recent monetary policy actions.
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msnbc.com, 24/7 Wall St. and Guardian
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
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US Politics, Money & Company and Hot Air
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
Robert Costa / National Review:
Sources: Christie's Out — Trenton, N.J. - New Jersey Republicans tell National Review Online that Gov. Chris Christie will not run for president. The governor, they predict, will make this clear at a press conference this afternoon. Per his schedule, he'll meet with reporters at 1 p.m. outside his office.
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New Jersey Online, Outside the Beltway, GOP 12, Taegan Goddard's … and Moe Lane
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 …
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 …
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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
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Bloomberg Whiffs, Part 1 — Last Friday, I wrote about a Bloomberg Markets story on Koch Industries which at that time was still in preparation. According to multiple reports, the story was expected to focus on claims that a European Koch subsidiary had business transactions in Iran …
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OpenSecrets.org, Outside the Beltway, DeSmogBlog, Informed Comment and DownWithTyranny!