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10:45 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
David Brooks / New York Times:
In Defense of Romney  —  Over the past several months …
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's … and Politics
Gary Langer / Politics:
Obama Seen as Underdog - but Against Whom?
Discussion: Hotline On Call and Big Government
Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
GOP's Christie announcement could come any day
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.
Discussion: Prairie Weather
The New York Observer:
Exclusive: Occupy Wall Street Activist Slams Fox News Producer In Un-Aired Interview [Video]
Judson Berger / Fox News:
Wall Street Protesters Brewing Tea Party of the Left? Not Yet, Strategists Say
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Obama is Hitler: Hank Williams Jr. Impersonates a Tea Party Sign on Fox & Friends
Discussion: Hullabaloo
James Crugnale / Mediaite:
Hank Williams Jr. Likens Obama To Hitler In Uncomfortable Fox and Friends Interview
Discussion: msnbc.com and The Reaction
2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012  —  Hank Williams Jr. Booted From ESPN Over Obama/Hitler Comparison
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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Washington Examiner:   York: Clinton polishes image at Obama's expense
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
White House kept Democratic senators hanging on the phone
Discussion: 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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Jackie Calmes / The Caucus:   Obama Says He's the Underdog in 2012
ABCNEWS:
Transcript: George Stephanopoulos' ABC News / Yahoo! News Exclusive Interview With President Obama
Discussion: Erick's blog
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.
Discussion: 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.
Discussion: americanthinker.com
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Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Bank Of America Debit Card Fee Leads To Legislative Response
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 …
Discussion: 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.
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 …
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.
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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Gretchen Morgenson / New York Times:
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U.S. Senate Race Poll Data, Oct. 2, 2011
Discussion: WBUR, New York Times and Firedoglake
The Politico:
Lobbyists in on ‘super’ secrets
 Earlier Items: 
Brian Bakst / Associated Press:
More aides leave Bachmann presidential campaign
Neal Stephenson / World Policy Institute:
Innovation Starvation  —  My lifespan encompasses the era …
Discussion: The Other McCain
Adam Serwer / Mother Jones:
Faced With Perry's “Niggerhead” Controversy, Conservatives Slam...Herman Cain
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
National World, one of the UK's biggest newspaper groups, gets a £56.2M buyout offer from shareholder Media Concierge, a 40% premium to its Nov. 21 stock price

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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