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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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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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Chris Christie not running for president in 2012, source says — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has decided not to run for president in 2012, according to a source informed of his thinking. — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks during the Perspectives on Leadership Forum …
Jonathan Karl / Politics:
Chris Christie Not Running for President — Matthew Staver/Bloomberg via Getty Images — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will not run for president, according to a source with direct knowledge of the governor's thinking. — By deciding not to run, Christie is refusing the pleas …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
In Defense of Romney — Over the past several months, Mitt Romney has been an excellent presidential candidate. He has performed superbly in the debates. He has outorganized his rivals. He has relentlessly stayed on his core theme of putting Americans back to work.
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Christie Won't Run for President, Associates Say — 11:36 a.m. | Updated Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey has decided not to seek the presidency, according to two associates. — Mr. Christie is scheduled to announce his decision at a news conference in the state capital at 1 p.m …
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Rick Perry / Washington Post:
Rick Perry slips, Herman Cain rises in bid for GOP nomination, poll finds — The falloff for Perry against other announced candidates has been particularly steep among those aligned with the tea party movement. In early September, Perry had a 3-to-1 advantage over any other candidate among those …
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Gary Langer / Politics:
Obama Seen as Underdog - but Against Whom?
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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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Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Starvation And Humiliation: A Transgender Protester's Account Of Mistreatment By The NYPD — Justin Adkins at an Occupy Wall Street Protest — Justin Adkins found out the hard way that the New York Police Department does not have a protocol for how to treat transgender people when they are arrested.
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Lee Fang / ThinkProgress:
Top 5 Reasons Why The Occupy Wall Street Protests Embody Values Of The Real Boston Tea Party
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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
'You're creating a vision of the sort of society you want to have in miniature.'
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Judson Berger / Fox News:
Wall Street Protesters Brewing Tea Party of the Left? Not Yet, Strategists Say
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
White House kept Democratic senators hanging on the phone — President Obama's relations with Senate Democratic leaders are deteriorating along with his poll numbers. — With Obama's approval ratings at record lows and the 2012 electoral map favoring Senate Republicans …
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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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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.
Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Poll: Most want taxes on millionaires increased — CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto — Most Americans believe that taxes on millionaires should be increased in order to reduce the deficit, according to a new CBS News poll.
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Matthew Balan / NewsBusters.org blogs:
George Lopez: Cain ‘Darker Than Obama, But Whiter On The Inside’ — On Monday's “Fox and Friends,” liberal comedian George Lopez all but threw the “Oreo” racial slur at Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain: “The Republicans do know that he's darker than Barack Obama...but whiter on the inside.”
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Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
The Racial Resentment Checklist — As I said when initially discussing Rick Perry's time vacationing at Niggerhead Ranch, the important context here is that there is no racism in America. Or if there is, it certainly has nothing to do with white people. And certainly not with conservative white people.
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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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Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Bank Of America Debit Card Fee Leads To Legislative Response
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Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Documents show Holder was informed of Fast and Furious operation in 2010 — Attorney General Eric Holder was issued multiple memos from senior Justice Department officials about a controversial gun-tracking operation months before he said he first became aware it, according to documents.
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
John Boehner's Anti-Gay Lawyer Gets A Million-Dollar Bump At Taxpayer Expense — Earlier this year, Speaker John Boehner's (R) office announced that American taxpayers would pay former Bush Solicitor General Paul Clement to defend the unconstitutional Defense of Marriage Act — at a cost of $520 per hour of legal work.
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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 …
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Mitt Romney's risky immigration play — Mitt Romney has finally found a groove on the right. But he could find himself stuck there if he wins the GOP nomination. — With Romney's recent move to wield the immigration issue as a club against Rick Perry — painting him as “soft” …
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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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