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5:30 PM ET, October 4, 2011

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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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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.
The Caucus:
‘Now Is Not My Time’ to Run, Christie Says  —  Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey announced on Tuesday that he had decided not to seek the presidency.  —  1:30 p.m. |  Updated Saying “now is not my time,” Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey announced on Tuesday that he would not seek the Republican nomination for the presidency.
Ginger Gibson / New Jersey Online:
Gov. Chris Christie will not run for president  —  TRENTON — He's not running, and he says he means it this time.  —  At a jammed Statehouse news conference, Gov. Chris Christie announced today that he would not seek the Republican nomination for president in 2012.
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Cainmentum  —  Is the new Republican frontrunner Herman Cain?  Maybe for this week anyway.  PPP polled Republican primary voters in three pretty different states over the weekend- North Carolina, Nebraska, and West Virginia- and found Cain leading the way in each of them as Newt Gingrich surged …
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.
Washington Post:
Chris Christie not running for president in 2012, source says
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Chris Christie won't run for president: Now what?
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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Courtney Gross / NY1.com:
Union Workers, Politicians Voice Support For “Occupy Wall Street” Protesters Following Arrests
Amanda Knox / The Daily Beast:
Money Dispute May End ‘Simpsons’  —  A money dispute between Fox and the actors who voice the characters on The Simpsons may force the long-running hit series to shut down next spring.  Lloyd Grove reports exclusively.  —  As Homer Simpson would put it, “D'oh!”
Josiah Ryan / The Hill:
Reid blocks attempt by McConnell to vote on president's jobs bill  —  In a lively spat on the Senate floor Tuesday, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) attempted call up President Obama's jobs plan for an immediate vote in the upper chamber.  —  However, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid …
Discussion: TPMDC and Weasel Zippers
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Obama administration kept Democratic senators hanging on the phone
Discussion: CNN, Weasel Zippers and Betsy's Page
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
In Texas remarks, Obama targets Cantor
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Herman Cain: ‘Show Me The Science’ That Being Gay Is Not A Choice  —  The ladies of The View today challenged newly crowned Republican presidential front-runner Herman Cain on his beliefs about homosexuality.  He confirmed that he would bring back Don't Ask, Don't Tell, and “Yes,” he believes being gay is a choice.
Fox News:
House Republicans Request Special Counsel to Probe Holder on ‘Fast and Furious’  —  EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans are calling for a special counsel to determine whether Attorney General Holder perjured himself during his testimony to the House Judiciary Committee on Operation Fast and Furious, Fox News has learned.
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Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Documents show Holder was informed of Fast and Furious operation in 2010
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.
Discussion: al.com topics and Gawker
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Mj Lee / The Politico:
Fearful Hispanic students skip class
Discussion: ANIMAL
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Warren Buffett says he will release his tax return if Rupert Murdoch does  —  The billionaire investor Warren Buffett said Tuesday that he would release his tax returns if NewsCorp chairman Rupert Murdoch does.  —  Buffett's finances became a political target after President Obama made the …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Carnage in Murdoch Primary
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Sarah Palin-affiliated law firm made early-state deadline inquiries  —  Ken Vogel and I both have sources telling us that calls were made on behalf of a mystery candidate to various early states to determine presidential filing deadlines.  —  The calls were made by representatives …
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
GOP Rep. Wolf rips Norquist, tax pledge  —  Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) on Tuesday ripped the Grover Norquist tax pledge and the tax activist himself.  —  Wolf criticized Norquist's pledge, which most Republicans have taken in promising to not raise taxes, and said Norquist had used it to advance …
Discussion: ThinkProgress
ProPublica:
Secret Docs Show Foreclosure Watchdog Doesn't Bark or Bite  —  Why has the administration's flagship foreclosure prevention program been so ineffective in helping struggling homeowners get loan modifications and stay in their homes?  One reason: The government's supervision of the program has apparently ranged from nonexistent to weak.
Yuki Noguchi / NPR:
After Solyndra, Other Energy Loans Draw Scrutiny … New revelations continue to surface about the Obama administration's handling of half a billion dollars in federal loan guarantees to the now-bankrupt solar company Solyndra.  —  On Monday, Democrats released a memo that showed …
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Rep. Stearns: US 'can't compete with China' on green energy programs
Discussion: Daily Kos
Will Ripley / KUSA-TV:
Pizza delivery guy calls cops on customer who smoked marijuana  —  AURORA - A man says he got much more than a large pizza when he called Papa John's for delivery - he got a visit from Aurora Police.  —  Officers performed a child welfare check and left without filing any charges.
Discussion: TalkLeft
Tim Mak / The Politico:
Iran hangs up on U.S. hotline  —  Iran has rejected a plan proposed by senior Obama administration officials to establish a military hotline between Washington and Tehran, reports The Wall Street Journal.  —  The military-to-military hot line would have allowed for open lines of communications …
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Jay Solomon / Wall Street Journal:
Iran Rejects Proposed U.S. Military Hot Line
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Perry's weird science  —  With the launch of Rick Perry's campaign came Sasha Issenberg's ebook casting Perry's political team as unusually analytical and data driven, in league with “egghead” social scientists who had reached new conclusions about campaigns.
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
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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Marc Caputo / Naked Politics:
Rick Perry, Jon Huntsman, Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney to boycott Univision debate over Rubio report
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Peter Whoriskey / Washington Post:
Cozy relationships and ‘peer benchmarking’ send CEOs' pay soaring
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American Enterprise Institute:
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America Loses: Corporations That Take “Tax Holidays” Slash Jobs
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Dem Rep. Costello to retire, giving GOP opening for his seat
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Wall Street Journal:
The Definition of Insanity
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
John Boehner's Anti-Gay Lawyer Gets A Million-Dollar Bump At Taxpayer Expense
Discussion: Daily Kos and New York Times
Tyler Cowen / Marginal Revolution:
Why I do not like the IS-LM model
Bruce Bartlett / Economix:
Misrepresentations, Regulations and Jobs
Cath Elliott / Guardian:
Facebook is fine with hate speech, as long as it's directed at women | Cath Elliott
Discussion: Pharyngula and Harry's Place
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Bloomberg:
A look at the challenges facing Crunchyroll, as current and ex-staffers say its management is out of touch, amid Disney and Netflix's expansion into anime

Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager
 
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