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12:25 PM ET, October 9, 2011

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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Could this time have been different?  —  (KEVIN LAMARQUE - REUTERS) Christina Romer had traveled to Chicago to perform an unpleasant task: she needed to scare her new boss.  David Axelrod, Barack Obama's top political adviser, had been very clear about that.
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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Financial crisis and stimulus: Could this time be different?  —  Christina Romer had been asked to scare her new boss.  It was six weeks after the 2008 election, and the incoming administration had gathered in Chicago.  David Axelrod, Barack Obama's top political adviser …
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Secret U.S. Memo Made Legal Case to Kill a Citizen  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration's secret legal memorandum that opened the door to the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born radical Muslim cleric hiding in Yemen, found that it would be lawful only if it were not feasible to take him alive …
Los Angeles Times:
Brown signs California Dream Act  —  The law grants illegal immigrants access to state aid at public universities and colleges.  It is one of 50 education-related bills weighed by the governor.  —  Reporting from Sacramento— Gov. Jerry Brown on Saturday granted illegal immigrants access …
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Perry's immigration problem  —  It's safe to say Rick Perry has given up his perch as the Republican presidential frontrunner.  In fact, the apparent collapse happened rather suddenly, with a debate in Florida marking the pivot point.  Almost immediately, the question in GOP circles went from …
Discussion: Booman Tribune and Washington Post
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Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:
In Iowa, Rick Perry's immigration problem grows
Richard A. Serrano / Los Angeles Times:
Fast and Furious weapons were found in Mexico cartel enforcer's home  —  Guns illegally purchased under the ATF operation were found in April hidden in violence-plagued Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, court records show.  —  Reporting from Washington— High-powered assault weapons illegally purchased under …
Charlie Grapski / Firedoglake:
American Spectator Editor Admits to Being Agent Provocateur at D.C. Museum  —  The following photograph taken by opednews.com shows a confrontation in the lobby of the National Air and Space Museum between two individuals and an officer shortly before video shows officers …
Sean Rayment / Telegraph:
200 suicide bombers ‘planning attacks in UK’  —  At least 200 potential terrorists are actively planning suicide attacks while living freely in Britain, intelligence chiefs have warned ministers.  —  Court artist's impression of Irfan Nasser, left, and Irfan Khalid, right, who were arrested over an alleged UK suicide bombing plot
Lindsey Boerma / CBS News:
Values Voter straw poll organizers suggest a fix in Ron Paul's win  —  Rep. Ron Paul scored a decisive victory Saturday in a mock presidential election at the Values Voter Summit, trouncing fellow Texan, Gov. Rick Perry, but an organizer of the straw poll suggested ballot-stuffing may have skewed the results.
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
What to do with a ‘top-tier’ candidate  —  Republican Herman Cain boasted the other day that he's a “top-tier” presidential candidate, and the rest of the GOP field is afraid “that this long shot may not be a long shot any longer.”  —  At a certain level, I suppose there's some truth to this.
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Depression: If Only Things Were That Good  —  David Leonhardt is The New York Times Washington bureau chief.  —  UNDERNEATH the misery of the Great Depression, the United States economy was quietly making enormous strides during the 1930s.  Television and nylon stockings were invented.
Brody Mullins / Washington Wire:
Santorum Lags in Fund-Raising  —  Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said his campaign raised less than $1 million during the three-month fund-raising period that ended Sept. 30, in the latest sign that his campaign is failing to catch fire with conservatives.
Discussion: MyFox New York
Gautham Nagesh / The Hill:
Cain: Racism doesn't hold blacks back  —  Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain argued that racism is not a professional barrier for African-Americans on CNN's State of the Union on Sunday.  —  His answer came in response to a question in which host Candy Crowley suggested that Cain …
Discussion: CNN
Jennifer Preston / New York Times:
Wall Street Protest Spurs Online Dialogue on Inequity  —  What began as a small group of protesters expressing their grievances about economic inequities last month from a park in New York City has evolved into an online conversation that is spreading across the country on social media platforms.
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Barbara Goldberg / Reuters:
New York's Bloomberg says protesters trying to destroy jobs
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Crooks and Liars
Daily Mail:
INSIDE MAN: IS PRESIDENT OBAMA SUPPORTING THE PROTESTERS?
 
 
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