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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Cain Surges, Nearly Ties Romney for Lead in GOP Preferences — Romney and Cain closely matched near 20%, with Perry at 15% — PRINCETON, NJ — Republicans' support for Herman Cain has surged to 18%, their support for Rick Perry has sagged to 15%, and their support for Mitt Romney remains relatively stable at 20%.
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Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
Can Herman Cain Keep Up? (The Note) — HANOVER, N.H. — Oh, Herman, we hardly know you. — That's about to change starting with tonight's presidential debate in New Hampshire where the bright light of scrutiny will be focused on a surging Herman Cain. Within the last day the former …
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First Read / msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Do-or-die time for Perry — Do-or-die time for Perry at tonight's GOP debate, which takes place at 8:00 pm ET in NH... New NBC News-Marist polls show Romney leading in Iowa (barely) and in New Hampshire (by a wide margin)... The polls also find that Obama is struggling in both states …
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Jamelle Bouie / TAPPED:
Rick Perry Still Has a Chance
Rick Perry Still Has a Chance
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Mark Murray / msnbc.com:
Romney leads in Iowa and New Hampshire
Romney leads in Iowa and New Hampshire
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Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
Gallup: Obama Hits All-Time Low Among Blacks as Cain Surges Among Republicans
Gallup: Obama Hits All-Time Low Among Blacks as Cain Surges Among Republicans
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Michael Isikoff / msnbc.com:
Obama health-care law modeled on Romney plan
Obama health-care law modeled on Romney plan
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Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
Mitt Romney Suggests Herman Cain May Not Be Ready For The Oval Office
Mitt Romney Suggests Herman Cain May Not Be Ready For The Oval Office
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
As poll numbers drop, Perry pushed to side of debate stage
As poll numbers drop, Perry pushed to side of debate stage
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Suzy Khimm / Washington Post:
Conservatives launch “We are the 53 percent” to criticize 99 percenters — Conservative activists have created a Tumblr called “We are the 53 percent” that's meant to be a counterpunch to the viral “We are the 99 percent” site that's become a prominent symbol for the Occupy Wall Street movement.
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Helen Kennedy / NY Daily News:
Occupy Wall Street protesters plan ‘Millionaires March’ to Rupert Murdoch's, tycoons' NYC homes — The Occupy Wall Street protesters are planning to get in the face of some of New York's richest tycoons on Tuesday. — A “Millionaires March” will visit the homes - or, more realistically …
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dems aggressively counter Republican attacks on anti-Wall Street protests
Dems aggressively counter Republican attacks on anti-Wall Street protests
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Henry Blodget / Business Insider:
AHEM: Wall Street Protester Says He's Getting Paid To Protest
AHEM: Wall Street Protester Says He's Getting Paid To Protest
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George Stephanopoulos / ABCNEWS:
Obama Stands Generally on the Side of Wall Street Protestors
Obama Stands Generally on the Side of Wall Street Protestors
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Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Wall Street Protests Gain Support From Leading Democrats
Wall Street Protests Gain Support From Leading Democrats
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Plouffe: Wall Street protests sign people are ‘frustrated’ with economy
Plouffe: Wall Street protests sign people are ‘frustrated’ with economy
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Harry M. Reid / Washington Post:
Trying to restore Senate comity — Democrats have one overriding objective this Congress: to create jobs and get our economy back on track. But our Republican colleagues are so dead set on preventing Democrats from passing job-creating legislation that they have been willing to abuse …
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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Democrats scramble to save face on President Obama's jobs bill — Democratic leaders in the Senate are scrambling to avoid defections on President Obama's jobs package, which appears headed for defeat on Tuesday. — A lack of Democratic unity on the president's bill would be embarrassing …
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David R. Henderson / Wall Street Journal:
A Nobel for Non-Keynesians — People's expectations about government policy make it difficult for officials to affect the economy in the ways they intend to. — On Monday the Nobel Committee announced the winners of the 2011 Nobel Prize in economics: Thomas J. Sargent of New York University …
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Robert Costa / National Review:
Behind Bachmann's Slide — On August 13, as dusk settled upon Iowa State University, Michele Bachmann hopped onto a makeshift stepstool beside her bus. Her supporters crowded close, pressing against a flimsy rope. Bachmann, clad in an ivory-colored suit and pearls, raised both arms.
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Brian Bakst / Associated Press:
In hindsight, Pawlenty regrets quick race pullout — ST. PAUL, Minn.—Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty says he might have stayed in the Republican presidential race longer had he known it would be this volatile. — Pawlenty reflected on his decision to drop out after his official state portrait was unveiled Monday night.
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Rachel E. Stassen-Berger / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Pawlenty, portrait, both emerge into limelight — Since ending his presidential run, he had kept a low profile. — A reflective Tim Pawlenty Monday unveiled his official gubernatorial portrait as he ponders a future without politics. — The painting, a front-facing view of the governor standing …
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Boston Globe:
Boston police move in on protesters on Greenway, scores arrested — Boston police moved in and began arresting scores of Occupy Boston protesters who refused to leave a large part of the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway early this morning. — At 1:20 a.m., the first riot police officers lined up on Atlantic Avenue.
Monica Davey / The Caucus:
Wisconsin Democrats Start Drive to Recall Governor — Democrats in Wisconsin made a long-mulled plan official on Monday night: next month, people will begin collecting signatures to recall Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican in his first year in office whose move to limit collective bargaining rights …
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Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
Wisconsin Dems Announce Timeline For Effort To Recall Gov. Scott Walker
Wisconsin Dems Announce Timeline For Effort To Recall Gov. Scott Walker
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
The not-so-super committee — In news that should surprise absolutely no one, it appears the Murray/Hensarling super-committee isn't even close to reaching any kind of deal. … Remember all of those predictions that said the super-committee would fail because Republicans would never …
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Hollywoodland / Big Hollywood:
Belafonte on Herman Cain: ‘Totally False’ and ‘A Bad Apple’ — Aging crooner Harry Belafonte wants us to know Herman Cain is one “bad apple,” someone for whom prayers weren't created. — Belafonte, hitting the talk show circuit to promote his new memoir 'Sing Your Song …
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Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
Individualists In The Marine Corps — Erick Erickson and Josh Trevino are, I'm told, the geniuses behind the dimwitted concept of countering the 99 Percent Movement with an effort to divide the country between the 53 percent of the population that has net federal income tax liability …
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David Kravets / Threat Level:
Calif. Governor Veto Allows Warrantless Cellphone Searches — California Gov. Jerry Brown is vetoing legislation requiring police to obtain a court warrant to search the mobile phones of suspects at the time of any arrest. — The Sunday veto means that when police arrest anybody in the Golden State …
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