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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:
Dems scramble to save face on 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 for the White House …
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Wake up America, The Confluence, Reuters, ABCNEWS, Balloon Juice, Hot Air, Pundit & Pundette and The Lonely Conservative
The Politico:
Obama jobs bill may not get 51 in Senate — President Barack Obama's jobs plan is at risk of getting less than 51 votes Tuesday evening in the Senate as a handful of politically vulnerable moderates hold out on the president's signature economic proposal. — Adding to the uncertainty …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
If moderate Dems vote No on jobs bill, they're only hurting themselves — Top pollster Stanley Greenberg is not shy about criticizing the White House when he thinks it's warranted, and his opinion is widely respected by Democrats in Congress. So if Greenberg tells moderate Senate Democrats …
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
White House braces for Senate defeat of Obama's $447B jobs bill
White House braces for Senate defeat of Obama's $447B jobs bill
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First Read / msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Do-or-die time for Perry
First Thoughts: Do-or-die time for Perry
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Steve Jordon / Omaha World-Herald:
Cain: The Godfather's years — Godfather's Pizza of Omaha started with rapid growth, head-spinning profits and a $300 million buyout. — But then profits crashed. Franchise holders were in revolt, complaining that they had been abandoned, weathering three different presidents in four months.
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The Politico:
Herman Cain: 'I'm going after Romney' at debate — In a radio interview just now, Herman Cain previewed his Tuesday night debate plan: “I'm going after Romney.” — “I'm not going after Perry. I don't need to go after Perry,” Cain said, per POLITICO's Juana Summers.
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Bruce Bartlett / Economix:
Inside the Cain Tax Plan
Inside the Cain Tax Plan
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Mike Dorning / Bloomberg:
Americans in Poll Back Taxing Rich to Reduce Deficit
Americans in Poll Back Taxing Rich to Reduce Deficit
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AFL-CIO NOW BLOG, ThinkProgress and Guardian
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Cain Surges, Nearly Ties Romney for Lead in GOP Preferences
Cain Surges, Nearly Ties Romney for Lead in GOP Preferences
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Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Five Things to Watch for in the G.O.P. Debate
Five Things to Watch for in the G.O.P. Debate
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Tuesday debate could be make-or-break for Gov. Perry's presidential hopes
Tuesday debate could be make-or-break for Gov. Perry's presidential hopes
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CNN and Outside the Beltway
Susie Madrak / Crooks and Liars:
Who Really Owns The NYPD? Turns Out It's Not Such A Rhetorical Question — I wrote last week about the multi-million dollar contribution to the NYPD from JPChase, but it turns out the corporate influence goes much deeper than that. Pam Martens, an activist who successfully sued the NYPD …
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CNNMoney.com:
Occupy Wall Street... mansions
Occupy Wall Street... mansions
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Milquetoast Radicals — The U.S. economy is probably …
The Milquetoast Radicals — The U.S. economy is probably …
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Suzy Khimm / Washington Post:
Conservatives launch “We are the 53 percent” to criticize 99 percenters
Conservatives launch “We are the 53 percent” to criticize 99 percenters
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Fox News:
Christie to Endorse Romney Ahead of GOP Debate — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, just one week after definitively announcing he will not run for president in the 2012 race, plans to endorse Mitt Romney for the job Tuesday afternoon, Fox News has learned. — The event is set to take place …
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The Politico:
Chris Christie to endorse Mitt Romney — Chris Christie, the man who much of the sidelined establishment and donor class among Republicans had hoped would run for president, is backing Mitt Romney for president, a Romney official confirms to POLITICO. — The endorsement is expected at a 3 p.m. press conference.
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Chris Christie to endorse Mitt Romney
Chris Christie to endorse Mitt Romney
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The New Republic and Outside the Beltway
ABCNEWS:
U.S. Says Iran-Tied Terror Plot in Washington, D.C. Disrupted — FBI and DEA agents have disrupted a plot to commit a “significant terrorist act in the United States” tied to Iran, federal officials told ABC News today. — The officials said the plot included the assassination …
Debbie Siegelbaum / The Hill:
Six protesters arrested at Senate Hart Building — Capitol Police arrested six demonstrators in the Hart Senate Office Building Tuesday in a protest stemming from the ongoing Occupy Wall Street movement. — The six are charged with unlawful conduct-demonstrating in a Capitol building …
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NBC Washington:
Capitol Police Arrest Protesters Inside Senate Office Building
Capitol Police Arrest Protesters Inside Senate Office Building
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Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters.org blogs:
Schultz Says Racism Behind Republican Opposition To ‘Occupy’ Movement
Schultz Says Racism Behind Republican Opposition To ‘Occupy’ Movement
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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.
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Brad Johnson / ThinkProgress:
Boston Police Throw American Flag To Ground, Arrest Veterans, Trash Property To Protect ‘Green Space’ From 99%
Boston Police Throw American Flag To Ground, Arrest Veterans, Trash Property To Protect ‘Green Space’ From 99%
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Christine McConville / Boston Herald:
Police arrest 100 in Occupy Boston sweep
Police arrest 100 in Occupy Boston sweep
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The Awl, Occupy Boston, Mediaite and PolitickerNY
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Rudy Giuliani: I'm not running in 2012 — In other news on doors shutting, Rudy Giuliani announced at a Long Island Association event just now that he's not running for president. — Asked by the group's president Kevin Law about reports that he had sent messages to New Hampshire supporters …
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GOP 12, Outside the Beltway and Business Insider
Sharyl Attkisson / CBS News:
“Gunwalking” subpoena for AG Holder imminent — PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO — CBS News has learned a congressional subpoena directed to Attorney General Eric Holder could go out as early as Tuesday, ordering him to turn over documents to lawmakers about when he was aware of a controversial gun smuggling operation known as Fast and Furious.
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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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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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The Daily Dish and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Bill Daley / NBC Chicago:
One-On-One With Rahm's Replacement — He's the White House Chief of Staff — just steps from the Oval Office, brought in as the successful banker and attorney to give the Obama team a different image. — Bill Daley is also best friends with the man who held the pressure cooker White House job before him, Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
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Suzanna Andrews / Vanity Fair:
The Woman Who Knew Too Much — Millions of Americans hoped President Obama would nominate Elizabeth Warren to head the consumer financial watchdog agency she had created. Instead, she was pushed aside. As Warren kicks off her run for Scott Brown's Senate seat in Massachusetts …
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David DeCamp / St. Petersburg Times:
Dozens show up at Pinellas County Commission meeting to talk fluoride — UPDATE: The commission spent two hours hearing from supporters and opponents with polarized views. — Commissioners failed to agree whether to revisit the vote, call for a referendum or stick with the decision.
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