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Charles Krupa / ABCNEWS:
Perry Botches U.S. Revolution Century  —  Texas Governor Rick Perry energetically bounded into the Beta Theta Pi fraternity on Dartmouth College's campus after Tuesday night's debate, but when he was asked a question about states' rights, he slipped up on the dates for when the American Revolution was fought.
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Washington Examiner:
After another bad debate, is Rick Perry finished?  —  HANOVER, NH — It would be an understatement to say that Texas Gov. Rick Perry's top aides are unhappy with press reports casting Tuesday night's Republican debate as a make-or-break moment for the Texas governor.
US News:
Poll: Herman Cain, Rick Perry, Mitt Romney All Beat Obama  —  Here's how much political trouble President Obama is in: A new poll by the authoritative Evolving Strategies firm finds that Herman Cain, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, and Mitt Romney would all beat Obama it the election were held today.
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Cain leads nationally  —  Yesterday PPP released numbers showing Herman Cain leading Mitt Romney 30-22 in Iowa and our monthly look at the national picture finds the exact same numbers.  Cain is up 30-22 on Romney with Newt Gingrich sneaking past Rick Perry for 3rd place at 15% to Perry's 14% …
First Read / msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Is Romney a sure thing?  —  By NBC's Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Brooke Brower  —  Is Romney a sure thing?  All signs point in that direction, but the numbers tell a different story... Recapping last night's debate: Another missed opportunity for Perry …
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Mitt Romney builds case for inevitability  —  HANOVER, N.H - Hours after Chris Christie signaled he believes Mitt Romney is the Republican party's inevitable nominee, Romney and the rest of the GOP field went about proving him right.  —  Romney again outclassed the opposition in Tuesday's Bloomberg/Washington Post debate.
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
The Shame Of The Crowded Field
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Charles Schumer: Mitt Romney can still be ‘tea partied’
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Hot Air
Roger Simon / The Politico:
GOP debate is wicked
Discussion: ABCNEWS
Rolling Stone:
My Advice to the Occupy Wall Street Protesters  —  Hit bankers where it hurts  —  I've been down to “Occupy Wall Street” twice now, and I love it.  The protests building at Liberty Square and spreading over Lower Manhattan are a great thing, the logical answer to the Tea Party and a long-overdue middle finger to the financial elite.
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Zombie / Pajamas Media:
Occupy L.A. Speaker: Violence will be Necessary to Achieve Our Goals  —  Citizen journalist Ringo captured this speaker at the Occupy Los Angeles camp a few days ago letting the cat out of the bag: After dismissing nonviolence as a dead end, he admits that for the Occupiers to achieve their goals …
Annie Lowrey / Slate:
99 Percenters, Meet the 53 Percenters  —  In response to Occupy Wall Street, some conservatives are blasting the 47 percent of Americans who don't pay federal taxes.  Do they have a point?  —  The slogan doesn't exactly sing: “We are the 53 percent!”  But this new campaign …
CNNMoney.com:
Buffett made $62,855,038 last year
Discussion: The Hill and Business Insider
The New Republic:
Protests and Power  —  Should liberals support Occupy Wall Street?
Discussion: Oliver Willis
Guardian:
Khamenei claims Occupy Wall Street protests will topple US capitalism
Discussion: JammieWearingFool
Max Abelson / Bloomberg:
Wall Street Sees ‘No Exit’ From Woes
James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
A Modest Proposal: Call Obstruction What It Is  —  Here is the headline in the online home page of the NYT, about Obama's “pass this jobs bill, pass it now” proposal.  Note the word “fails”:  —  The subhead and the rest of the article make clear that more Senators voted for the bill than against it — 50 to 49.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Schumer's strategy: Tie GOP in 2012 to rising Tea Party unpopularity  —  Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is pinning Democrats' hopes for keeping their Senate majority on a strategy that would tie the GOP to the Tea Party, which has dropped in popularity.  —  Schumer, who as chairman …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Reid latest to raise the sabotage question  —  Yesterday, Jim Messina, the campaign manager for Obama/Biden 2012, sent an email to the Obama for America list, broaching a provocative subject.  Referencing Republican opposition to job creation, Messina said the GOP strategy “is to suffocate the economy” on purpose for political gain.
msnbc.com:
The first place for news and analysis from the NBC News Political Unit.  Follow us on Twitter. … NBC/WSJ poll: Despite defeat, Obama's jobs bill is popular  —  Even though the United States Senate on Tuesday blocked President Obama's jobs bill, the legislation's specifics …
Investor's Business Daily:
Apologies Not Accepted  —  Leadership: Leaked cables show Japan nixed a presidential apology to Hiroshima and Nagasaki for using nukes to end the overseas contingency operation known as World War II.  Will the next president apologize for the current one?  —  The obsessive need of this president …
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Martin Gould / NewsMax.com:
Kessler: Bomb Iran Now for Washington Terror Plot
Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:
Herman Cain consultant: 9-9-9 wouldn't be accepted  —  Herman Cain expressed confidence at Tuesday's debate that his much-touted “9-9-9” plan to revamp the tax code would pass Congress, but the paid campaign consultant who scored the plan for Cain said the idea was more of a theory …
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Nick Davies / Guardian:
Wall Street Journal circulation scam claims senior Murdoch executive  —  Andrew Langhoff resigns as European publishing chief after exposure of secret channels of cash to help boost sales figures  —  One of Rupert Murdoch's most senior European executives has resigned following Guardian inquiries …
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Michelle Malkin:
Fast and Furious update: Cranking up the pressure, plus DOJ gets the Misfit Politics treatment; UPDATE: New subpoena issued today  —  Scroll down for updates...subpoena issued today...  Nope.  Eric Holder's dodging and diversionary tactics yesterday didn't work.
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Peter J. Wallison / Wall Street Journal:
Wall Street's Gullible Occupiers  —  The protesters have been sold a bill of goods.  Reckless government policies, not private greed, brought about the housing bubble and resulting financial crisis.  —  There is no mystery where the Occupy Wall Street movement came from …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
A conspiracy only Bachmann could create  —  As tempting as it is to simply ignore Michele Bachmann's nonsense, there was one gem from last night's debate that I really enjoyed. … What's amusing about this is how truly ridiculous Bachmann's silly conspiracy theory — and imaginary exchange with the president — really is.
John Stevens / Daily Mail:
Heartbreak for Huma as new messages reveal how Anthony Weiner called her parents ‘backwards thinking’ and compared her to his ‘sextees’ in vulgar messages  — Accused his successor Bob Turner of being ‘just another rich businessman trying to buy himself an election’
The Florida Current:
Give condemned inmates firing squad option, lawmaker says  —  A bill filed Tuesday by Rep. Brad Drake, R-Eucheeanna, would allow for executions by firing squad.  HB 325 would eliminate Florida's standard method of execution, lethal injection, and allow for executions only by electrocution or firing squad.
Joe Kemp / NY Daily News:
New York squeegee king Greg (Grover) Washington busted for a staggering 186th time  —  The squeegee king of New York was dethroned, at least temporarily, after a heated face-off with drivers Tuesday in Murray Hill, police said.  —  Greg (Grover) Washington - busted for a staggering 186th time …
Discussion: Runnin' Scared and Gothamist
 
 
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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
OWS Protester Wants College Paid for Because That Is What He Wants
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Michael McCarthy / The Independent:
Global warning: climate sceptics are winning the battle
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Associated Press:
TN lawmaker arrested on gun charges, driving drunk
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Lisa Mascaro / Los Angeles Times:
Charles Schumer: ‘Impossible’ for Democrats to lose Senate in 2012
Discussion: National Review and Truthdig
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Mj Lee / The Politico:
Michelle Obama often unrecognized
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012  —  Barney Frank Slams Newt Gingrich For Calling For His Imprisonment
Discussion: Mediaite and Daily Kos
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Obama: 'I'm a fourth-quarter player'
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Nina Totenberg / NPR:
Clarence Thomas' Influence On The Supreme Court
 

 
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