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12:50 PM ET, October 12, 2011

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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.
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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.
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.
Juana Summers / The Politico:
Who is Rich Lowrie?  —  Herman Cain says his much-touted “9-9-9” plan is the product of extensive testing and thinking, but the only man he cited as involved with its research — Rich Lowrie, of Cleveland, Ohio — is not a trained economist.  —  Instead, Lowrie — who's the only economic adviser Cain …
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.
Michelle Malkin:
Quick and dirty debate after-report: Perry is running out of gas; Excuses, excuses  —  To be fair, if you and I had to be up on stage with Charlie Rose and Karen Tumulty, we'd be soporifically stupefied after a few minutes, too.  —  But then again, we're not running for the highest office …
Roger Simon / The Politico:
GOP debate is wicked  —  The Republican race has turned into “The Wizard of Oz.”  Rick Perry wants a brain.  Mitt Romney wants a heart.  And any number of candidates are Dorothy, realizing there is no place like home and they should have stayed there.  —  Herman Cain is seeking courage.
Discussion: ABCNEWS
Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:
Herman Cain consultant: 9-9-9 wouldn't be accepted
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Impressions of Tonight's Debate
Justin Sink / Ballot Box:
Cain defends 9-9-9 plan as not ‘off a pizza box’
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.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Obama's jobs plan blocked in Senate  —  President Obama received a slap from members of his own party Tuesday as the Senate voted 50-49 to block his $447 billion jobs package.  —  The jobs plan, which the president has spent much of the last month touting on a cross-country tour, fell well short of the 60 votes it needed to proceed.
Fox News:
Issa Issues Subpoena to Holder in Fast and Furious Investigation  —  Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, sent a subpoena Wednesday to Attorney General Eric Holder as part of his investigation into the gun trafficking operation known as “Fast and Furious.”
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Tim Mak / The Politico:
Issa subpoenas Holder on Fast & Furious
Discussion: Guardian and Weasel Zippers
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Issa sobpoenas Justice Department on ‘ Operation Fast and Furious’
Discussion: nation.foxnews.com
Michelle Malkin:
Fast and Furious update: Cranking up the pressure, plus DOJ gets the Misfit Politics treatment …
Discussion: Boing Boing and Weasel Zippers
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 …
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.
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 …
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David Seifman / New York Post:
Bloomberg: Occupy Wall Street unfairly blaming hard working people
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
Cafe Milano: Where They Know You're ‘Very’ Important  —  Responding to speculation that allegedly Iran-linked terrorists were planning to blow up Cafe Milano in Georgetown, Tim Noah wonders what the deal is with Cafe Milano, a very expensive but fundamentally “meh” Italian restaurant:
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The Reliable Source / Washington Post:
Iranian plot may have involved ambassador's favorite restaurant. Cafe Milano?
Discussion: The New Republic
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 …
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’
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Plot to kill ambassador unraveled on SW border  —  The unraveling of an alleged plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States came from a surprising place — the front lines of the drug war along the Mexican border.  —  And like a Hollywood thriller, the murder-for-hire tale cuts …
Discussion: Time and The Reaction
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Obama: 'I'm a fourth-quarter player'  —  (CNN) - President Barack Obama compared his re-election bid to a game of basketball, to make the point to Democratic supporters that he's a strong closer.  —  The president made his comments Tuesday night at the second of two campaign fundraisers in Florida.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Justin Sink / The Hill:
‘Underwear bomber’ pleads guilty on all charges  —  The Nigerian student who attempted to blow up a plane over Detroit with a bomb sewn into his underwear pleaded guilty at a trial Wednesday.  Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who said after the botched Christmas Day attack that he was affiliated …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012  —  Barney Frank Slams Newt Gingrich For Calling For His Imprisonment  —  Is it a violation of Congressional decorum to call for your former colleagues to be thrown in jail?  Newt Gingrich lobbed a bomb early in Tuesday's Bloomberg/Washington Post debate by telling the audience …
Discussion: Mediaite and Daily Kos
Matt Bai / New York Times:
Does Anyone Have a Grip on the G.O.P.?  —  It wasn't that long ago that Republican moneymen and operatives in Washington were moping around K Street like Eeyore in the Hundred Acre Wood, lamenting their party's extremist image and casting about for a candidate with a chance of beating Barack Obama in 2012.
Cristina Corbin / Fox News:
Family of Al Qaeda's Samir Khan Gets ‘Condolence Call’ From U.S. State Department  —  The U.S. State Department made a phone call to the family of Al Qaeda propagandist Samir Khan to offer the government's condolences on his death during a U.S. drone strike in Yemen, a department spokesman confirms.
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New York Times:
Justifying the Killing of an American
 
 
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John Quiggin / Crooked Timber:
Carbon tax in Australia
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Sultan Knish:
Winning the System  —  Christie has endorsed Romney and Perry …
Discussion: AMERICAN DIGEST
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Romney Would Try To Repeal Health Law Through A Process He Opposed
BBC:
UK unemployment total reaches 17-year high
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Bob Oakes / WBUR:
Mayor Menino Responds To Occupy Boston Arrests
Discussion: Hullabaloo, Philly.com and Boston Globe
Bloomberg:
Republicans Stretch Truth in Debate Salvos
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Warner Bros Buys Spec Script About Math Genius Alan Turing For Leonardo DiCaprio
Alex Alvarez / Mediaite:
Herman Cain On Obama: ‘Never Been A Part Of The Black Experience In America’
Mj Lee / The Politico:
Michelle Obama often unrecognized
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
A. G. Sulzberger / New York Times:
Facing Cuts, a City Repeals Its Domestic Violence Law
Nina Totenberg / NPR:
Clarence Thomas' Influence On The Supreme Court
Stephen Green / Pajamas Media:
Drunkblogging the GOP Presidential Debate
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