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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Impressions of Tonight's Debate — The GOP presidential debate is coming to a close. Here are some random thoughts: — * I doubt that many people saw it. My wife wasn't able to find it on television, and finally tracked it down on the internet, when it was half done. So the impact is likely to be slight.
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Datechguy / Datechguy's Blog:
Dartmouth Debate blog — Update: A Memeorandum thread and linked by friends. If it wasn't 3 a.m. and I was awake I'd list them. — The Take away line from the night comes from Herman Cain's man in the spin room. Herman Cain is driving the debate! — My take: Romney Wins Cain close second, Bachmann 3rd.
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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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The Moderate Voice, Reuters, NY Daily News and USA Today
Fox News:
GOP Presidential Candidates Target Cain's 9-9-9 Plan, Gingrich Takes Aim at Federal Reserve — Businessman Herman Cain, rising fast in the polls, absorbed several blows from his fellow Republican presidential contenders on Tuesday, as they went on the attack over his 9-9-9 plan …
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Washington Post, Outside the Beltway, Hot Air and Fire Andrea Mitchell!
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 …
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Cain takes center stage in Republican economic debate
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The Politico
Justin Sink / Ballot Box:
Cain defends 9-9-9 plan as not ‘off a pizza box’
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The Politico and The Atlantic Online
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Cain leads in Iowa
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Guardian, Don Surber, Outside the Beltway and CNN
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Tonight in New Hampshire — The latest in a series of debates …
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Jamie Dupree Washington …, The Maddow Blog, Salon.com and TBogg
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.
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Associated Press:
GOP senators vote to defeat Obama's jobs bill — WASHINGTON (AP) — United against Barack Obama, Senate Republicans voted Tuesday night to kill the jobs package the president had spent weeks campaigning for across the country, a stinging loss at the hands of lawmakers opposed to stimulus-style spending …
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Balloon Juice, Booman Tribune and US Politics
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Jim Messina broaches a provocative line — There's been at least some discussion this year about the “sabotage” question — whether Republicans are deliberately hurting the country, holding back the economy on purpose, for the express purpose of undermining the Obama presidency.
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
President's Jobs Measure Is Turned Back in Key Senate Test
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The New Republic, Hit & Run and The Caucus
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Obama says Senate defeat of jobs bill ‘by no means the end of this fight’
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Obama's jobs bill stalled in Senate
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Scott Wong / The Politico:
Senate passes China currency bill
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The Hill, Pat Dollard, Washington Post and CNN
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 …
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Iran rejects US plotting accusations — Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Ramin Mehmanparast (file photo) — Iran has categorically rejected the US accusations that the Islamic Republic was involved in a plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington, calling it a ‘prefabricated scenario.’
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Weasel Zippers and Jihad Watch
Max Fisher / The Atlantic Online:
Would Iran Really Want to Blow Up the Saudi Ambassador to the U.S.?
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Global Public Square, emptywheel, democracyarsenal.org and Foreign Policy
The United States Department of Justice:
Two Men Charged in Alleged Plot to Assassinate Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States
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Ethan Bronner / New York Times:
Israel Reaches Deal With Hamas to Free Gilad Shalit — JERUSALEM — Israel and Hamas announced an agreement on Tuesday to exchange more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for an Israeli soldier held captive in Gaza for five years, a deal brokered by Egypt that seemed likely to shake …
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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
The Gilad Shalit Prisoner Exchange — Several quick observations: — 1) It hasn't happened yet. Until it happens, it hasn't happened. Some reports suggest that the exchange might not happen until next month. This is an eternity. — 2) Israel is paying a terrible price.
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Guardian, normblog and Room Eight
New York Times:
Slovakia Rejects Euro Bailout — WARSAW — Slovakia's Parliament rejected participating in a crucial euro rescue fund on Tuesday night in a vote that backfired on the prime minister, who had tied her government to the legislation through a confidence vote. — Negotiations to try to stave off …
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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 …
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Jon Ward / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney: Perry Must ‘Repudiate’ Pastor's Anti-Mormon Remarks [UPDATED] … 2012 Election , Mitt Romney , Elections 2012 , Republicans 2012 , Rick Perry , Video , 2012 Presidential Race , Mitt Romney Mormonism , Robert Jeffress , Robert Jeffress Mormonism , Chris Christie 2012 …
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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Christie slaps Perry over Jeffress Mormon comments
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Boston Globe:
Police arrest scores of Occupy Boston protesters — Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino today defended the arrests of scores of Occupy Boston protesters in a section of the city's Greenway park, saying he agrees with them on the issues but they couldn't be allowed to “tie up the city.”
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Money & Company, Salon.com, Occupy Boston, The Lede, The Daily Caller and Runnin' Scared
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Voters share blame for gridlock in Congress, Dem leader says — House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) suggested Tuesday that voters are to blame for the partisan bickering and standoffs that have defined Congress this year. — The Maryland Democrat said voters are “absolutely right” …
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Weasel Zippers and The Lonely Conservative
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama ‘heartbroken’ NBA season will be delayed — President Obama said Tuesday that he's “a little heartbroken that the NBA season is getting delayed” at a fundraiser in Orlando with Magic star Dwight Howard. — NBA commissioner David Stern announced Monday that at least the first two weeks …
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