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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.
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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.
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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.
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% …
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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 …
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Charles Schumer: Mitt Romney can still be ‘tea partied’
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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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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.
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First Read / msnbc.com:
NBC/WSJ poll: Despite defeat, Obama's jobs bill is popular
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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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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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The New Republic:
Protests and Power — Should liberals support Occupy Wall Street?
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Max Abelson / Bloomberg:
Wall Street Sees ‘No Exit’ From Woes
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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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Fox News Insider:
FULL TRANSCRIPT: Iran-Tied Terror Plot Press Conference
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Martin Gould / NewsMax.com:
Kessler: Bomb Iran Now for Washington Terror Plot
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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 …
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Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:
Herman Cain consultant: 9-9-9 wouldn't be accepted
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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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Tim Mak / The Politico:
Issa subpoenas Holder on Fast & Furious
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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 …
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Maggie's Farm, Questions and Observations and National Review
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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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.
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New York Times and Connecting.the.Dots
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’
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 …
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 …
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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.
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