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Alex Altman / Time:
TIME Poll: Obama Leads Head-to-Head Match-Ups with Republican Rivals — President Barack Obama speaks at the White House Forum on American Latino Heritage in Washington, Oct. 12, 2011. — Despite sweeping pessimism about the nation's fortunes and his own sliding approval ratings …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Republicans increasingly see Mitt Romney as the ‘inevitable candidate’ — NASHUA, N.H. — Buoyed by a series of strong debate performances, Mitt Romney is suddenly attracting new support from major donors and elected officials, some of whom had resisted his previous entreaties …
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Quinnipiac University:
‘Jersey Shore’ Is Bad For Garden State, Voters Say 4-1, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds …
‘Jersey Shore’ Is Bad For Garden State, Voters Say 4-1, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds …
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The Politico, JammieWearingFool and Hotline On Call
The Politico:
President Obama's campaign sets sights on Mitt Romney
President Obama's campaign sets sights on Mitt Romney
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David Corn / Mother Jones:
VIDEO: Mitt Heaps Praise on Romneycare “Parent” Ted Kennedy
VIDEO: Mitt Heaps Praise on Romneycare “Parent” Ted Kennedy
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Corky Siemaszko / NY Daily News:
Lech Walesa, former Polish president, to visit New York in support of Occupy Wall Street — Solidarity hero Lech Walesa is flying to New York to show his support for the Occupy Wall Street protesters. — “How could I not respond,” Walesa told a Polish newspaper Wednesday.
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Bloomberg:
Buffett's Son Defends Occupy Wall Street — Howard Buffett, the Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK/A) director and son of Chairman Warren Buffett, said Wall Street protesters were provoked by abuses from corporations amid a widening disparity between rich and poor.
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The Politico:
Tea party goes after Occupy Wall Street — The tea party isn't about to make room for the new protesters on the block. — Big tea party groups have launched an attack against the Occupy Wall Street protests, challenging the line that the anti-corporate uprising is the “the tea party of the left.”
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David W. Chen / New York Times:
Protesters Told to Vacate Park, for Its Cleaning
Protesters Told to Vacate Park, for Its Cleaning
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Obama campaign reports raising $70 million in third quarter — President Obama's reelection campaign and the Democratic National Committee reported Thursday raising $70 million in the third quarter. — The campaign and the DNC reported that, combined, 606,027 people donated to the campaign …
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Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS:
Obama Surges Past Money-Making Goal
Obama Surges Past Money-Making Goal
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Hot Air and Outside the Beltway
Associated Press:
Obama Raises More Than $70 Million
Obama Raises More Than $70 Million
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Nicholas Ballasy / The Daily Caller:
Jackson, Jr: Obama should ‘declare a national emergency,’ add jobs with ‘extra-constitutional’ action — Illinois Democratic Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. told The Daily Caller on Wednesday that congressional opposition to the American Jobs Act is akin to the Confederate “states in rebellion.”
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Keith Koffler / White House Dossier:
The Obamas Subtly Begin to Play Racial Politics
The Obamas Subtly Begin to Play Racial Politics
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GILL REPORT and Weasel Zippers
Josiah Ryan / The Hill:
Reid: Republican senators only care about their own jobs — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) took a swing at Senate Republicans Thursday morning, saying their rejection of President Obama's jobs package on Tuesday proves they only care about preserving their own jobs.
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Manu Raju / The Politico:
Senate GOP unveils its jobs agenda
Senate GOP unveils its jobs agenda
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John Marzulli / NY Daily News:
We fabricated drug charges against innocent people to meet arrest quotas, former detective testifies — A former NYPD narcotics detective snared in a corruption scandal testified it was common practice to fabricate drug charges against innocent people to meet arrest quotas.
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Alex Katz / Boston Globe:
Scott Brown web message mirrors 2002 Elizabeth Dole speech — WASHINGTON - A Democratic group has unearthed a bit of inspirational autobiography on Senator Scott Brown's official website that was lifted verbatim from a 2002 campaign speech by Elizabeth Dole.
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James Dao / New York Times:
Denied Veterans Benefits Over Same-Sex Marriage, Ex-Sailor Challenges Law — In what experts say is the first case of its kind, a disabled Navy veteran from Connecticut is challenging the constitutionality of two federal laws that define marriage as being between opposite-sex partners …
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Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
A Campaign Windfall for 4 Republicans Who Voted for Same-Sex Marriage
A Campaign Windfall for 4 Republicans Who Voted for Same-Sex Marriage
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Gothamist
Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
Obama gets win as Congress passes free-trade agreements — Congress resoundingly approved long-stalled trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama late Wednesday, authorizing the most significant expansion of trade relations in nearly two decades.
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Jason Clayworth / Iowa Caucuses:
Five questions for Rick Perry — Perry spoke to a large crowd at the Des Moines Register Soapbox at the Iowa State Fair last month. (Justin Hayworth/The Des Moines Register) — 1. You've been criticized over the racial slur that a rock once bore outside the hunting camp you leased …
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Washington Post and GOP 12
Brady Dennis / Washington Post:
Banks turn to demolition of foreclosed properties to ease housing-market pressures — View Photo Gallery — Demolition: Four years into this city's housing crisis, it has often become cheaper for banks to give away a home and pay to demolish it than continue to hold on.
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Tony Romm / The Politico:
New tax bill to watch - Splitsville for Yahoo, U.S. Chamber - Fed jobs site revamp gets panned - CTIA dispatch: USF, spectrum and more from San Diego - Barton, Frank team up on online gambling — With help from Michelle Quinn, Kim Hart, David Saleh Rauf and Eliza Krigman
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Mickey Edwards / The Atlantic Online:
How to Turn Republicans and Democrats Into Americans — An insider's six-step plan to fix Congress — ANGRY AND FRUSTRATED, American voters went to the polls in November 2010 to “take back” their country. Just as they had done in 2008. And 2006. And repeatedly for decades …
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The Politico
Paul Krugman:
I Am Not Your Mirror Image — Russ Roberts tries to debunk my explanation of the reasons to believe in a broadly Keynesian view of the world — and reveals more than he intended. — First, a few points. Roberts treats my statement that we have a lot of evidence on the effects of monetary policy …
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Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Ben Nelson's Ads May Break New Ground — WASHINGTON — A new series of political advertisements on behalf of an embattled Nebraska senator could open the door to a flood of similar ads financed by outside groups and even businesses working directly with political candidates — a sharp departure from past practice.
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Ben Forer / ABCNEWS:
9-9-9 Plan Would Almost Double Taxes on Middle Class — Herman Cain is running on three numbers: 9-9-9. — “Nine percent corporate business flat tax, nine percent income flat tax and a nine percent national sales tax,” he said, explaining the plan once again during Tuesday night's Republican presidential debate.
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