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Washington Post:
Washington Post-Pew Research Center Poll — This poll was conducted for The Washington Post and the Pew Research Center by telephone October 13 to 16, 2011, among a random national sample of 1,007 adults, including users of both conventional and cellular phones.
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Jonathan Bernstein / Washington Post:
Romney still the best at this, Perry not as bad, and the loser? Anderson Cooper — Well, it was the feistiest debate — Rick Perry even stayed awake for the whole thing, which was a nice change — and we had the welcome (at least for entertainment purposes) return of the Crazy GOP Audience thing …
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Mediaite, Political Mojo, Daily Kos, ThinkProgress, A plain blog about politics and The Huffington Post
Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Misfire: Romney Ad Targets Rick Perry's Jobs Record — I think it's safe to say the Romney campaign is going for the kill with its latest attack on Rick Perry. The former Massachusetts Governor has already gotten a fair amount of mileage out of attacking his Texan rival from the left on Social Security …
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The Gateway Pundit and Hot Air
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Poll: Half of Americans believe Obama doesn't deserve reelection
Poll: Half of Americans believe Obama doesn't deserve reelection
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The Politico and Weasel Zippers
Adam Nagourney / The Caucus:
Perry to Propose a National Flat Tax
Perry to Propose a National Flat Tax
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Gothamist, ThinkProgress, The Daily Caller, New York Times and Sister Toldjah
Charles Babington / Associated Press:
AP-GfK Poll: Public unsettled on Obama challenger
AP-GfK Poll: Public unsettled on Obama challenger
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Hotline On Call
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Mitt Romney aide: He stood up to ‘bully’ Rick Perry at debate
Mitt Romney aide: He stood up to ‘bully’ Rick Perry at debate
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Weasel Zippers and FiveThirtyEight
Washington Post:
Rick Perry better known, more disliked by GOP conservatives
Rick Perry better known, more disliked by GOP conservatives
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Daily Kos, GOP 12, msnbc.com and The Politico
John Feehery / Pundits Blog:
Bickering — Newt Gingrich had the line of the night toward …
Bickering — Newt Gingrich had the line of the night toward …
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The Politico and CNN
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
A Moment of Candor From Harry Reid — Every once in a while a liberal says what he really thinks. Today Harry Reid explained why the Democrats prefer funding public sector jobs rather than permitting private sector job creation: … Yes, the private sector is doing just great.
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Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, NewsBusters.org blogs, Betsy's Page and Michelle Malkin
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Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Reid says government jobs must take priority over private-sector jobs — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Wednesday said Congress needs to worry about government jobs more than private-sector jobs, and that this is why Senate Democrats are pushing a bill aimed at shoring up teachers and first responders.
Marie Diamond / ThinkProgress:
GOP Senator Pushes Radical Bill To Restrict Discussion Of Abortion Over The Internet — Instead of focusing on job creation, congressional Republicans have spent their time passing socially conservative legislation like the “Let Women Die” bill that would allow hospitals that receive federal funds …
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Alex Alvarez / Mediaite:
Herman Cain Tells Piers Morgan That He Is Anti-Abortion, Yet Pro-Choice?
Herman Cain Tells Piers Morgan That He Is Anti-Abortion, Yet Pro-Choice?
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Race 4 2012
Thomas / Blog for Choice:
Anti-Choice Senator: No Talking about Abortion on the Internet
Anti-Choice Senator: No Talking about Abortion on the Internet
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Liberal Values and Shakesville
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Obama still flush with cash from financial sector despite frosty relations — View Photo Gallery — President Obama's reelection campaign and DNC together raised $70 million in the third quarter of 2011. Outside of fundraising, the president is ramping up support for his reelection …
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The Politico:
Barney Frank supports protesters, raises Wall St. cash — Rep. Barney Frank might sympathize with the Occupy Wall Street protesters, but he's still got friends in the financial world. — The Massachusetts Democrat is heading to New York hoping to raise tens of thousands of dollars Thursday …
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Hot Air, Shakesville and Wizbang
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
West counters Obama: MLK would not have backed Wall Street protests
West counters Obama: MLK would not have backed Wall Street protests
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The Politico and Weasel Zippers
Paul Krugman:
Getting Nominal — “Market monetarists” like Scott Sumner and David Beckworth are crowing about the new respectability of nominal GDP targeting. And they have a right to be happy. — My beef with market monetarism early on was that its proponents seemed to be saying that the Fed …
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J. Bradford DeLong / Grasping Reality with Both Hands:
What Needs to Happen for the Fed to Successfully Target the Level of Nominal GDP?
What Needs to Happen for the Fed to Successfully Target the Level of Nominal GDP?
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Modeled Behavior
Eamon Javers / CNBC:
Energy Department Altered Loan-Related Releases — Someone affiliated with the Department of Energy has been going back to make changes to press releases posted on the Internet weeks and months ago, CNBC has found. — The changes occurred in two press releases from the Department …
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National Review, Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit, TPMDC, NewsBusters.org blogs, The Lonely Conservative and Betsy's Page
Jason Mattera / Human Events:
All Huffy, Joe Biden Stands By Rape Reference to GOP — Vice President Joe Biden now says he didn't make a reference to rape, and got testy with HUMAN EVENTS when we asked if he would like to retract his comments that the number of sexual assaults would increase if Republicans don't sign on to Barack Obama's latest “jobs” proposal.
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ABCNEWS:
Transcript: ABC News' Jake Tapper's Exclusive Interview With President Obama — President Obama sits down with ABC News' senior White House correspondent Jake Tapper for an exclusive interview in Jamestown, N.C. (Courtesy the White House) — The following is a transcript …
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Tina Korbe / Hot Air:
Obama: “All the choices we've made have been the right ones”
Obama: “All the choices we've made have been the right ones”
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Fire Andrea Mitchell!, UrbanGrounds, Weasel Zippers and Pat Dollard
Sasha Chavkin / The New York World:
Women ride in back on sex-segregated Brooklyn bus line — On the morning of October 12, Melissa Franchy boarded the B110 bus in Brooklyn and sat down near the front. For a few minutes she was left in silence, although the other passengers gave her a noticeably wide berth.
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ThinkProgress, New York Magazine, Gawker and Gothamist
Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
NPR host is Occupy DC spokeswoman — National Public Radio host Lisa Simeone appears to be breaking the taxpayer-subsidized network's ethics rules by acting as a spokeswoman for Occupy D.C. group “October 2011,” which is currently “occupying” Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C.
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War Is A Crime .org, NewsBusters.org blogs and Fire Andrea Mitchell!
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Neda Semnani / Roll Call:
Heard on the Hill: Breaking the Code of Ethics
Heard on the Hill: Breaking the Code of Ethics
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The Daily Caller
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Rick Santorum Pledges To Defund Contraception: 'It's Not Okay, It's A License To Do Things' — Rick Santorum pledged to repeal all federal funding for contraception, during a recent interview with CaffeinatedThoughts.com editor Shane Vander Hart, arguing that birth control devalues the act of procreation.
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Washington Monthly and Daily Kos
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
GOP debate crowd cheers idea that jobless are to blame for their plight — This caused a dust up on Twitter last night. But it deserves more attention today. This moment from last night's debate, in which the audience cheered the idea that the unemployed are solely to blame for not having a job …
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Washington Monthly, US Politics, Economist's View and A plain blog about politics
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Perry Commits to Flat Tax, Reforming Entitlements — In a brief speech this morning at the Western Republican Conference, Texas governor Rick Perry announced that in six days he would reveal an “economic pro-growth package that will create growth” and encourage investment in America.
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National Review
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Phil Izzo / Real Time Economics:
What Percent Are You? — To get the full experience of this page, please upgrade your Flash Plugin — The Occupy Wall Street movement seeks to speak for the bottom 99% of the population by income, which includes pretty much everyone who makes less than $500,000 a year.
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Mogulite, Weasel Zippers, The Atlantic Online, ThinkProgress, LewRockwell.com Blog and Gawker
Bernie Sanders:
GAO Finds Serious Conflicts at the Fed — A new audit of the Federal Reserve released today detailed widespread conflicts of interest involving directors of its regional banks. — “The most powerful entity in the United States is riddled with conflicts of interest,” Sen. Bernie Sanders …
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Firedoglake and Washington Post
Ginger Gibson / New Jersey Online:
Gov. Christie calls teacher's anti-gay Facebook remarks ‘disturbing’ — TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie said he is concerned about statements made by Viki Knox, a high school teacher whose anti-gay Facebook comments set off a debate about free speech and gay rights.
Damian Kahya / BBC:
Rising energy bills causing fuel poverty deaths — Charlene Franklin talks to Simon Gompertz about fuel poverty: “There have been times when I wouldn't eat two or three times in the week” — Thousands of people die each year from illnesses linked to fuel poverty, according to an independent report.
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Newshoggers.com and Biased BBC