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James Pindell / WMUR Political Scoop:
EXCLUSIVE: All Bachmann NH Staffers Quit — All paid New Hampshire staff for Michele Bachmann's presidential campaign have quit over deep frustration with the campaign's lack of commitment to New Hampshire. ...
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Reuters:
Bachmann's New Hampshire campaign staff quit — (Reuters) - Staff members in New Hampshire for presidential candidate Michele Bachmann have resigned en masse, a Republican familiar with the situation said on Friday, in a fresh blow to her 2012 hopes. — All of the staffers, said to number six …
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nation.foxnews.com, New York Magazine and Gawker
Daniel Strauss / Ballot Box:
Report: Bachmann's New Hampshire staff resigns en masse
Washington Post:
All U.S. troops to leave Iraq by the end of 2011 — The Obama administration has decided to withdraw all U.S. forces from Iraq by the end of the year after failing to reach an agreement with the Iraqi government that would have left several thousand troops there for special operations and training.
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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
BREAKING — President Obama Will Announce Today Complete Drawdown of US Troops in Iraq to Zero By End of Year
BREAKING — President Obama Will Announce Today Complete Drawdown of US Troops in Iraq to Zero By End of Year
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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Obama Announces Complete Drawdown of U.S. Troops From Iraq by Year's End
Obama Announces Complete Drawdown of U.S. Troops From Iraq by Year's End
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Firedoglake, Political Mojo, Gothamist and Outside the Beltway
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Obama declares Iraq war over with all US troops home at year's end
Obama declares Iraq war over with all US troops home at year's end
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Ben Smith's Blog and CNN
Investor's Business Daily:
Wall Street Did It? — Meltdown: If Republicans are to take back the White House and Senate, they need to do a better job tying Democrats and Washington to the subprime crisis. It's not hard, yet even their front-runner struggles to make the case. — On Wednesday night …
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Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
AP-GfK Poll: 37 percent of public back protests
AP-GfK Poll: 37 percent of public back protests
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Weasel Zippers
Mackenzie Weinger / The Politico:
Occupy Wall Street backed by 37 percent of Americans, poll says
Tiffany Gabbay / TheBlaze.com:
CAIR JOINS OCCUPY WALL STREET, WILL HOLD FRIDAY PRAYERS IN ZUCCOTTI PARK
CAIR JOINS OCCUPY WALL STREET, WILL HOLD FRIDAY PRAYERS IN ZUCCOTTI PARK
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Mackenzie Weinger / The Politico:
Bloomberg gets tough on ‘Occupy’
Bloomberg gets tough on ‘Occupy’
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New York Post:
Florida banker's wife left family to join Wall Street protesters — A married mother of four from Florida ditched her family to become part of the raggedy mob in Zuccotti Park — keeping the park clean by day and keeping herself warm at night with the help of a young waiter from Brooklyn.
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Josh Saul / New York Post:
Angry Manhattan residents lambast Zuccotti Park protesters — Infuriated lower Manhattan residents went ballistic on Zuccotti Park protesters at a chaotic Community Board 1 meeting tonight while blasting politicians for allowing the siege to continue without any end in sight.
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The Politico, myfoxny.com, NY1.com, Wake up America, Questions and Observations, NBC New York, RedState, Right Wing News, Outside the Beltway, iOwnTheWorld.com, Big Government, Power Line, The Gateway Pundit, americanthinker.com, New York Magazine, JammieWearingFool and Fire Andrea Mitchell!
Kevin Drum / Political Mojo:
Climate Skeptics Take Another Hit — Physicists are notorious for believing that other scientists are mathematically incompetent. And University of California-Berkeley physicist Richard Muller is notorious for believing that conventional wisdom is often wrong. For example, the conventional wisdom about climate change.
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Richard Black / BBC:
Global warming ‘confirmed’ by independent study
Global warming ‘confirmed’ by independent study
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Mj Lee / The Politico:
Gov. Brewer: Obama ‘lectured me’ — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer skewers President Barack Obama in a new book, saying the president was “patronizing” and “condescending” when she met him at the White House last summer. — “We sat down and started with some chitchat,” she writes in her autobiography, according to the Arizona Republic.
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The Huffington Post:
Steve Jobs Biography Reveals He Told Obama, 'You're Headed For A One-Term Presidency' … In one of the most hotly-anticipated biographies of the year, “Steve Jobs,” author Walter Isaacson reveals that the Apple CEO offered to design political ads for President Obama's 2012 campaign despite …
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Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Cantor Cancels Income Inequality Speech After Learning It Will Be Open To The Public. — House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) has abruptly canceled a speech planned for this afternoon at the University of Pennsylvania that was meant to lay out the GOP's plans to address income inequality.
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
Wall Street protests force Cantor to cancel economic speech
Wall Street protests force Cantor to cancel economic speech
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The Politico
Zaid Jilani / ThinkProgress:
CHART: How Income Inequality Skyrocketed And The 1 Percent Profited From The Decline Of Unions
CHART: How Income Inequality Skyrocketed And The 1 Percent Profited From The Decline Of Unions
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Sen. Marco Rubio / The Politico:
Exclusive: Rubio defends himself — The Washington Post on Friday accused me of seeking political advantage by embellishing the story of how my parents arrived in the United States. — That is an outrageous allegation that is not only incorrect, but an insult to the sacrifices my parents …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Marco Rubio hits back
Marco Rubio hits back
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A.Killough / CNN:
Cain: For the poor, it's ‘9-0-9’ — (CNN) - GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain clarified his much talked-about “9-9-9” tax plan Friday, saying those who fall at or beneath the poverty level would have a different plan: “9-0-9.” — Cain took heat over his proposal …
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Hot Air, Campaign 2012, National Review and American Spectator
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Cain clarifies 9-9-9 plan, says those under poverty line won't pay income tax
Cain clarifies 9-9-9 plan, says those under poverty line won't pay income tax
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The Politico
Arthur Delaney / The Huffington Post:
Obama Has Written Personal Checks To Struggling Americans … Health Insurance , Obama , President Obama , Recession , Unemployment , 99ers , American Stories , Obama Personal Checks , Obama Writing Checks , Politics News — WASHINGTON — Got problems? Tell Barack Obama. He can help.
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Richard W. Stevenson / The Caucus:
Can Obama 2012 Replicate Bush 2004? — He'll have hundreds of millions of dollars, the bully pulpit, Air Force One and high-profile supporters from Warren Buffet to Lady Gaga behind him. But President Obama's chances of re-election could come down to a single strategic question …
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Prairie Weather and No More Mister Nice Blog
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Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
To Emulate Bush, Obama Will Have To Become More Popular
To Emulate Bush, Obama Will Have To Become More Popular
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Political Mojo and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Senate Dems try again with third jobs bill — Rebuffed twice in their attempts to push through President Obama's jobs proposals, Senate Democrats are ready to try again. — The Senate will hold a vote the first week of November on the $60 billion infrastructure portion of Obama's Jobs Act …
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Biden's absurd claims about rising rape and murder rates — (JOSHUA ROBERTS/REUTERS) “Let's look at the facts: in 2008, when Flint had 265 sworn officers on their police force, there were 35 murders and 91 rapes in this city. In 2010, when Flint had only 144 police officers …
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Alex Alvarez / Mediaite:
Jon Stewart On GOP Reaction To Gaddafi's Death: ‘What The F*ck Is Wrong With You?’ — Thursday night on the Daily Show, Jon Stewart tackled the big headline of the day: The death of Muammar Gaddafi... Specifically, the right's reaction to the former dictator's passing.
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The Raw Story and Connecting.the.Dots
Alex Klein / New York Magazine:
The Organizers vs. the Organized in Zuccotti Park — All occupiers are equal — but some occupiers are more equal than others. In wind-whipped Zuccotti Park, new divisions and hierarchies are threatening to upend Occupy Wall Street and its leaderless collective.
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