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Alicia M. Cohn / Ballot Box:
Romney rushes to clarify to comments on union bargaining bill — FAIRFAX, Va. — Mitt Romney sought to overturn his controversial comment on unions Wednesday, saying he supports Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) “110 percent” in limiting collective bargaining power.
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Romney's ‘huge freaking deal’ — At this point in the morning yesterday, it looked like the biggest political screw-up of the day would be Rick Perry's latest Birther flirtations. As it turns out, though as ridiculous as this was, it was eclipsed rather easily.
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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Mitt Romney: Actually, I do support Ohio law — It's clean-up day for the Republican presidential field. — Mitt Romney clarified on a visit to Fairfax County, Va., that he does indeed support a restrictive Ohio labor law that he avoided commenting on this week.
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Washington Post, Hot Air and New York Magazine
Tanya Somanader / ThinkProgress:
After Refusing To Take A Position On Ohio's Anti-Labor Law, Romney Is Now ‘110 Percent’ Behind It
After Refusing To Take A Position On Ohio's Anti-Labor Law, Romney Is Now ‘110 Percent’ Behind It
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Darrel Rowland / The Columbus Dispatch:
Poll: Issue 2 sinking
Poll: Issue 2 sinking
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First Read / msnbc.com:
Romney backtracks, says he fully supports Ohio governor ‘110 percent’
Romney backtracks, says he fully supports Ohio governor ‘110 percent’
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The Lede:
Police Fire Tear Gas at Occupy Protesters in Oakland — Last Updated 9:48 a.m. Riot police in Oakland dispersed hundreds of protesters with tear gas on Tuesday night as crowds tried to re-enter a plaza outside of City Hall that the authorities had cleared of an encampment earlier in the day.
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Zombie / The PJ Tatler:
Rioting in Downtown Oakland as Occupiers Clash with Police
Rioting in Downtown Oakland as Occupiers Clash with Police
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Shelby Grad / L.A. NOW:
Occupy Oakland: More than 100 arrested; police defend tactics
Occupy Oakland: More than 100 arrested; police defend tactics
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—By the Mother Jones / Political Mojo:
Oakland Police Turn on #OWS With Tear Gas, Flash-Bang Grenades
Oakland Police Turn on #OWS With Tear Gas, Flash-Bang Grenades
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Adam C. Smith / St. Petersburg Times:
Rick Perry: Obama is an American citizen — ST PETE BEACH - Texas governor Rick Perry clarified Wednesday that he has no doubt that Barack Obama was born in the U.S., saying that he was only kidding around when he voiced doubts in a TV interview earlier this week.
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James Pethokoukis / The Enterprise Blog:
The revenue and GDP impact of the Perry flat tax plan — now with actual numbers!
The revenue and GDP impact of the Perry flat tax plan — now with actual numbers!
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Obama education chief: student loan reform to address income inequality — President Obama's education reform efforts will address growing income inequality in the U.S., Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said Wednesday. — Speaking on MSNBC's Morning Joe on Wednesday …
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Tamar Lewin / New York Times:
President to Ease Student-Loan Burden for Low-Income Graduates
President to Ease Student-Loan Burden for Low-Income Graduates
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Obama administration announces plan to ease student loan burdens
Obama administration announces plan to ease student loan burdens
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Top Earners Doubled Share of Nation's Income, C.B.O. Says — WASHINGTON — The top 1 percent of earners more than doubled their share of the nation's income over the last three decades, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday, in a new report likely to figure prominently …
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New York Times:
New Poll Finds a Deep Distrust of Government — With Election Day just over a year away, a deep sense of economic anxiety and doubt about the future hangs over the nation, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll, with Americans' distrust of government at its highest level ever.
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Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Poll: 43 percent agree with views of “Occupy Wall Street”
Poll: 43 percent agree with views of “Occupy Wall Street”
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Wall Street Journal:
Gupta to Face Criminal Charges — For decades, Rajat K. Gupta was the face of business success, leading global consulting giant McKinsey & Co. and serving on the boards of several prestigious American companies, including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. — Now, prosecutors say …
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Azam Ahmed / DealBook:
Gupta Charged With Securities Fraud Related to Goldman Tips
Gupta Charged With Securities Fraud Related to Goldman Tips
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Bloomberg:
Obama Wrote Fewer Rules Than Bush, Cost More — President Barack Obama's “tsunami” of new government regulations looks more like a summer swell. — Obama's White House has approved fewer regulations than his predecessor George W. Bush at this same point in their tenures …
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Quinnipiac University:
Pizza Magnate Leads GOP Presidential Pack In Ohio, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Romney Stalled As Perry Vanishes — Former Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain has jumped to the front of the line among GOP presidential contenders with 28 percent support among Ohio Republicans.
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Jana Winter / Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: ACORN Playing Behind Scenes Role in ‘Occupy’ Movement — The former New York office for ACORN, the disbanded community activist group, is playing a key role in the self-proclaimed “leaderless” Occupy Wall Street movement, organizing “guerrilla” protest events and hiring door …
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Health cases set for Nov. 10 — The Supreme Court will take its first look at the challenges to the new federal health care law at its Conference on Thursday, November 10. Five of the six pending petitions (the sixth is not ready yet) were distributed to the Justices' chambers on Wednesday, for consideration at that private session.
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Susan Walsh / ABCNEWS:
Obama: If We Lose in 2012, Government Will Tell People 'You're on Your Own' — At a million-dollar San Francisco fundraiser today, President Obama warned his recession-battered supporters that if he loses the 2012 election it could herald a new, painful era of self-reliance in America.
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Record-Low 26% in U.S. Favor Handgun Ban — Support for stricter gun laws in general is lowest Gallup has measured — PRINCETON, NJ — A record-low 26% of Americans favor a legal ban on the possession of handguns in the United States other than by police and other authorized people.
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Sam Roberts / New York Times:
As the Data Show, There's a Reason the Wall Street Protesters Chose New York — When the federal income tax was first imposed in 1913, the richest 0.1 percent of households reaped 8.6 percent of the nation's income. In 2007, as the recession began, the share going to that sliver of megarich Americans was 12.3 percent.
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Seung Min Kim / The Politico:
Ryan: Obama ‘sowing social unrest’ — House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) will take direct aim at President Barack Obama in a speech Wednesday morning, accusing him of “preying on the emotions of fear, envy and resentment” as he travels the country to sell his jobs plan.
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