memeorandum: A Tale of Two Retirements (Institute for Policy Studies)

10:35 AM ET, October 28, 2015

Top Items:

Bill / The Hill:

Bill Press: Carson: Smart, but wrong — Everybody knows the Republican presidential primary has been good for cable television. The first two GOP debates scored record-high ratings for Fox News and for CNN, and record-high revenue from advertisers — and this week's encounter should do the same for CNBC.

Jonathan Easley / The Hill:

Carson: I won't raise the debt ceiling as president — In a new interview with The Hill, GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson said he would not sign any budget deal that raised the debt ceiling if he is elected president. — Carson, who has surpassed Donald Trump in polls of Iowa voters …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, NPR, Washington Post, TaxVox, Mediaite, addictinginfo.org, Talking Points Memo, The PJ Tatler, RedState, Rush Limbaugh, Booman Tribune, Mother Jones, Outside the Beltway, JSOnline, Politico and Daily Kos

Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:

Obama Wins on Budget Deal as John Boehner Cleans Out the Barn — WASHINGTON — The budget agreement struck late Monday between the White House and Congress hands President Obama a major victory, vindicating his hard line this year against spending limits that he argued were a drag on the economy …

Discussion: The Federalist, NPR, Scared Monkeys, Power Line, Outside the Beltway, Patterico's Pontifications, International Liberty, Daily Kos, The Daily Signal, Washington Post and whitehouse.gov

Kyle Cheney / Politico:

Ben Carson vs. Ben Carson — Ben Carson calls abortion murder but thinks states should decide whether it's legal. The retired neurosurgeon says it's wrong to accuse fellow Americans of treason, yet suggested President Barack Obama could be guilty of the crime.

Discussion: The Week

Jake Sherman / Politico:

Paul Ryan will support budget deal — After sharply criticizing how it came together, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan announced he would support the budget deal Wednesday." What I've heard from members over the last two weeks is a desire to wipe the slate clean, put in place a process …

Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Hot Air

Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Paul Ryan Will Support The Budget Deal

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Associated Press, The Week and Daily Kos

Burgess Everett / Politico:
Budget deal will be ‘pinata’ during GOP debate

Discussion: Washington Post, Talking Points Memo and Mediaite

John Bresnahan / Politico:
Budget deal faces last-minute protest by Republicans

Discussion: American Prospect, Bloomberg Business, The Hill, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal

Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
This budget deal is what GOP surrender looks like

Discussion: Washington Post, The Last Tradition, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, National Review, Hot Air, Bloomberg Business and Hit & Run

Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Budget deal includes Social Security, Medicare reforms

Discussion: Speaker.gov, The BRAD BLOG, Mother Jones and Associated Press

Alex Isenstadt / Politico:

Campaigns erupt over greenrooms at third GOP debate — DENVER, Colo. — Just hours before GOP candidates take the stage here Wednesday night, tensions over the Republican National Committee's handling of the debates are flaring anew.At issue this time: greenrooms. During …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Slot

Michael Falcone / ABC News:

The Note: Debate Expectations: GOP Candidates Meet In Boulder

Discussion: CNN, Talking Points Memo and Wall Street Journal

Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:

John Kasich: 'I've About Had It' With Fellow Republicans In The 2016 Race — Republican presidential candidate and Ohio Gov. John Kasich said Tuesday at a campaign rally that he's “about had it” with other GOPers in the 2016 race, The Columbus Dispatch reported.

Discussion: The Columbus Dispatch and Hot Air

Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Leaked memo shows Clinton campaign still sweating Bush

Discussion: Bloomberg.com news

Robin S. Denny / Newsstand:
Clemson Palmetto Poll finds South Carolinians interested, but largely undecided on presidential candidates

Discussion: Washington Times and Political Wire

Brian Beutler / New Republic:
Is Marco Rubio the John Edwards of the 2016 Race?

Discussion: Washington Monthly

South Florida / Sun-Sentinel:

Marco Rubio should resign, not rip us off — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board … After five years in the U.S. Senate, Marco Rubio does not like his job. A long-time friend told The Washington Post “he hates it.” Rubio says hate might be too strong a word, but he sure acts like he hates his job.

Discussion: Washington Post, NBC News, Talking Points Memo, SaintPetersBlog, New York Times, Mediaite, Balloon Juice, The Week and USA Today

John Heilemann / Bloomberg Business:

The Sanders Brain Trust's Plan to Beat Hillary Clinton — Top aides Tad Devine and Jeff Weaver lay out his path to victory. Step one: take the gloves off. — jheil — The pizzas ordered in by the Bernie Sanders brain trust had just been delivered to the DoubleTree hotel near …

Discussion: Politico and Raw Story

New York Times:

Bernie Sanders Walking the Line Between Personal Attacks and Political Critiques — Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont says he will not attack Hillary Rodham Clinton in harshly negative ways. But pollsters for his campaign are quietly testing pointed critiques of Mrs. Clinton as too close …

Discussion: Plain Dealer, Vox, Salon, CNN, The Moderate Voice, Washington Post and Politico

Brian Ross / ABC News:

Dennis Hastert Pleads Guilty, Could Face 6 Months

Discussion: Bloomberg Business, Politico and Mediaite

United States House Committee on Oversight …:

Resolution Introduced to Impeach IRS Commissioner — WASHINGTON—Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and 18 members of the Committee introduced a resolution to begin proceedings in the U.S. House of Representatives to impeach Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen.

Discussion: Fox News, Washington Post, Forbes, Outside the Beltway, The Week, The PJ Tatler, Hot Air, The Daily Caller and Townhall.com

CNN:
House Republicans move to impeach IRS head

Discussion: Mediaite

Justin Wm / Washington Post:

Amish man sues to buy firearm without photo ID in gun rights, religious freedom lawsuit — Lately, Americans have argued both about their right to bear arms and whether the free exercise of religion allows businesses and state officials to claim exemptions from requirements that conflict with their religious beliefs.

Discussion: The Daily Caller, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Hot Air and Daily Mail

Noah Kulwin / Re/code:

Exclusive: After Gamergate Misstep, SXSW Weighing an All-Day Forum on Online Harassment — SXSW festival organizers are considering an all-day event that focuses primarily on combatting online harassment, sources told Re/code. An announcement could come before the end of the week.

Discussion: Bloomberg Business, Guardian and Mashable, more at Mediagazer »

Tasneem Nashrulla / BuzzFeed:
BuzzFeed To Withdraw From SXSW Over Canceled Gaming Panels

Discussion: The Verge, Shakesville, Taylor Marsh, NBC News, Washington Post, Re/code, KXAN-TV, Slate, Texas Monthly, Engadget, Wall Street Journal, Guardian and South by Southwest …, more at Mediagazer »

Tom Phillips / Guardian:

South China Sea: Beijing ‘not frightened to fight a war’ after US move — State-run media in belligerent mood after USS Lassen challenges Beijing's territorial claims in disputed Spratly archipelago — China is not afraid of fighting a war against the United States in the South China Sea …

Discussion: CNN, Taylor Marsh, The Week, Fox News, Independent Journal, Common Dreams, Reuters and Shakesville

Des Moines Register:

SIOUX CITY, Ia. — Businessman Donald Trump is a proud man. But he's not too proud to beg. — “Iowa, will you get your numbers up, please?” he pleaded to a crowd in Sioux City, where he made his first stop in Iowa since recent polls showed him falling behind retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson.

Discussion: Real Clear Politics, addictinginfo.org and OnPolitics

Daily Mail:

Shotguns have ‘virtually sold out’ in Austria as citizens rush to buy arms amid fears of a massive influx of migrants, dealers claim — Weapon sales are soaring in Austria as citizens of the small Alpine nation become paranoid over the numbers of refugees crowding into their country.

Discussion: The PJ Tatler and Independent Journal

Leo Hohmann / WND:
Islamic invasion pulls trigger: Europe now scrambles for guns

Discussion: Liberty Unyielding, Pamela Geller and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Institute for Policy Studies:

A Tale of Two Retirements — This report, co-published by the Institute for Policy Studies and the Center for Effective Government, is the first to provide detailed statistics on the staggering gap between the retirement assets of Fortune 500 CEOs and the rest of America. — See shareable graphics below.

Discussion: ThinkProgress and Guardian

Chuck Hickey / FOX31 Denver:

Missing sleepwalker in Arvada found safe nine miles from home … ARVADA, Colo. — A 19-year-old sleepwalker who went missing Tuesday morning was found safe at her uncle's home about nine miles from her residence, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said. — Taylor Gammel, 19 …

Discussion: WTKR-TV and Q13 FOX News