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1:30 PM ET, September 4, 2010

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Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
Democrats add fiscal austerity as a campaign issue  —  The candidate was outraged - just outraged - at the country's sorry fiscal state.  —  “We have managed to acquire $13 trillion of debt on our balance sheet,” he fumed to a roomful of voters.  “In my view, we have nothing to show for it.”
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Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
On Economy, Democrats Face a Lack of Unity  —  WASHINGTON — Democrats are entering the fall sprint to the midterm elections lacking a unifying message to address the lackluster economy, scrambling to come up with further job-creating remedies and out of time to show substantial results before voters go to the polls.
Jamie Stiehm / Washington Post:
Oval Office rug gets history wrong  —  A mistake has been made in the Oval Office makeover that goes beyond the beige.  —  President Obama's new presidential rug seemed beyond reproach, with quotations from Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy …
Aharding / CNN:
Tea Party candidate sparks backlash in Delaware  —  The Tea Party Express launched new ads supporting Delaware Republican primary Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell.  —  Washington (CNN) - Fresh on the heels of Joe Miller's surprising win over Sen. Lisa Murkowski in the Alaska Republican Senate primary …
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Sen. Graham reaches out to Tea Party  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is playing defense against conservatives in his state angry with his record.  —  Graham has reached out to the Tea Party movement in the Palmetto State this week and appeared on conservative radio in a bid to explain his record to right-leaning voters.
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Loving Their Grandkids To Death — sacrificing them to the Market Gods  —  Loving Their Grandkids To Death  —  Howie has a great post up today about the social security con game which you should in full.  I just wanted to riff on one little piece of it because it struck me that we haven't been clear about what's going on.
Discussion: Open Left and Suburban Guerrilla
Paul Krugman:
Rahmism  —  Jon Cohn's post about what the administration may be considering, and what it isn't considering, makes we want to cry.  —  Look: early on the administration had a political theory: it would win bipartisan legislative victories, and each success would make Republicans who voted no feel left out …
Discussion: Grasping Reality …
New York Times:
30 False Fronts Won Contracts for Blackwater  —  WASHINGTON — Blackwater Worldwide created a web of more than 30 shell companies or subsidiaries in part to obtain millions of dollars in American government contracts after the security company came under intense criticism for reckless conduct in Iraq …
Discussion: The Hill, Prairie Weather and FrumForum
Gail Collins / New York Times:
The Ungreat Debate  —  We do not generally look to gubernatorial debates for excitement.  But this week there was a fascinating one in Arizona, where Gov. Jan Brewer gave a bad performance of epic proportions.  Really, Richard Nixon in 1960 was Demosthenes in Athens compared with this one.
Discussion: Prairie Weather
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Kathleen Lucadamo / NY Daily News:
Embattled Rep. Charles Rangel's legal tab is $1.8 million and rising  —  The party's over for Charlie Rangel, but not the legal bills.  —  The embattled Harlem Democrat has forked over $111,170 to lawyers since July from his campaign stash, federal filings released Friday show.
Discussion: The Hill and JammieWearingFool
Ezra Klein:
Repeal the 17th amendment?  —  During our discussion of the filibuster today — which you can stream over at C-SPAN's Web site — Heritage's Brian Darling talked a bit about the Senate's important role as a voice for the states.  Responding to a questioner, he went so far as to say he'd consider repeal …
Samuel Goldsmith / NY Daily News:
Former President Bill Clinton: Democrats need more time to undo GOP's damage to country  —  Democrats need more time to get out of the economic hole dug by Republicans during the Bush years, ex-President Bill Clinton said yesterday at a campaign rally for Staten Island Rep. Mike McMahon.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Oh my: Chris Christie endorses Mike Castle  —  In which Team Castle tosses tea partiers a curveball: If the right's new rock star thinks he's conservative enough, shouldn't they think so too?  I'm ... not so sure they should, partly because Christie's own “true conservative” …
William Yardley / New York Times:
Alaska Winner, Lover of Privacy, Loses His Own  —  FAIRBANKS, Alaska — The man with the best chance of becoming the next senator from Alaska lives at the end of a long gravel road here at the edge of the continent.  Tribulation Trail is the name of his street.  Signs warn against trespassing.
Yasir Ghazi / At War:
Punk'd, Iraqi-Style, at a Checkpoint  —  BAGHDAD — An Iraqi reality television program broadcast during Ramadan has been planting fake bombs in celebrities' cars, having an Iraqi army checkpoint find them and terrifying the celebrities into thinking that they are headed for maximum security prison.
Discussion: Hot Air and Gawker
Jerusalem Post:
US envoy Oren warns: Hizbullah has 15,000 rockets on border  —  Ambassador says Islamist group amassing arsenal in southern Lebanon with long enough range to hit Eilat; missiles now hidden beneath hospitals, homes and schools to avoid Israeli Air Force strikes.  —  Talkbacks (16)  —  Iranian Threat
Discussion: Jihad Watch and Power Line
New Zealand Herald:
Mayor: Quake hit city ‘like an iceberg’  —  Have you been affected by the quake?  —  Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker is thankful there has been no loss of life but there had been considerable damage across the city and outlying areas.  —  The city has been left devastated …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars, CNN and This Just In
Reuters:
Taxpayers likely to face initial loss on GM IPO: sources  —  (Reuters) - The U.S. government is likely to take a loss on General Motors Co in the first offering of the automaker's stock, six people familiar with preparations for the landmark IPO said.  —  Subsequent offerings …
Christopher S. Rugaber / Associated Press:
Despite hiring, US unemployment rate seems frozen  —  WASHINGTON - Unemployment is stuck at high levels even though some companies are hiring.  The problem, government data show, is that too few jobs are being created for the growing number of people looking for work.
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
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Rob Crilly / Telegraph:
Pakistan Taliban threaten attacks on US and Europe
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Front Page Magazine:
Reforming Our Universities  —  Posted by Frontpagemag.com on Sep 3rd …
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Ben White / The Politico:
Dems have few options on economy
Discussion: Washington Wire and Power Line
Jeff Stein / SpyTalk:
Israeli spies wooing U.S. Muslims, sources say
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
David B. Caruso / Associated Press:
Backer of NYC mosque gave to Hamas-linked charity
Don Lee / Los Angeles Times:
Unemployment rises slightly in August to 9.6%
Discussion: Don Surber
Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
Libtalker, Guest Ponder Glenn Beck Torture Methods
New York Times:
Rangel Should Resign, Manhattan Voters Tell Poll
Discussion: Capital Tonight and Runnin' Scared
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Pentagon declined to investigate hundreds of purchases of child pornography
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