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4:10 PM ET, August 8, 2011

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Economics of Contempt:
On S&P, Downgrades, and Idiots  —  This is not going to be one of those posts that laments S&P's decision to downgrade the US, but then says that S&P was probably right about our oh-so-dysfunctional political system.  —  No, S&P was flat-out wrong — no caveats.
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
DNC chairwoman blames Tea Party ‘tyrants’ for US credit-rating downgrade  —  The head of the Democratic National Committee joined Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) on Monday in casting blame for the U.S. credit downgrade on the Tea Party movement.  —  Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) …
Andy Kroll / Mother Jones:
VIDEO: Tea Partiers Cheer the Downgrade of America's Credit Rating  —  Is the tea party happy that Standard and Poor's, the credit rating agency, downgraded the United States' credit rating for the first time ever?  —  You'd think that was the case if you were in the crowd at a tea party rally …
David Jackson / USA Today:
Obama: Downgrade should create ‘renewed sense of urgency’
Discussion: nation.foxnews.com and Doug Ross
Shira Ovide / Deal Journal:
Berkshire, Other Insurers Get ‘Negative’ Tag from S&P
Discussion: Michelle Malkin and Corrente
The Politico:
Rick Perry to make 2012 intentions clear Saturday  —  Rick Perry intends to use a speech in South Carolina Saturday to make clear that he's running for president, POLITICO has learned.  —  According to two sources familiar with the plan, the Texas governor will remove any doubt …
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John McCormick / Bloomberg:
Republicans Who Want to Replace Obama Will Focus Attacks in Iowa This Week
Discussion: AmSpecBlog, The Daily Caller and GOP 12
Rasmussen Reports:
Iowa Caucus: Bachmann, Romney and Paul on Top
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Perry to visit NH and SC while presidential candidates gather in Iowa
Discussion: CNN, The Note, GOP 12, Pajamas Media and The Page
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
LEAP OF FAITH … - POLITICS - PROFILES - THE TALK OF THE TOWN - COMMENT - THIS WEEK'S ISSUE - THE FINANCIAL PAGE - NEWS DESK - THE POLITICAL SCENE
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First Read / msnbc.com:
Bachmann attends church service denouncing homosexuality  —  WAUKEE, IA — Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann yesterday attended a church here in Iowa, where the pastor called homosexuality “immoral” and “unnatural,” and later showed a testimonial video from a man who claimed …
Michelle Malkin:
The Conservative Crazy Eyes Cliche & Other Stupid MSM Photo Tricks  —  Sigh.  Seriously, Tina Brown?  —  Yes, I'm talking about you, Oxford University-educated Newsweek/Daily Beast editor Tina Brown.  —  You've resorted to recycling bottom-of-the-barrel moonbat photo cliches …
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Does The Michele Bachmann Newsweek Cover Make Her ‘Look Crazy’?  —  Conservative media watchdog Newsbusters is helpfully defending GOP presidential hopeful Rep. Michele Bachmann's (R-MN) honor against those serial cover photo offenders at Newsweek, excoriating the magazine for using …
Discussion: Gawker
Paul Krugman:
Aaauuuggghhh!  Market Commentary Edition  —  Carnage in stock markets as I write — and all of the headlines I see attribute it to S&P's downgrade.  —  They really are trying to make my head explode, aren't they?  —  Once again: S&P declared that US debt is no longer a safe investment …
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Waiting For A Landslide  —  In 1955, a political scientist named V. O. Key published an essay entitled “A Theory of Critical Elections.”  He argued that realignments in American politics are usually punctuated by transformative elections, in which the old order suddenly gives way and a new majority emerges in its place.
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Barack Obama on credit rating downgrade: U.S. ‘always will be a triple-A country’  —  President Barack Obama came out swinging Monday in his first public remarks since Standard & Poor's downgraded its U.S. credit rating, offering reassurance that “no matter what some agency may say …
Discussion: CNN, Weasel Zippers and Pajamas Media
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Brianna Keilar / CNN:
Obama says U.S. has ‘always been and always will be a triple-A country’
Discussion: New York Magazine
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:   Moody's says it could also downgrade if Washington punts on dealing with debt
Patrick Allen / CNBC:
No Chance of Default, US Can Print Money: Greenspan  —  Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan on Sunday ruled out the chance of a US default following S&P's decision to downgrade America's credit rating.  —  “The United States can pay any debt it has because we can always print money to do that.
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Obama Job Approval 50% or Higher in 16 States and D.C.  —  Idaho residents least approving, at 27%  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Residents of 16 states and the District of Columbia gave President Obama approval ratings of 50% or higher during the first half of 2011, led by the District of Columbia, Connecticut, Maryland, and Delaware.
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
Poor People Own Appliances Because They're Cheap  —  My colleagues Melissa Boteach and Donna Cooper have a great piece on the Heritage Foundation's “poor people aren't actually poor because they own cheap electronics” theory of poverty.  This infographic nicely highlights the silliness …
Discussion: Eschaton
Paul Krugman:
It's a Growth Scare  —  FTalphaville has been saying this all day, and it's right.  The action in the markets looks nothing like worries about US solvency; it looks exactly like what you expect to see when markets suddenly realize that the economy's growth prospects look terrible.
Discussion: Grasping Reality …
Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
Drew Westen's Nonsense  —  There are some strong criticisms to be made of the Obama administration from the left, especially concerning Obama's passive response to the debt ceiling hostage crisis, and his frightening willingness to give away the store to John Boehner.  I've made many of these criticisms myself.
John R. Bolton / Human Events:
On Deck: Why I May Run for President  —  Adam Smith wrote in The Wealth of Nations that “the first duty of the sovereign, that of protecting the society from the violence and invasion of other independent societies, can be performed only by means of a military force.”
Justin Elliott / Salon:
The abortion that Mitt doesn't talk about anymore  —  In a 1994 Senate debate with Ted Kennedy, Mitt Romney revealed a startling chapter from his past: A close relative had died many years earlier in a botched illegal abortion, shaping Romney's stance in favor of safe and legal access to abortion for all women.
Discussion: TBogg
CNN:
Racially motivated attack on video  —  Editor's note: The following story contains language some readers may consider offensive.  —  Jackson, Mississippi (CNN) — On a recent Sunday morning just before dawn, two carloads of white teenagers drove to Jackson, Mississippi …
 
 
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Obama's horrifyingly bad speech
John Woolfolk / Mercury News:
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
The Price of Rural Life
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Emily Schultheis / Ben Smith's Blog:
Bachmann disavows labor bill, cites ‘bad information’
Discussion: Daily Kos
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Romney defends silence during debt-limit fight in Congress
Discussion: GOP 12
A.Killough / CNN:
CNN Poll: Economic pessimism skyrockets
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
The Unappeasable Financial Markets
Discussion: Modeled Behavior
Rasmussen Reports:
29% Say Tea Party Members Are Terrorists, 55% Disagree
Walter Russell Mead / Via Meadia:
American Tinderbox  —  For some time now, residents of some US cities …
David Catanese / The Politico:
Wis. Dem memo: Victory predictions “dangerous”
Discussion: Daily Kos, Althouse and National Review