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1:35 PM ET, August 9, 2011

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The Politico:
Obama plan: Destroy Romney  —  Barack Obama's aides and advisers are preparing to center the president's re-election campaign on a ferocious personal assault on Mitt Romney's character and business background, a strategy grounded in the early stage expectation that the former Massachusetts governor is the likely GOP nominee.
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Nina Power / Guardian:
There is a context to the riots that can't be ignored  —  Those condemning the events in north London and elsewhere would do well to take a step back and consider the bigger picture  —  Since the coalition came to power just over a year ago, the country has seen multiple student protests …
Telegraph:
London riots: BBC criticised for branding thugs as ‘protesters’
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The most powerful man on Earth?  —  A familiar air of indecision preceded President Obama's pep talk to the nation.  —  The first draft of his schedule for Monday contained no plans to comment on the downgrading of the U.S. credit rating by Standard & Poor's.
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New York Times:
Past Time for a New Agenda  —  President Obama tried on Monday to restore the plunging confidence of investors, insisting the United States remains a triple-A country whatever Standard & Poor's might think.  It didn't work with the stock markets, which sank again, and it did nothing to reassure …
Washington Post:
How S&P downgraded the government — and itself
Discussion: New York Times
The White House:
Remarks by the President State Dining Room
Wall Street Journal:
Is Obama Smart?  —  A case study in stupid is as stupid does.  —  The aircraft was large, modern and considered among the world's safest.  But that night it was flying straight into a huge thunderstorm.  Turbulence was extreme, and airspeed indicators may not have been functioning properly.
Abe Sauer / The Atlantic Online:
The Day of Reckoning in Wisconsin Recall Fight  —  Outside groups, finger-pointing and acrimony have nearly eclipsed the original reason six state senators face voters today  —  Wisconsin is tired of standing.  —  First the state was told to “Stand with Walker.”  —  Ever since then, it's been “Stand with Rob Cowles.”
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Andy Kroll / Mother Jones:
Inside the Wisconsin Recall's Massive Get-Out-the-Vote Machine
Monica Davey / New York Times:
Polls Open for Wisconsin Recall Vote
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog
Yochi J. Dreazen / NationalJournal.com:
Obama Cancels Schedule to Meet Returned Bodies of Fallen Soldiers  —  President Obama will travel to Dover Air Force base later on Tuesday to honor the 22 Navy SEALs and eight other American troops killed in Afghanistan on Saturday when an insurgent shot down their helicopter …
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John T. Bennett / The Hill:
Top Pentagon leaders headed to Dover
Discussion: CNN
Kara Rowland / Washington Times:
Obama to pay respects to copter crash victims
Andrew Restuccia / The Hill:
Obama unveils first efficiency standards for heavy-duty trucks
Susan Page / USA Today:
Obama's job approval  —  President Obama's job approval rating is 50% or higher in 16 states and D.C. Roll over each state to see how each rated Obama.  The darker the shade of the state, the higher his overall approval rating.  —  Source: Gallup  —  WASHINGTON — Another “wave” …
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
McCain: Jon Kyl ‘my nominee’ for ‘supercommittee’  —  Sen. John McCain would like to see fellow Arizona Republican Sen. Jon Kyl on the so-called “supercommittee.”  —  “Jon Kyl is my nominee for this committee, and I believe he would do the right thing,” McCain said Tuesday on Tucson, Ariz., radio station KVOI 1030.
Discussion: CNN, The Politico and TPMDC
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Sen. McCain won't apologize for ‘Tea Party hobbits’ comment
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Cantor pushes intransigence, hopes to prove S&P right
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Hill
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Mr. Cool turns cold  —  In her autobiography, Helen Gahagan Douglas recalled telling President Franklin D. Roosevelt about her visits to the camps of migrant workers.  She was especially poignant about the children and their lack of Christmas toys when the president tried to stop her.
Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
Bachmann's ‘Must-Read’ List Included A Book That Claims Blacks Were ‘Better Off In Nearly Every Way’ Under Slavery  —  Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann (R) has already made one slavery-related gaffe during her presidential campaign, signing a pledge produced by the Iowa FAMiLY LEADER …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Bachmann's political touch turns doubter into fan  —  Anyone who doubts Michele Bachmann's talents as a hands-on politician didn't see her performance here Monday.  In an otherwise unremarkable town hall meeting, Bachmann turned a potentially embarrassing encounter with a grouchy voter …
Discussion: Power Line
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Kenneth Rogoff / Financial Times:
The bullets yet to be fired to stop the crisis  —  Four years into the financial crisis, it is becoming increasingly clear that the biggest deficit is not in credit, but credibility.  Markets can adjust to a downgrade of global growth, but they cannot cope with a spiralling loss of confidence …
Discussion: AMERICAN FUTURE, EconLog and Rortybomb
Dave Boyer / Washington Times:
Philadelphia mayor talks tough to black teenagers after ‘flash mobs’  —  ** FILE ** In this March 20, 2010, photo, young people run down South Street during a flash mob incident that involved thousands and closed the street to traffic from Front Street to Broad in Philadelphia.
Daily Mail:
Forced to strip naked in the street: Shocking scenes as rioters steal clothes and rifle through bags as people make their way home  —  This is the shocking moment a young man is apparently forced to hand over all of his clothes after appearing to be stripped naked during lawless riots overnight.
Discussion: Pajamas Media and Maggie's Farm
Jeffrey Goldberg / Bloomberg:
About Jeffrey Goldberg  —  Jeffrey Goldberg, a national correspondent for the Atlantic, is the author of “Prisoners: A Story of Friendship and Terror.”  He was formerly a Washington correspondent and a Middle East correspondent for the New Yorker.  —  Chris Christie Says Jersey's Safe From Shariah: Jeffrey Goldberg
Discussion: Hit & Run and Ben Smith's Blog
 
 
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Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
Tim Pawlenty's Extremely Weak Grasp Of Monetary Policy And International Finance
Discussion: Paul Krugman
Erik Wasson / Ballot Box:
Liberals outline stimulus agenda in ‘Contract for the American Dream’
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Aman Batheja / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Burgess meets with unhappy Tea Party group
Discussion: The Politico and ThinkProgress
presstv.ir:
Iran urges UK to restrain police
Discussion: Telegraph and Guardian
MacIver Institute:
Liberal Recall Money Matrix
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Charlie Rangel to Obama: Bring Congress back
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
Krauthammer blasts Obama as ‘weak, plaintive and small’
Discussion: Freedom's Lighthouse
 Earlier Items: 
Pitchfork:
Sony/PIAS Warehouse Burnt Down in UK Riots
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
Reuters:
Court allows torture lawsuit against Rumsfeld
Bob Cusack / The Hill:
The contenders and dark horses to land on debt ‘supercommittee’
Discussion: Sky Dancing