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12:20 AM ET, August 15, 2011

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The Caucus:
Pawlenty Drops Out of Republican Race  —  Former Gov. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota, left, at Thursday's debate in Ames, Iowa, with Jon M. Huntsman Jr. and Newt Gingrich.  —  DES MOINES — Tim Pawlenty, the former governor of Minnesota, dropped his bid for the Republican nomination for president …
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Scott Conroy / Real Clear Politics:
Palin-Bachmann Rancor Heats Up Below the Surface  —  DES MOINES, Iowa — “I like Sarah Palin a lot,” Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann said at Thursday night's Republican presidential debate.  “We are very good friends.”  —  Bachmann's charitable words were the latest in a long line …
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Adrift in Iowa: Tired Rituals in Tough Times
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
So much for Sam's Club  —  The departure of Tim Pawlenty …
Discussion: The Daily Dish
Toby Harnden / blogs.telegraph.co.uk:   10 things to take away from Ames. What Michele Bachmann's win means
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Farewell to Tim Pawlenty
Discussion: Hot Air
Catalina Camia / USA Today:
Tim Pawlenty ends presidential campaign
Juana Summers / The Politico:
Former foes praise Tim Pawlenty as he exits
Discussion: CNN and ABCNEWS
Jon Ward / The Huffington Post:
Ames Win Positions Michele Bachmann As Rick Perry's Top Obstacle To Be Anti-Romney (VIDEO)
TBogg:
Rick Perry Is Now Sorry He Banned Parental Honor Killings  —  Godbotherer and probably Notre Dame football fan Joshua Mercer is unleashing a sigh of relief that Texas dick adjuster Rick Perry is apologizing for mandating that all girls in Texas become whores at age eleven or, I don't know, move to Utah and get married or something:
Discussion: Eschaton
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Rick Perry / The Daily Beast:
Rick Perry's Ruthless Drive to Win  —  Rick Perry has called Social Security unconstitutional and presided over the execution of a man who was probably innocent.  But as Paul Begala argues, that's just the beginning.  —  I first met Rick Perry in 1985.  He was a Democratic freshman state rep …
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Perry makes first campaign outing
Discussion: The Note and CNN
Lucy Madison / CBS News:
DNC chair: Texas economy no credit to Perry
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Tea Party's heyday may be coming to an end, say political experts  —  The reign of the Tea Party may be coming to an end in Washington, according to academic political experts who say polls show a backlash against the conservative movement.  —  Two national polls released this month by CNN …
Michael A. Memoli / Los Angeles Times:
Gallup: Obama job rating sinks below 40% for first time  —  President Obama's summer woes have dragged his approval rating to an all-time low, sinking below 40% for the first time in Gallup's daily tracking poll.  —  New data posted Sunday shows that 39% of Americans approve of Obama's job performance, while 54% disapprove.
Reuters:
Pakistan gave China access to secret U.S. aircraft involved in bin Laden raid, paper says  —  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan gave China access to the previously unknown U.S. “stealth” helicopter that crashed during the commando raid that killed Osama bin Laden in May despite explicit requests …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Anna Fifield / Financial Times:
Pakistan lets China see US helicopter  —  Pakistan allowed Chinese military engineers to photograph and take samples from the top-secret stealth helicopter that US special forces left behind when they killed Osama bin Laden, the Financial Times has learnt.  —  The action is the latest incident …
Discussion: Via Meadia
Peter Hitchens / Daily Mail:
Police water cannon and plastic bullets?  After 50 years of the most lavish welfare state on earth?  What an abject failure  —  Bitter laughter is my main response to the events of the past week.  You are surprised by what has happened?  Why?  I have been saying for years that it was coming …
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
You Want Compromise?  Sure You Do  —  Sheryl Gay Stolberg is a reporter in the Washington bureau of The New York Times.  —  WASHINGTON  —  THROUGHOUT the debt-ceiling debacle, poll after poll has shown that Americans want politicians in Washington to compromise.
CNN:
CNN/ORC Poll: Dem support for Obama's re-election fades  —  Washington (CNN) - Barack Obama's base is behind another term for the president, according to a new CNN/ORC International poll.  —  Seven in 10 Democrats say they'd like to see Obama as their party's presidential nominee next year.
yyAMCopy / Nation Now:
Indiana State Fair stage collapse: 5 dead; singer relates horror  —  The death toll has risen to five in the stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair in which 45 people were also injured.  —  The main stage collapsed on a crowd waiting for a Sugarland performance Saturday night …
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and Mediaite
Jeff Spross / ThinkProgress:
Bachmann: I ‘Probably Would’ Reinstate DADT Because It ‘Has Worked Very Well’  —  This morning on CNN, contender for the GOP nomination and Iowa straw poll winner Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-MN) told host Candy Crowley that DADT “has worked very well,” and if she were president she would “probably” reinstate it.
 
 
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