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1:55 PM ET, August 20, 2011

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Kurt Andersen / New York Times:
Our Politics Are Sick  —  We have a tendency to elect presidents who seem like the antitheses of their immediate predecessors — randy young Kennedy the un-Eisenhower, earnest truth-telling Carter the un-Nixon, charismatic Reagan the un-Carter, randy young Clinton the un-H.W. Bush, cool and cerebral Obama the un-W.
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Huntsman: Perry risks being dismissed as someone not ‘serious on the issues’  —  Republican presidential candidate and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman took aim at Texas Gov. Rick Perry's (R) criticisms of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke saying that Perry risks being dismissed by voters as someone not “serious on the issues.”
Discussion: Ballot Box and The Daily Caller
Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
Jon Huntsman Comes Out Swinging
Discussion: TPMDC
Byron York / Campaign 2012:
Rove: Palin will run  —  Former Bush advisor Karl Rove says he believes former Alaska governor Sarah Palin will enter the Republican presidential race sometime around Labor Day.  Appearing on Fox News Saturday morning, Rove said Palin “has a schedule next week that looks like that of a candidate, not a celebrity.”
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Howard Fineman / The Huffington Post:
Karl Rove Created Rick Perry — Now Can He Stop Him?
Christopher Baxter / New Jersey Online:
Gov. Christie admits climate change is a real problem, that human activity plays a role  —  TRENTON — In case anyone had any doubts on where Gov. Chris Christie stands on climate change, he made his position crystal clear this afternoon: It's real and it's a problem.
The White House:
WEEKLY ADDRESS: Getting America Back to Work  —  WASHINGTON— In this week's address, President Obama spoke to the American people from the Corner Country Farm in Alpha, Illinois on the need to create jobs and strengthen the economy.  President Obama reminded the American people that we still …
Discussion: Associated Press and The Greenroom
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Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
President Obama tells lawmakers in Washington to put country before party
Discussion: JammieWearingFool
Colby Itkowitz / Morning Call:
Dismal poll numbers for Obama in PA  —  Economy drags down approval numbers in Pennsylvania, a state the president would likely need to win a second term.  —  U.S. President Obama holds a baby after landing in Buzzard's Bay before boarding Marine One to take him to Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts (August 18, 2011)
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Confidence in Obama, and in the Economy, Declines
Dan Nowicki / Arizona Republic:
Giffords is now aware of who died in massacre  —  For nearly seven months, U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was intentionally kept in the dark about the six people who died in the Jan. 8 shooting spree near Tucson.  —  Although Giffords knew that she had been shot and that six people had died …
Reihan Salam / The Daily:
The left's labeling of conservatives as biased is flat-out wrong  —  The other day, Ed Schultz, host of MSNBC's “The Ed Show,” had a bit of fun at the expense of Rick Perry, the governor of Texas and newly minted Republican presidential candidate.  He played a carefully edited clip …
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Jess Bravin / Washington Wire:
Texas Secession Comes to Supreme Court, in a Way
CNN:
Texas Gov. Rick Perry: Immigration is a ‘federal responsibility’
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Republicans at home face Tea Party-style protests from liberal, labor groups  —  House Republicans are facing angry protests at home this month as liberal activists and labor organizers try to replicate the Tea-Party backlash that bit Democrats in August of 2009.  —  Liberal groups have been planning these protests for months.
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Henry Blodget / The Business Insider:
MOODY'S ANALYST BREAKS SILENCE: Says Ratings Agency Rotten To Core With Conflicts  —  A former senior analyst at Moody's has gone public with his story of how one of the country's most important rating agencies is corrupted to the core.  —  The analyst, William J. Harrington …
Mark Steyn / National Review:
The Imperial Presidency  —  Rick Perry, governor of Texas, has only been in the presidential race for 20 minutes, but he's already delivered one of the best lines in the campaign:  —  “I'll work every day to try to make Washington, D.C., as inconsequential in your life as I can.”
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
To Run or Not to Run  —  That is Paul Ryan's question.  —  For months the Republican presidential campaign has been a sleepy affair.  The biggest news was that one supposedly top candidate had refused to criticize the frontrunner.  Riveting.  —  The last week changed all of that.
Keith Koffler / White House Dossier:
Obamas Share Sacrifice at Pricey Vineyard Restaurant  —  President and Mrs. Obama are sharing in the sacrifice tonight at the Beach Plum Restaurant on Martha's Vineyard, which features an array of overpriced selections for the first couple to choose from that could easily bring the bill within range of $200.
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
Ali Akbar Dareini / Associated Press:
Iran sentences 2 American men to 8 years in jail  —  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Two American men arrested more than two years ago while hiking along the Iraq-Iran border have been sentenced to eight years in prison for espionage and illegally entering Iran, state TV reported Saturday.
Ben Farmer / Telegraph:
US troops may stay in Afghanistan until 2024  —  America and Afghanistan are close to signing a strategic pact which would allow thousands of United States troops to remain in the country until at least 2024, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.  —  The agreement would allow not only military trainers …
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KTAR.com:
Arpaio clarifies stand on Obama birth certificate  —  PHOENIX — Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has denied that he “promised” Tea Party leaders in Arizona to investigate the validity of Barack Obama's long-form birth certificate to determine the president's eligibility for the 2012 election ballot.
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WorldNetDaily:
Arizona sheriff promises Obama-eligibility probe
Discussion: Wonkette, Salon and Raw Replay
 
 
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Patrick McGeehan / City Room:
Federal Officials Reject City's Plan to Ban Food Stamps for Soda
Discussion: Don Surber
WFTV Channel 9:
9 Investigates: Welfare Drug Testing
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
James Macdonald / Foreign Policy:
Life After Debt  —  In this month's market upheavals …
Discussion: AMERICAN FUTURE and Felix Salmon
New York Times:
A Study in Judicial Dysfunction
Discussion: Prairie Weather
David Starkey / Telegraph:
UK riots: It's not about criminality and cuts, it's about culture... and this is only the beginning
Discussion: Guardian
Wall Street Journal:
The Texas Jobs Panic
 Earlier Items: 
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Barton: Gay Rights Are “Impossible,” People Are Poor Because They're Not Religious
Discussion: Althouse
L. Brent Bozell / CNN:
O'Donnell's reaction to Piers Morgan was ‘downright bizarre’
Discussion: Mediaite and Hot Air
Debbie Siegelbaum / The Hill:
Rep. Dingell asks Boehner and Pelosi to justify cancellation of page program
Sam Baker / Healthwatch:
HHS grants 106 new healthcare waivers
Roll Call:
The 50 Richest Members of Congress (2011)