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9:00 PM ET, September 5, 2011

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Emily Schultheis / The Politico:
Rick Perry fires at Mitt Romney at S.C. town hall  —  CONWAY, S.C. — Rick Perry cut short a trip to South Carolina on Monday to head home to deal with wildfires in his state but got in a shot at Mitt Romney before he left.  —  “There is no one who's gonna be sitting on that stage …
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Iowa Caucus: Iowa GOP: Perry 29%, Bachmann 18%, Romney 17%, Paul 14%  —  Confirming a surge seen in polling across the nation, Texas Governor Rick Perry has moved into first place among Republican voters in Iowa, host state to the first-in-the-nation caucus early next year.
Jonathan Karl / Politics:
DeMint Says He'll Likely Skip Obama's Econ Speech  —  In an interview this morning in Columbia, SC, Jim DeMint told me he'll probably skip President Obama's speech to joint session of Congress on Thursday.  —  “If he sent a written proposal over first, I would go hear him explain it …
Discussion: TPMDC
A.Killough / CNN:
Romney: Health care will be one of my ‘best assets’
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Danny Yadron / Washington Wire:
Palin's Attack on ‘Corporate Crony Capitalism’ Spotlights Gap in GOP Field
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Bachmann bunked at S.C. gov's mansion
Discussion: The Raw Story and Daily Kos
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Perry to skip DeMint's presidential forum, will return to Texas to deal with wildfires
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Romney kicks off primary high season with pancakes
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog and The Hill
Meghashyam Mali / Ballot Box:
Poll finds Perry and Romney tied for lead with GOP Calif. voters
Discussion: gqrr.com and Los Angeles Times
RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Hoffa Threatens GOP At Obama Event: “Take These Son Of Bitches Out”  —  Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa had some profane, combative words for Republicans while warming up the crowd for President Obama in Detroit, Michigan on Monday.  “We got to keep an eye on the battle that we face: The war on workers.
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Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Fox Doctors Hoffa Speech To Fabricate Call For Violence  —  Right-wing bloggers misled by dishonest Fox News video editing are attacking Teamsters President James Hoffa, Jr. for supposedly urging violence against Tea Party activists during a Labor Day speech.
Michelle Malkin:
Happy Labor Day: Top 10 union thug moments of the year; Update: Jimmy Hoffa makes the list  —  Scroll for updates...  As the MSM whitewashes Big Labor's ugly threats, Tea Party smears, and history of coerced dues-subsidized racketeering this Labor Day, what better way to mark the holiday …
Patricia Bosworth / Daily Mail:
Rebel without a bra: Jane Fonda said her biggest regret was not sleeping with Che Guevara... but that was to please her husband  —  One day, at the height of her fame in the mid-Seventies, Jane Fonda turned up on the doorstep of her ex-husband, Roger Vadim.  She was lugging a bulging sack.
Naftali Bendavid / Wall Street Journal:
Obama Signals Next Steps in Jobs Push  —  President Barack Obama signaled Monday he'll propose a major infrastructure program and an extension of a payroll tax break in the jobs speech he planned to deliver Thursday before a joint session of Congress.  —  In an animated Labor Day talk …
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John Podhoretz / Commentary Magazine:
Obama's “Country Before Party” Nonsense  —  News reports suggest that on Thursday night, the president will tell Republicans in the House and Senate that they should put “country before party” and endorse his proposals for job creation.  The “country before party” line has become Obama's …
Discussion: americanthinker.com
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
The last Labor Day?  —  Let's get it over with and rename the holiday “Capital Day.”  We may still celebrate Labor Day, but our culture has given up on honoring workers as the real creators of wealth and their honest toil — the phrase itself seems antique — as worthy of genuine respect.
A.Killough / CNN:
Bachmann: Why is there a Department of Education?  —  (CNN) - Painting herself as a “constitutional conservative” Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann told Sen. Jim DeMint's forum Monday that if elected president she would look to get rid of the Department of Education, among other things.
Discussion: Hot Air and National Review
Washington Examiner:
You have a right to record the police  —  Tiawanda Moore was vindicated after a jury acquitted her of the “crime” of recording the police.  (AP photo)  —  All over America, police have been arresting people for taking video or making sound recordings of them, even though such arrests are pretty clearly illegal.
Wolfgang Schäuble / Financial Times:
Why austerity is only cure for the eurozone  —  In recent weeks, debt markets have undergone wild gyrations, leading some analysts and commentators to question the progress achieved in taming the sovereign debt crisis in the eurozone.  More recently, economic data and forward-looking indicators …
Discussion: AMERICAN FUTURE and Paul Krugman
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International Monetary Fund
Discussion: Guardian
Yves Smith / naked capitalism:
The Decline of Manufacturing in America: A Case Study  —  One frequent and frustrating line that often crops up in the comments section of this blog is that American labor has no hope, it should just accept Chinese wages, since price is all that matters.  That line of thinking is wrongheaded on multiple levels.
Discussion: CANNONFIRE
 
 
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