memeorandum: Rollins to step back from Bachmann role (Maggie Haberman/The Politico)

2:57 AM ET, September 6, 2011

Top Items:

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.

Discussion: Mediaite, Daily Kos, emptywheel, Angry Black Lady Chronicles, The Gateway Pundit and TPMDC

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.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, The Reaction, Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit, John Lott's Website, Don Surber, Proof Positive, The Other McCain, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Lonely Conservative, Scared Monkeys, Pajamas Media and HotAirPundit

Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:

Teamsters President: ‘No Regrets’ After Fiery Speech Draws Right-Wing Criticism — Teamsters union president James Hoffa would say it all again if he could, he told TPM Monday. — Hoffa riled up Fox News and the right wing Monday with a Labor Day speech in Detroit in which he called Republican members …

Discussion: Hot Air, Mediaite, NewsBusters.org, Weasel Zippers, Business Insider and HotAirPundit

Mary Bruce / Politics:

Hoffa On Tea Party: 'Let's Take These Sons Of Bitches Out!' — Warming up the crowd before President Obama's speech in Detroit this afternoon, Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa, Jr. had some choice words for the Tea Party. — Hoffa warned the largely union crowd that there was a “war on workers” …

Discussion: Big Government, Breitbart.tv, Maggie's Notebook, Somewhat Reasonable, Althouse, Patterico's Pontifications, Weasel Zippers, Instapundit, RealClearPolitics Video Log and Outside the Beltway

Toby Harnden / blogs.telegraph.co.uk:
Will Barack Obama condemn Joe Biden and Jimmy Hoffa for calling Republicans ‘barbarians’ and ‘son of a bitches’

Discussion: HotAirPundit, The Daily Caller, Ballot Box, The Sundries Shack, BizzyBlog, Scared Monkeys, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Lonely Conservative and The Right Scoop

Zara Golden / Mediaite:
President Obama's Labor Day Remarks Challenge GOP To Put Country Before Party

Discussion: Wizbang and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Charles Johnson / Little Green Footballs:
Fox News Deceptively Edits Video to Smear Teamsters Pres. Hoffa

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog

Michelle Malkin:
Happy Labor Day: Top 10 union thug moments of the year; Update: Jimmy Hoffa makes the list

Discussion: Doug Ross, theblogprof, TBogg, PERRspectives, Nice Deb, Pajamas Media, Firedoglake, The Heritage Foundation, Big Journalism, The Gateway Pundit, alicublog, The Lonely Conservative, Althouse and Wizbang

Maggie Haberman / The Politico:

Rollins to step back from Bachmann role — Ed Rollins is going to be stepping back from day-to-day management of the Michele Bachmann campaign, and moving into a senior advisory role, he said in an interview. — Rollins said the reason for the change is personal — his health and the rigors of a campaign.

Discussion: New York Times, Ballot Box, Washington Post, CNN and National Review

Rasmussen Reports:

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.

Discussion: Townhall.com, Iowa Caucuses, The Raw Story, LifeNews.com, Scared Monkeys, Hot Air, National Review, CNN and HotAirPundit

Maggie Haberman / The Politico:

Michele Bachmann 2012 campaign's turnover raises new questions — Top-level staff departures from Michele Bachmann's campaign are raising fresh questions about her durability heading into the post-Labor Day stretch of the 2012 presidential primary contest. — As POLITICO first reported Sunday …

Discussion: New York Magazine

Emily Schultheis / The Politico:
Rick Perry fires at Mitt Romney at S.C. town hall

Discussion: Online NewsHour and Ballot Box

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

Discussion: Conservatives4Palin and Big Government

CBS News:
“Doesn't appear” Palin will run: DeMint

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Bachmann bunked at S.C. gov's mansion

Discussion: Associated Press, 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

Discussion: CNN, Maggie's Notebook and Austin American-Statesman

Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Romney kicks off primary high season with pancakes

Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog and The Hill

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

Fars News Agency:

Senior Diplomat Asks for Identification of Main Culprits behind 9/11 Attacks — TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian Foreign Ministry official and a career diplomat, Mohsen Pakaein, blames the American Neoconservatives for the September 11 attacks on the US, saying that Neocons have victimized thousands …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit

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:

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

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