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2:45 PM ET, September 7, 2011

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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Obama's whopper of a claim on tax cuts  —  “We said working folks deserved a break , so within one month of me taking office, we signed into law the biggest middle-class tax cut in history, putting more money into your pockets.”  —  The president's Labor Day speech in Detroit featured …
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
A Campaign Challenge: Defining Obama  —  LOS ANGELES — President Obama may have escaped the burden of a Democratic primary challenger.  Yet the battle to define him is rapidly escalating — not only by Republicans competing to run against him, but also within his own team inside the White House.
Darren Goode / The Politico:
Barbara Boxer: I hope greens sue President Obama  —  Senate Environment and Public Works Chairwoman Barbara Boxer said she hopes green groups sue President Barack Obama over his decision to punt a regulation curbing smog-creating emissions until at least 2013.
Tim Mak / The Politico:
Obama plan: 100s of billions for jobs  —  With the economy struggling and his re-election campaign gearing up, President Barack Obama plans to propose a jobs package worth several hundred billion dollars, mostly in tax cuts, infrastructure spending, and direct aid to state and local governments, according to reports on Wednesday.
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Old Tax Relief Seen as Anchor in Obama Plan  —  WASHINGTON — The centerpiece of the job creation package that President Obama plans to announce on Thursday — payroll tax relief for workers and perhaps their employers — is neither his first policy choice nor that of many economists.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Sky Dancing
Albert R. Hunt / Bloomberg:
Obama Said to Seek $300 Billion Jobs Package  —  President Barack Obama plans to propose sparking job growth by injecting more than $300 billion into the economy next year, mostly through tax cuts, infrastructure spending and direct aid to state and local governments.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Democrats fear it's too late
Robin Bravender / The Politico:
Spurned on smog, will EPA head go?
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Erick Erickson / RedState:
Enough  —  “[A]t some point, Sarah Palin has to take some responsibility for her supporters as Ron Paul must for his.  Palin's dragging out the tease on her decision has compounded the problem and we've reached a breaking point.”  —  On Fox News, Ann Coulter and Laura Ingraham had the best discussion on Sarah Palin I have seen.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Coulter on Palin: Let's face it, she's probably not electable
Discussion: Mediaite
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Karl Rove: Rick Perry's Extreme Views On Social Security Are ‘Toxic’  —  This morning on ABC, Karl Rove said Rick Perry's extreme views on Social Security — detailed in his book “Fed Up!”  — are “toxic” both in the Republican primary and the general election.  Rove also dismissed Perry's response thus far as “inadequate.”
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:   Rove: ‘Fed Up!’ Perry's ‘greatest challenge’
George Stephanopoulos / Politics:
Karl Rove: Rick Perry's Social Security Views ‘Toxic’
Rolling Stone:
Obama and Jobs: Why I Don't Believe Him Anymore  —  I was in an airport in Florida yesterday and was forced into a terrible, Sophie's Choice-type choice.  —  I was hours early for a flight and stuck in a relatively small terminal crammed with people.  Only one area in the whole wing had empty seats …
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Washington Post:
Rick Perry's response to Texas wildfires offers glimpse of leadership  —  With wildfires raging across his state, Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) assumed a familiar role this week: crisis commander in chief.  —  His abrupt decision this week to cut short his presidential campaign schedule …
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Sean Sullivan / Hotline On Call:
Poll: Republicans View Perry As Most Electable Nominee
Discussion: Pat Dollard and Weasel Zippers
Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America:
Like Fox News, Washington Post, USA Today And CNN All Run Hoffa Comments Out Of Context
Discussion: Daily Kos
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
In advance of the Reagan revelry  —  We will, I can guarantee, hear quite a bit of gushing adulation for Ronald Reagan tonight at the debate for the Republican presidential candidates.  Such hero worship would be expected at any gathering of leading GOP officials, but it will likely reach religious …
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Matt Cover / CNSNews:
Teamsters' Hoffa Made $300,000 in 2010  —  (CNSNews.com) - International Brotherhood of Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa Jr. was paid a base salary of $294,285 in 2010, according to the labor union's financial disclosure forms.  —  Hoffa made headlines on Labor Day with comments calling union members part …
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Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:
Ed Schultz Asks Hoffa ‘Do You Think The Republicans Are Sons of B—hes?’
Discussion: Nice Deb
Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:
G.O.P. Legislators Balk at a Call to Tie Storm Aid to Budget Cuts  —  WASHINGTON — As Congress prepares to tackle the issue of providing aid to areas ravaged by Tropical Storm Irene, a rift has opened among House Republicans over the federal government's role in providing disaster relief.
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
FEMA funding has Congress stuck in dispute
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Fox News:
Pelosi Peeved Republicans Opt Out of Rebuttal to Obama Speech  —  Republicans have decided they're not going to give a rebuttal to President Obama's jobs speech later this week, a decision House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi took as a high affront to the White House.
CNN:
EXCLUSIVE: Libyan missiles looted  —  CNN's Ben Wedeman and Ingrid Formanek reporting from Tripoli, Libya -  —  TRIPOLI, Libya (CNN) - A potent stash of Russian-made surface-to-air missiles is missing from a huge Tripoli weapons warehouse amid reports of weapons looting across war-torn Libya.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Jenna Sachs / WITI:
Protesters arrested after disrupting luncheon featuring Cong. Paul Ryan  —  Equal number of protesters, supporters were at event  —  More than 40 police officers came to control the crowds at Whitnall Park Rotary Club Tuesday afternoon where Congressman Paul Ryan was invited to speak.
David Catanese / The Politico:
Shays unsure how to overcome McMahon money  —  Former Rep. Chris Shays has settled on running for Connecticut's open Senate seat, but hasn't yet determined how he'll overcome Linda McMahon's personal resources in a potential GOP primary.  —  “I don't know.
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Liberals Finally See the Obama We've Seen All Along  —  Hey, remember when it was an unhinged, unfair, right-wing smear to charge that Obama was obliviously and aloofly golfing his way through a four-year national recession?  —  Yeah, check out the cartoon of Tom Toles …
Discussion: Pundit & Pundette
New York Times:
In the Land of Denial  —  The Republican presidential contenders regard global warming as a hoax or, at best, underplay its importance.  The most vocal denier is Rick Perry, the Texas governor and longtime friend of the oil industry, who insists that climate change is an unproven theory created by …
Discussion: Democratic Strategist
Paul Krugman:
Treasuries, TIPS, and Gold (Wonkish)  —  (Yes, it's 4:30 AM where I am.  I found myself wide awake, thinking about gold prices.  You got a problem with that?)  —  In assessing economic prospects since the financial crisis of 2008, there have been two kinds of people: inflationistas and deflationistas.
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Tomblin leads by 6 points in WV  —  The West Virginia Governor's race has tightened significantly over the last four months and Democrat Earl Ray Tomblin now leads Republican challenger Bill Maloney by only 6 points at 46-40.  PPP's last poll, in May, found Tomblin leading by 15 at 45-30 …
New York Times:
Plan Would Keep Small Force in Iraq Past Deadline  —  WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta is supporting a plan that would keep 3,000 to 4,000 American troops in Iraq after a deadline for their withdrawal at year's end, but only to continue training security forces there, a senior military official said on Tuesday.
Tom Perry / Reuters:
Palestinians deploy Obama speech in U.N. campaign  —  (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is an unlikely participant in a Palestinian campaign to drum up support for a bid to win U.N. recognition of their statehood — a diplomatic move opposed by both his administration and Israel.
 
 
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