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New CNN Poll: Perry on top when it comes to electability — Tampa, Florida (CNN) - Hours before the start of the first-ever CNN/Tea Party Republican debate, a new national survey indicates that Texas Gov. Rick Perry is maintaining his lead in the race for the GOP presidential nomination.
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Rick Perry / USA Today:
I am going to be honest with the American people — The first step to fixing a problem is honestly admitting there is a problem. America's goal must be to fix Social Security by making it more financially sound and sustainable for the long term. But Americans deserve a frank and honest discussion …
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Turner poised for big upset — Republican Bob Turner is poised to pull a huge upset in the race to replace Anthony Weiner as the Congressman from New York's 9th Congressional District. He leads Democrat David Weprin 47-41 with Socialist Workers candidate Christopher Hoeppner at 4% and 7% of voters remaining undecided.
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Pawlenty endorses Romney — Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty endorsed Mitt Romney for president Monday, praising his onetime rival for his “leadership ability” and the “depth and scope of [his] private-sector experience.” — “I believe he's going to be our party's nominee,” Pawlenty said on …
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Tim Pawlenty / National Review:
My Endorsement: Mitt Romney for President — Great crises often produce great leaders. Unfortunately, sometimes the timing isn't right, and neither is the leader. — Barack Obama came into office in the midst of a great economic crisis. Although hopes were high, he did not rise to the occasion.
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Winning ugly — By all appearances, Republicans are poised to win tomorrow's special election in New York's 9th, a seat left vacant by Anthony Weiner's resignation. It's generally a Democratic stronghold, making the likely GOP victory quite surprising. — There are plenty of factors at play …
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James Hohmann / The Politico:
A post 9/11 return to normalcy — Romney attacks labor — GOP surging in NY-9, NV-2—RNC to step up Solyndra attacks—Previewing tonight's Tampa debate—DNC ad campaign boosts Obama jobs plan — SNEAK PEEK - ROMNEY TACKLES LABOR: Mitt Romney's campaign will release a new web video later …
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Byron York / Campaign 2012:
Despite Social Security, older voters like Perry — Texas Gov. Rick Perry's description of Social Security as a “Ponzi scheme” is drawing lots of criticism from rival candidates Mitt Romney, Michele Bachmann, and Newt Gingrich. But so far at least, it's not drawing much criticism from the voters most affected by the issue.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
In leaked custody filing, ‘heedless’ Weprin; ‘dirty politics’ alleged
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Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Pro-Bachmann PAC to air ad hitting Perry on illegal immigration
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New York Times:
Muted in Last Debate, Bachmann Looks to Rejoin Conversation
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BBC:
Explosion at French nuclear site of Marcoule — One person has been killed and four injured, one seriously, by an explosion at the southern French nuclear site of Marcoule. — There were no radioactive leaks after the blast, caused by a fire near a furnace in the Centraco radioactive waste storage site, officials said.
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Kim Willsher / Guardian:
Explosion at French nuclear waste plant
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Doug Stanglin / USA Today:
1 dead in blast at French nuclear plant, but no leak reported
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
An Impeccable Disaster — On Thursday Jean-Claude Trichet, the president of the European Central Bank or E.C.B. — Europe's equivalent to Ben Bernanke — lost his sang-froid. In response to a question about whether the E.C.B. is becoming a “bad bank” thanks to its purchases of troubled nations' debt …
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New York Times:
Financial Crisis in Europe Is Flaring Again
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Wolfgang Munchau / Financial Times:
Stop rejoicing. This was no victory for the eurozone
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The Politico:
GOP grumbles about jobs plan — House Republicans may pass bits and pieces of President Barack Obama's jobs plan, but behind the scenes, some Republicans are becoming worried about giving Obama any victories — even on issues the GOP has supported in the past.
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Bob Woodward / Washington Post:
In Cheney's memoir, it's clear Iraq's lessons didn't sink in — A key lesson of the 9/11 decade for presidents and other national security decision makers is the importance of rigorously testing intelligence evidence: poking holes in it, setting out contradictions, figuring out what may have been overlooked or left out.
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Daily Mail:
U.S. backs move to let Taliban open headquarters in Qatar in the hope of ending war in Afghanistan — Talks to end the 10-year war in Afghanistan could be on the horizon after the U.S. backed a plan to let the Taliban open political headquarters in the Middle East.
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Daily Mail:
100 protesters burn American flag outside U.S. embassy in London during minute's silence for 9/11 — Protesters set fire to the U.S. flag outside the American embassy in London today during a minute's silence to mark the moment the first hijacked airliner hit the World Trade Centre.
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