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11:15 AM ET, September 12, 2011

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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 …
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CNN:
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.
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.
Stanley Kurtz / National Review:   Perry and the Ponzis  —  Is Texas governor and Republican …
A.Killough / CNN:
Pawlenty to be Romney's guest at CNN Tea Party Debate
Discussion: msnbc.com and New York Times
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.
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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.
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 …
Leo Damrosch / The New Republic:   What's with Romney's Awkward Jokes? Harvard's ‘Wit and Humor’ Professor Explains
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Pawlenty endorses Romney for president
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog
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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Wolfgang Munchau / Financial Times:
Stop rejoicing. This was no victory for the eurozone
Discussion: AMERICAN FUTURE
Bloomberg:
Obama Said to Send Congress Jobs Legislation Tomorrow  —  Sept. 11 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama will send to Congress tomorrow a legislative proposal to enact a $447 billion package of tax cuts and spending aimed at boosting hiring, according to an administration official.
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
President Obama sending jobs bill to Congress Monday
Discussion: The Hill and Michelle Malkin
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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The Hill:
Alternative jobs plan is tough sell for House Republican leaders
Discussion: The Maddow Blog
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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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
The Huffington Post:
Jamie Dimon, CEO Of JPMorgan Chase, Calls International Bank Rules ‘Anti-American’ … The United States should consider pulling out of the Basel group of global regulators, Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, said in an interview with the Financial Times.
Discussion: emptywheel
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Financial Times:
JPMorgan chief says bank rules ‘anti-US’
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.
Discussion: The Politico and Daily Kos
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Ronald Kessler / NewsMax.com:
Cheney to Newsmax: Israel Will Attack a ‘Nuclear’ Iran
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.
Janny Scott / New York Times:
In Tapes, Candid Talk by Young Kennedy Widow  —  In the early days of the Cuban missile crisis, before the world knew that the cold war seemed to be sliding toward nuclear conflict, President John F. Kennedy telephoned his wife, Jacqueline, at their weekend house in Virginia.
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.
Paul Krugman:
Shocking Barro  —  People have been asking for my reaction to Robert Barro's op-ed, so I finally went and read it.  And I have to say that I'm shocked by the laziness - he's not even trying to present a coherent argument.  —  I mean, here's the structure of what he says:
 
 
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Turki Al-Faisal / New York Times:
Veto a State, Lose an Ally
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Israel Matzav
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Heidi Avellan / Worldmeets.us:
After September 11, We ‘Lost What We Wanted to Defend’
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Alex Isenstadt / The Politico:
Redistricting sparks big-time feuds