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4:30 PM ET, September 26, 2011

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CNN:
CNN Poll: Perry still at top but Romney stronger vs. Obama  —  Washington (CNN) - Despite his performances in the two most recent Republican presidential debates, a new national survey indicates that Texas Gov. Rick Perry remains on top of the field in the race for the GOP nomination.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
How Lucky Is Mitt Romney?  —  “Go to sleep, Rick Perry.  Go to sleeeep ... ”  —  I have spent more than a year predicting the electoral demise of Mitt Romney.  Here is a Mormon, once fervently pro-choice candidate running to lead an electorate whipped into a frenzied belief …
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Obama mocks Perry, Republican debates  —  President Obama broadened his attack on Republicans Sunday night, firing an indirect shot at Texas Gov. Rick Perry and condemning audience members at recent Republican debates.  —  At a fundraiser in San Jose, Calif., Obama said that some in the audience might …
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Matt Negrin / The Politico:
Obama mocks Perry, GOP audiences
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Jackie Calmes / The Caucus:
At Fund-Raisers, Obama Refers to Audiences at G.O.P. Debates
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
New gaffe: Obama confuses Jews with janitors  —  President Obama spoke to the Congressional Black Caucus awards banquet over the weekend.  —  Those folks will stick with him in 2012, of course.  —  But they've been somewhat miffed in recent months that the first post-partisan president …
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Chris Moody / Yahoo! News:
Cain nearly quit campaign before Florida straw poll, calls Obama a ‘liar’  —  ORLANDO, Fla. — Not everyone needs to go to Disney World to have fun in central Florida.  —  After one of Herman Cain's strongest showings yet at a Republican presidential debate Thursday, and two days …
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Chris Moody / Yahoo! News:
Dennis Miller endorses Herman Cain, plans to headline a fundraiser  —  On the heels of presidential candidate Herman Cain's win in the Florida straw poll last weekend, the radio host Dennis Miller announced Monday that he's endorsing Cain for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.
Manu Raju / The Politico:
Spending bill has Congress down to the wire again  —  Congress may soon get bailed out by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.  —  The cash-strapped FEMA, which is struggling to respond to natural disasters ranging from wildfires in Texas to flooding in Vermont, now says that its depleted funds …
Discussion: CNN and National Review
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Shutdown looms: Spotlight now on Senate after Boehner wrangled House GOP votes
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Democrats Fighting Funding Resolution To Stop a Dangerous Precedent
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Flood Victims Getting Fed Up With Congress
Rick Perry / The Daily Beast:
Roger's Reality Show  —  First, Ailes dialed back the Tea Party talk.  Now he's turning the GOP race into a political X-Factor—and steering the election agenda one more time.  —  It was part political spectacle, part American Idol, part YouTube extravaganza, a pure Roger Ailes production …
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Americans Express Historic Negativity Toward U.S. Government  —  Several long-term Gallup trends at or near historical lows  —  PRINCETON, NJ — A record-high 81% of Americans are dissatisfied with the way the country is being governed, adding to negativity that has been building over the past 10 years.
FIRE:
‘Firefly’ and Anti-Fascism Posters Get Professor Threatened with Criminal Charges on University of Wisconsin Campus  —  A professor has been censored twice, reported to the “threat assessment team,” and threatened with criminal charges because of satirical postings on his office door.
Spencer Soper / Morning Call:
A MORNING CALL INVESTIGATION  —  The Morning Call interviewed 20 current and former Amazon warehouse workers who offered a behind-the-scenes glimpse of what it's like to work in the warehouse, where temperatures soar on hot summer days, production rates are difficult to achieve …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Euro Zone Death Trip  —  Is it possible to be both terrified and bored?  That's how I feel about the negotiations now under way over how to respond to Europe's economic crisis, and I suspect other observers share the sentiment.  —  On one side, Europe's situation is really, really scary …
Joseph Goldstein / New York Times:
Videos Show Police Using Pepper Spray at Protest on the Financial System  —  For a few moments on Saturday, the confrontations between the police and the protesters just south of Union Square in Manhattan seemed fairly typical.  People pushed, the police shoved and arrests were made …
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
‘Outrageous’  —  A Rick Perry spokesman pushed back on President Obama's use of the Texas wildfires in a fundraising speech last night to criticize the GOP frontrunner as a climate-change critic.  —  “It's outrageous President Obama would use the burning of 1,500 homes, the worst fires in state history …
Robert Costa / National Review:
Kean Confirms Christie Boomlet: 'It's Real'  —  Former New Jersey governor Tom Kean, who has known Chris Christie since he was a teenager and remains an informal adviser, tells National Review Online that the governor is “very seriously” considering a presidential bid.  —  “It's real,” Kean says.
Stephen M. Walt / Foreign Policy:
Mearsheimer responds to Goldberg's latest smear  —  Ever since John Mearsheimer and I began writing about the Israel lobby, some of our critics have leveled various personal charges against us.  These attacks rarely addressed the substance of what we wrote — a tacit concession that both facts …
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Obama Proposes Protecting Unemployed Against Hiring Bias  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama has not been particularly successful in fostering the creation of jobs.  But he thinks he has found a way to pry open doors in the workplace for many of the unemployed, especially those who have been out of work for a long time.
Discussion: The Powers That Be
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Gingrich to stay at S.C. governor's mansion during campaign swing  —  Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich plans to stay overnight at the South Carolina governor's mansion during a campaign visit to the state.  South Carolina is among the earliest primaries in the GOP nominating process …
Discussion: CNN
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The bogus ‘third party’ dodge  —  Calling for a third party is a quick and easy way to get yourself booked for a round of cable TV appearances.  But many of those calling for a third party are refusing to reckon with an inconvenient fact: One of the two parties already occupies …
Chuck Bennett / New York Post:
Cocaine ‘blow’ to economy  —  Here's another sign of the stalled economy — New Yorkers are ditching their coke habits.  —  Cocaine-related emergency-room admissions, overdoses and requests for rehab have declined since the economy started its 2008 decline, according to data obtained by The Post.
Spiegel Online:
Banking and Finance  —  Related articles, background features and opinions about this topic.  —  Going Rogue  —  Share Traders More Reckless Than Psychopaths, Study Shows  —  UBS trader Kweku Adoboli, shown leaving a London court on Sept. 22, allegedly made unauthorized trades that cost the Swiss investment bank billions.
Erik Eckholm / New York Times:
Companies Get Gay-Rights Heat Over Christian Donations  —  The culture war over gay rights has entered the impersonal world of e-commerce.  —  A handful of advocates, armed with nothing more than their keyboards, have put many of the country's largest retailers, including Apple, Microsoft …
Mike Wereschagin / PittsburghLIVE.com:
Scalia: Duquesne should strive to retain Catholic identity  —  He is one of the most outspoken, influential and controversial justices in the recent history of the Supreme Court, and on Monday, Antonin Scalia marks his 25th anniversary on the nation's highest court.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Revenge of the Jews, or of the economy?  —  The American Jewish Committee's annual survey of its constituents (and this is American Jewish adults, not voters) is out today, and shows the sort of dramatic drop in support for Barack Obama that you've seen in a range of polls.
 
 
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Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
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Max Fisher / The Atlantic Online:
Still No Political Rights for Saudi Women, but Political Influence
CNN:
Paul Ryan: Popular by pushing the unpopular
Discussion: Flower & Thistle and Daily Kos
Matt Miller / Washington Post:
Why we need a third party
Charles Hoskinson / The Politico:
Army, Marines could cut 150K troops
Discussion: Daily Kos
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
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