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6:25 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 …
Frank Rich / New York Magazine:
In Praise of Extremism  —  What good did bipartisanship ever do anybody?  —  The election is still thirteen months away, but in certain coastal circles, the quadrennial wailing has erupted right on schedule: “If that man gets in the White House, I'm moving out of the country!”
Discussion: Booman Tribune and US Politics
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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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Shutdown looms: Spotlight now on Senate after Boehner wrangled House GOP votes  —  With time running out, Congress returns Monday to try to pass a short-term funding measure to avert a government shutdown and avoid yet another market-rattling showdown over the federal budget.
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David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Democrats Fighting Funding Resolution To Stop a Dangerous Precedent
Manu Raju / The Politico:
Spending bill has Congress down to the wire again
Discussion: National Review and CNN
Richard Simon / Los Angeles Times:
Congress makes no progress on keeping government afloat
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
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 …
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Matt Miller / Washington Post:
Why we need a third party
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:   Barack Obama Does The Impossible
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 …
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 …
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.
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.
Faiz Shakir / ThinkProgress:
Audience Member Asks Obama: ‘Would You Please Raise My Taxes?’  —  President Obama is currently fielding questions from a town hall audience in Mountain View, California, hosted by LinkedIn.  At one point, a man stood and asked Obama, “Would you please raise my taxes?”
William Lajeunesse / Fox News:
U.S. Government Used Taxpayer Funds to Buy, Sell Weapons During ‘Fast and Furious,’ Documents Show  —  Not only did U.S. officials approve, allow and assist in the sale of more than 2,000 guns to the Sinaloa cartel — the federal government used taxpayer money to buy semi-automatic weapons …
Discussion: Hot Air and Clayton Cramer's Blog
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
Julie Henry / Telegraph:
Dress witches in pink and avoid white paper to prevent racism in nuseries, expert says  —  Teachers should censor the toy box to replace witches' black hats with a pink ones and dress fairies in darker shades, according to a consultant who has issued advice to local authorities.  —  Wizard of Oz, 1939
Discussion: The Jawa Report and Weasel Zippers
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 …
Kerry Eleveld / The Atlantic Online:
Why Gay Rights Activists Are Winning—And What the Left Can Learn  —  Nothing seems to provoke President Obama more than being challenged by the progressive base.  Maybe that's why it's a tactic that works.  —  Remember when you believed that if we just elected enough Democrats to Congress …
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.
Roanoke College:
RC Poll: Obama trails Republican front runners; Allen and Kaine in dead heat in Va poll  —  Jobs trump deficit; Virginians want political compromise  —  Conducted by The Institute for Policy and Opinion Research at Roanoke College  —  With 14 months remaining until the 2012 election …
Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
EPA: Regulations would require 230,000 new employees, $21 billion  —  The Environmental Protection Agency has said new greenhouse gas regulations, as proposed, may be “absurd” in application and “impossible to administer” by its self-imposed 2016 deadline.  But the agency is still asking …
 
 
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The Huffington Post:
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The Politico:
GOP field scrambles in fall cash dash
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Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:
Inside Obama's Israel Bomb Sale
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Gingrich to stay at SC governor's mansion during campaign swing
Discussion: CNN
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Obama Proposes Protecting Unemployed Against Hiring Bias
Discussion: The Powers That Be and Gawker
Spiegel Online:
Banking and Finance  —  Related articles, background features …
David Yonke / Toledo Blade:
Debate on gays is writ large
CNN:
Paul Ryan: Popular by pushing the unpopular
Discussion: Flower & Thistle and Daily Kos
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Army, Marines could cut 150K troops
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ObamaCare And The Supreme Court Schedule
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Cocaine ‘blow’ to economy
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