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11:50 AM ET, October 5, 2011

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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Perry raises $17 million  —  Siren, as they say: … The $17 million figure, which a Perry spokesman confirms to me, is almost as much as Mitt Romney raised in his first quarter as a declared presidential candidate this year.  —  It's also more than Rudy Giuliani and John McCain raised …
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Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Herman Cain rises, Rick Perry slides in new CBS News poll  —  CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto.  —  Herman Cain has moved into a tie with Mitt Romney atop the field of Republican presidential candidates …
Quinnipiac University:
With Christie Out, Romney Is Back On Top Of Gop Pack, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Perry Fades As Cain Surges  —  With New Jersey Gov. Christopher Christie out of the Republican presidential race, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney jumps to a 22 percent lead …
Justin Sink / The Hill:   New poll finds Cain tied for lead with Romney
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Hot Air exclusive: Perry raises $17.1 million in Q3
Sarah B. Boxer / NationalJournal.com:
Romney: Wall Street Protests ‘Class Warfare’
Discussion: Guardian and The Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Christie Exit Shifts Focus to Romney
Discussion: driftglass and Hot Air
Erica Werner / Associated Press:
Senate Democrats rewrite Obama's jobs bill  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are scrambling to rewrite portions of President Barack Obama's jobs bill, even as Obama tries to blame Republicans for Congress' failure to act.  —  Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell moved to call …
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Sam Youngman / Ballot Box:
Push for President Obama's jobs bill illustrates the art of beating a dead horse  —  “Why don't we just pretend he didn't die?  Just for a bit!”  — Larry Wilson in “Weekend at Bernie's”  —  It might help to think of the American Jobs Act as Elvis.  —  The King made $60 million last year even though he died in 1977.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate Democrats buck Obama on jobs by changing ‘pay-fors’  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) on Tuesday further distanced his Democratic Conference from President Obama by nixing a major component of the White House's jobs plan.  —  Reid said he would revise parts of the proposal …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and TPMDC
The Hill:   GOP worries they'll have to accept massive spending measure
Matt DoBias / The Politico:
Reid considers surtax on millionaires
Discussion: Reuters, Business Insider and The Page
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Who are the 99 percent?  —  “I did everything I was supposed to and I have nothing to show for it.”  —  It's not the arrests that convinced me that “Occupy Wall Street” was worth covering seriously.  Nor was it their press strategy, which largely consisted of tweeting journalists to cover …
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Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg:
“Occupy Wall Street” protesters sue New York City
Discussion: Gawker and Runnin' Scared
CNN:
Unions endorse, will join Occupy Wall Street protests
Alicia Ciccone / The Huffington Post:
Occupy Wall Street Causing Problems On Main Street
Pete Kennedy / Food Freedom:
Wisconsin Judge Rules No Right to Own a Cow or Drink Its Milk  —  WI Judge to Zinniker, FTCLDF: No “Fundamental Right to Own a Cow, or Consume Its Milk... Am I Making Myself Clear?”  —  ~ David Gumpert  —  FTCLDF  —  In a decision denying basic property rights and even exceeding …
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Opposition to Obama grows — strongly  —  Four in 10 Americans “strongly” disapprove of how President Obama is handling job as president in the new Washington Post-ABC News poll, the highest that number has risen during his time in office and a sign of the hardening opposition to him as he seeks a second term.
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
New poll shows Obama approval continuing to sour  —  Disapproval of President Obama is hardening at new highs according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll released Wednesday, providing troubling signs for the president as he pushes his jobs program and ramps up for a hard-fought reelection battle.
Discussion: The Crawdad Hole
Reuters:
Service sector growth slows, employment mixed  —  (Reuters) - Service sector activity growth slowed in September, but other data on Wednesday showed private employment up modestly for the month, suggesting that overall the economic recovery is sluggish.  —  Service sector activity slowed …
Discussion: Guardian and Sweetness & Light
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Alex Kowalski / Bloomberg:
Announced Job Cuts in U.S. More Than Triple From Year Ago, Challenger Says
Discussion: Hot Air and JammieWearingFool
Christian Heinze / Ballot Box:
Why Palin could run as an independent  —  There's been some chatter this week about the possibility that former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) might run for president next year — as an independent.  —  The consequences for both her and the presidential race couldn't be more profound …
Discussion: The Politico, Hot Air and GOP 12
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William Creeley / FIRE:
Getting It Right: Dean of George Mason Law Sets Excellent Example  —  All too often here at FIRE, we find ourselves up to our necks in campus censorship.  For example, in just the last few weeks, we've seen a professor threatened by campus police for posting a sci-fi quote and a coalition …
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Poll sees a new low in Americans' approval of Congress  —  View Photo Gallery —  New polling shows congressional popularity is at an all-time low of 14 percent.  You'd be surprised at some of the things in history that have been more popular than the current Congress.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Prairie Weather
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:   President Obama goes on the attack, to Democrats' delight
PewResearch.org:
War and Sacrifice in the Post-9/11 Era  —  5 October 11 As the United States marks the 10th anniversary of the longest period of sustained warfare in its history, the overwhelming majority of veterans of the post-9/11 era are proud of their military service.
FIRE:
University of Wisconsin-Stout Statement from Chancellor Sorensen, Provost Julie Furst-Bowe, and Vice Chancellor Ed Nieskes to Students, Faculty, and Staff  —  The following statement was sent today to students, faculty and staff from Chancellor Sorensen, Provost Julie Furst-Bowe …
Discussion: Joanne Jacobs and Big Hollywood
 
 
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Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
ASSAD REGIME  —  President Barack Obama has decided to waive almost …
Discussion: The Raw Story and Betsy's Page
Steve Vogel / Washington Post:
Suit alleges banks and mortgage companies cheated veterans and U.S. taxpayers
Discussion: Firedoglake and ThinkProgress
Del Quentin Wilber / Washington Post:
Fraud in Corps of Engineers contracting charged
Matthew Rosenberg / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Secretly Met Afghan Militants
Jonathan Portes / Guardian:
Ignore David Cameron - dealing with our debt would be disastrous
Discussion: Paul Krugman
Andy Birkey / Minnesota Independent:
Anti-gay marriage groups say they won't follow new campaign finance guidelines
Lisa Pollack / FT Alphaville:
Quantum leap: EuroTARP
Michael W. McConnell / Wall Street Journal:
Washington Wants a Say Over Your Minister
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Barry Ritholtz / The Big Picture:
Banking's Self Inflicted Wounds
Discussion: Business Insider and Dealbreaker
Jason Noble / Iowa Caucuses:
College students change Michele Bachmann's plans for event in Grinnell
Discussion: The Politico and New York Magazine
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