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6:05 PM ET, October 8, 2011

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Steven Law / Politics:
Jon Tester: Senate Dems' canary in the coal mine  —  Since August, President Obama has made “running against Congress” a centerpiece of his reelection strategy, as President Truman did in 1948.  But the comparison between 1948 and 2012 contains one inconvenient fact: the Senate is still controlled …
Discussion: Moe Lane
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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
CBO: Obama jobs bill reduces budget deficit  —  The Congressional Budget Office on Friday confirmed that President Obama's jobs bill would be fully paid for over ten years and also gave its seal of approval to Senate Democrats' version that includes a surtax on millionaires.
New York Times:
Prominent Pastor Calls Romney's Church a Cult  —  WASHINGTON — A Texas pastor introduced Rick Perry at a major conference of Christian conservatives here on Friday as “a genuine follower of Jesus Christ” and then walked outside and attacked Mitt Romney's religion, calling the Mormon Church …
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A.Killough / CNN:
Romney jabs controversial speaker at Values Voter Summit  —  Washington (CNN) - Addressing the Values Voter Summit in Washington, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney chided a controversial conservative leader who has denounced Mormonism.  —  The former Massachusetts governor …
A.Killough / CNN:
Perry on pastor's Mormonism remark: 'I don't think it is' a cult
Daily Mail:
INSIDE MAN: IS PRESIDENT OBAMA SUPPORTING THE PROTESTERS?  —  Despite claiming to represent ‘the 99 per cent’, not all Americans are behind the Wall Street protests.  —  But according to the Financial Times, the President himself is unofficially backing their cause.
Andy Crouch / Wall Street Journal:
Steve Jobs: The Secular Prophet  —  Steve Jobs turned Eve's apple, the symbol of fallen humankind, into a religious icon for true believers in technology.  But can salvation be downloaded?  —  For every magical thing Steve Jobs revealed in his Apple keynote addresses, there were many other things he concealed.
Doug Powers / Michelle Malkin:
Undrained Swamp Update: Things You Can't Believe are Legal Inside the Beltway, Part XXVII  —  It isn't difficult to see why so many in Washington can't or won't recognize the inherent problem with things like the Solyndra debacle — or crony capitalism in general.
Matthew Kaminski / Wall Street Journal:
The Big Easy's School Revolution  —  John White, superintendent of New Orleans' public schools: ‘In other cities, charter schools exist in spite of the system.  Here they are the system.’  —  New Orleans  —  At John McDonough High School in this city's Esplanade Ridge district …
Gail Collins / New York Times:
Wall Street Weeks  —  The Occupy Wall Street encampment in Lower Manhattan is covered with damp sleeping bags, interspersed among piles of wet, abandoned clothes.  Molding stuff is everywhere.  It looks like a scene from “Outdoor Hoarders.”  —  “How about one big cleaning day?” someone asks during a morning meeting.
Reuters:
Yemen's Saleh says will step down in coming days  —  (Reuters) - Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh said Saturday he would step down in “the coming days” after months of protests against his 33-year rule that risked tipping the dirt-poor country into civil war, but the government said his exit was not imminent.
New York Times:
State Dept. Assigned Keystone XL Review to Company With Ties to TransCanada  —  The State Department assigned an important environmental impact study of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline to a company with financial ties to the pipeline operator, flouting the intent of a federal law meant …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Nation Now
Floyd Norris / New York Times:
After a Rating Downgrade, U.S. Treasuries Turn a Profit  —  TWO months ago, Standard & Poor's downgraded the bond rating of the United States government.  So far, at least, the move has done wonders for investors in the very bonds that the rating agency disparaged.
 
 
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Mary Pat Flaherty / Washington Post:
Widow of slain D.C. sanitation worker sues city, alleges negligence
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Philly.com:
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Mary Beth Sheridan / Washington Post:
State Department readies Iraq operation, its biggest since Marshall Plan
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A.Killough / CNN:
GOP lauds pro-trade proposals, ignores Obama's pitch for jobs bill
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Bernie Becker / Ballot Box:
Bachmann to social conservatives: Choosing a candidate is no time to settle
Discussion: CNN