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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Jim Messina broaches a provocative line — There's been at least some discussion this year about the “sabotage” question — whether Republicans are deliberately hurting the country, holding back the economy on purpose, for the express purpose of undermining the Obama presidency.
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Associated Press:
GOP senators vote to defeat Obama's jobs bill — WASHINGTON (AP) — United against Barack Obama, Senate Republicans voted Tuesday night to kill the jobs package the president had spent weeks campaigning for across the country, a stinging loss at the hands of lawmakers opposed to stimulus-style spending …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
A note about motions to proceed
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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Dems scramble to save face on jobs bill
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Will Dems fall short of majority for jobs bill?
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The Hill:
The Hill's Whip List of selected senators on Obama's jobs bill
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Obama says Senate defeat of jobs bill ‘by no means the end of this fight’
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
If moderate Dems vote No on jobs bill, they're only hurting themselves
Manu Raju / The Politico:
Democrats' Plan B on jobs bill: Go smaller
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ABCNEWS:
U.S. Says Iran-Tied Terror Plot in Washington, D.C. Disrupted — FBI and DEA agents have disrupted a plot to commit a “significant terrorist act in the United States” tied to Iran, federal officials told ABC News today. — The officials said the plot included the assassination …
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The United States Department of Justice:
Two Men Charged in Alleged Plot to Assassinate Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States — WASHINGTON - Two individuals have been charged in New York for their alleged participation in a plot directed by elements of the Iranian government to murder the Saudi Ambassador to the United States …
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Max Fisher / The Atlantic Online:
Would Iran Really Want to Blow Up the Saudi Ambassador to the U.S.? — The alleged Iranian plot would make great material for a spy novel, but it would go against Iran's own interests and past behavior — Saudi Ambassador to the U.S. Adel al-Jubeir speaks in Annapolis / Reuters
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J. David Goodman / New York Times:
U.S. Accuses Iranians of Plotting to Kill Saudi Envoy — Federal authorities foiled a plot by men linked to the Iranian government to kill the Saudi ambassador to the United States and to bomb the embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said in a news conference on Tuesday.
The Politico:
Herman Cain: 'I'm going after Romney' at debate — In a radio interview just now, Herman Cain previewed his Tuesday night debate plan: “I'm going after Romney.” — “I'm not going after Perry. I don't need to go after Perry,” Cain said, per POLITICO's Juana Summers.
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Datechguy / Datechguy's Blog:
Dartmouth Debate blog — The Take away line from the night comes from Herman Cain's man in the spin room. Herman Cain is driving the debate! — My take: Romney Wins Cain close second, Bachmann 3rd. Perry in trouble. Santorum didn't break out. — 9:52 p.m. Paul ignores question …
Patrick O'Connor / Washington Wire:
GOP Debate Live Blog — All eyes might be on Texas Gov. Rick Perry at tonight's debate, but Mitt Romney stole the pregame buzz by trotting out an unexpected endorsement from New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. — The New Jersey governor announced his support for Mr. Romney …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Tonight in New Hampshire — The latest in a series of debates …
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Fox News:
Christie to Endorse Romney Ahead of GOP Debate
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Cain leads in Iowa
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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Christie slaps Perry over Jeffress Mormon comments
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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
The Left's Nervous Breakdown — Obama has failed, and his supporters are turning to nihilism. — The White House is “bracing for the defeat of President Obama's jobs bill,” the Hill reports. That's hardly surprising, since Republicans control the House—except that it is the Senate …
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Ari Rabin-Havt / Media Matters for America:
We Need a New System — In the Spring of 2000, my friend and former colleague Zack Exley arrived in Washington, DC, to observe the protests that had engulfed the city during the World Bank's annual meeting. Driving into Washington from the airport, out the window of his taxi he saw …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Milquetoast Radicals — The U.S. economy is probably …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
About those ‘53 percent’
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Adam Serwer / Political Mojo:
Conservative Pundit Says, “Get a Job Hippies!”
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
Cantor shifts tone on Wall Street protesters, calls frustration ‘justified’
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Ethan Bronner / New York Times:
Israel Reaches Deal With Hamas to Free Gilad Shalit — JERUSALEM — Israel and Hamas announced an agreement on Tuesday to exchange more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for an Israeli soldier held captive in Gaza for five years, a deal brokered by Egypt that seemed likely to shake …
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Justin Sink / Ballot Box:
Cain defends 9-9-9 plan as not ‘off a pizza box’ — Herman Cain defended the economic team behind his 9-9-9 tax plan but still refused to name his economic advisers. — “My advisers come from the American people,” Cain said Tuesday night at a debate sponsored by Bloomberg News and the Washington Post debt.
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Steve Jordon / Omaha World-Herald:
Cain: The Godfather's years
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Voters share blame for gridlock in Congress, Dem leader says — House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) suggested Tuesday that voters are to blame for the partisan bickering and standoffs that have defined Congress this year. — The Maryland Democrat said voters are “absolutely right” …
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Neil W. McCabe / Human Events:
SunPower: Twice As Bad As Solyndra, Twice As Bad For Obama — Congressman's son lobbied for failing solar panel company … How did a failing California solar company, buffeted by short sellers and shareholder lawsuits, receive a $1.2 billion federal loan guarantee for a photovoltaic …
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New York Times:
Slovakia Rejects Euro Bailout — WARSAW — Slovakia's Parliament rejected participating in a crucial euro rescue fund on Tuesday night in a vote that backfired on the prime minister, who had tied her government to the legislation through a confidence vote. — Negotiations to try to stave off …
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Lou Chibbaro Jr / Washington Blade:
Longtime gay activist Frank Kameny dies — Frank Kameny (Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key) — Franklin E. Kameny, one of the nation's most prominent gay rights leaders, died in his home today apparently from natural causes. He was 86. — The death came less than a month …
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Campbell Robertson / New York Times:
Gulf Shrimp Are Scarce This Season; Answers, Too — LAFITTE, La. — The dock at Bundy's Seafood is quiet, the trucks are empty and a crew a fraction of the normal size sits around a table waiting for something to do. But the most telling indicator that something is wrong is the smell.
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