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4:35 PM ET, September 20, 2012

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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Pawlenty to take over as Financial Services Roundtable CEO  —  Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty will take over one of K Street's most prestigious jobs as CEO of the Financial Services Roundtable.  —  The group announced Thursday morning that the former GOP candidate for president …
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Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Pawlenty Is Leaving Romney Campaign for Lobbying Post  —  Tim Pawlenty, the former governor of Minnesota, is resigning as a national co-chairman of Mitt Romney's presidential campaign to take a job in Washington as a top lobbyist for a group representing banks and financial companies.
Reuters:
Romney rescue plan: More Mitt  —  BOSTON - More Mitt.  —  After taking a beating for comments he privately wishes he never made and from conservative critics he wishes he could muzzle, Mitt Romney and his campaign are settling on a rescue plan to show more of him - in ads, speeches and campaign appearances.
First Read:
Romney: ‘This is a campaign about the 100 percent’  —  Updated at 8:02 a.m. ET: MIAMI — Mitt Romney said his campaign is about “100 percent” of Americans as his campaign continued to work to contain the fallout from controversial comments he made at a private fundraiser in May.
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Washington Examiner:
The Obama you don't know  —  Few if any of his predecessors took the oath of office with higher public hopes for his success than President Obama on Jan. 20, 2009.  —  Millions of Americans hailed his election as an end to partisanship, a renewal of the spirit of compromise and a reinvigoration …
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Jeff Dunetz / “The Lid”:
Report Blows HUGE Hole In Obama's Fake Biography
Margaret Chadbourn / Reuters:
White House backs U.S. view that Libya attack was terrorism  —  (Reuters) - The White House said on Thursday it was “self-evident” that a deadly assault on the U.S. consulate in Libya was a “terrorist attack” that may have had an al Qaeda connection, reinforcing an intelligence assessment of the violence.
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
White House calls US Consulate assault in Benghazi, Libya, a ‘terrorist attack’
Discussion: Politico, Weasel Zippers and The Hill
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Issa: White House pursuing an ‘enemies list’ in Washington
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Politico
Sam Wang / Princeton Election Consortium:
Republicans at risk of losing the House?  —  Conditions through August showed a 2% lead on the generic Congressional ballot for Democrats.  As of September 20th, in the wake of the Democratic convention, the lead has widened to 4.0 +/- 2.0%.  Although it has yet to be appreciated by pundits …
Philly.com:
Metcalfe says ‘lazy’ people don't deserve to vote  —  State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe is nothing if not blunt.  The Butler County Republican positions himself at the center of almost every controversial issue in the Capitol, be it immigration, gun control or voter ID.
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Jamelle Bouie / American Prospect:
Voter ID and Voter “Virtue”
William D. Cohan / Business Week:
Rethinking Robert Rubin  —  Bill Clinton has a favorite Robert Rubin story.  It's 1999, and the Cabinet has gathered to discuss the business of the American people.  Except no one can focus because the impeachment crisis is raging, and even the most veteran Washington power players are, for lack of a better term, freaking out.
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Sheila Bair / Fortune:
Sheila Bair and the bailout bank titans
Discussion: AEIdeas
CNN:
Dave Matthews makes (and talks) history  —  (CNN) — Dave Matthews supported Barack Obama in the presidential race of 2008, and he's supporting him again in 2012 — but not without reservations.  —  The multi-platinum Grammy winner laments, “I wish there was a third party, but right now …
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
CAPTION THIS: Debbie Wasserman Schultz Wrote Something On Her Hand, Too.  What is this, middle school?  —  UPDATE: Meanwhile, on the just-plain-creepy side: Actress Jessica Alba asks voters to pledge allegiance to Obama.  I understand that actors are generally none-too-bright, and none-too-educated, but still. . . .
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Gallup:
Democratic Enthusiasm Swells in the Swing States, Nationally  —  Overall, 59% of swing-state voters now highly enthusiastic, up from 46% in June  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Voters in the 12 states USA Today and Gallup consider the key swing states that could decide the 2012 presidential election …
Thomas Lifson / americanthinker.com:
Guess who's trashing Obama campaign signs in Austin, Texas?  —  Texas may be a red state but the capital of Austin is Obama country.  It's thus not unusual to see myriad Obama campaign signs in nice neighborhoods — displayed on one manicured front lawn after another.
Discussion: The Jawa Report and KXAN-TV
CNN:
Slain ambassador on al Qaeda hit list?  —  (CNN) — Protests fueled by an anti-Islam movie took place Thursday in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran.  —  Here are key developments in the wave of demonstrations, the battle over the movie and the publishing of cartoons in a French publication:
New York Post:
O eyes ‘blind sheik’ release  —  The Obama administration is weighing the release of blind Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman — the spiritual adviser to the 1993 World Trade Center bombers — in a stunning goodwill gesture toward Egypt that has touched off a political firestorm, officials said yesterday.
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Vincent Miller / America Magazine:
Secret Ryan Transcript: Social Security and Medicare are the Target  —  This isn't from a secret video, it's from the untranscribed portion of Ryan's 2005 speech at the Atlas Society's “Celebration of Ayn Rand.”  It fits well with the Romney video because it makes clear that middle class entitlements …
Amber Goodhand / RADAR:
SHOCKING AUDIO: Paris Hilton Blasts Gays Who Have Sex With Strangers: ‘Most Of Them Probably Have AIDS’  —  Paris Hilton has been caught on tape making homophobic and derogatory statements about gay men who have random sex with strangers even stating “most of them probably have AIDS.”
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Tax policy becomes central focus in Virginia Senate debate  —  Mitt Romney's comments about the 47 percent of people who don't pay federal income taxes was front and center Thursday.  —  McLEAN, Va. — Democratic Senate candidate Tim Kaine said on Thursday that he'd be …
Discussion: Politico and CNN
Reuters:
French man held over Mohammad cartoon revenge plan  —  * French satirical magazine published Mohammad cartoons  —  * Police ban Paris rally against anti-Islam film  —  Police detained a young man in southern France on Thursday on suspicion that he was planning a revenge attack on the staff …
Associated Press:
Pakistan: new television ads with US Embassy seal condemn anti-Islam film and feature Obama  —  ISLAMABAD — Marked by the U.S. Embassy seal, advertisements condemning an anti-Islam video appeared on Pakistani television on Thursday in an apparent attempt to undercut anger against the United States, where the film was produced.
Marisa Schultz / detroitnews.com:
Fueled by women voters, Obama widens lead in Michigan  —  President Barack Obama has opened up a double-digit lead over GOP challenger Mitt Romney in Michigan fueled by a wave of women moving toward the Democratic president following the national party conventions.
TMZ.com:
Fiona Apple — ARRESTED for Hash in Texas  —  ARRESTED  —  for Hash in Texas  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  All she needs is a good defense ...  Fiona Apple was arrested at a border stop in Texas yesterday ... after authorities claim they found hashish on the “Criminal” singer's tour bus ... TMZ has learned.
Discussion: UPROXX, The Raw Story and Union-News
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
No One Left to Race Bait  —  Dave Weigel points out the difference between the covert racism of a young cagey Pat Buchanan in the days of the Southern strategy, and overt racism of the pariah Pat Buchanan banished to Fox News (emphasis added): … Calling the first black president a …
Discussion: Brad DeLong and Business Insider
Washington Post:
Seven of nation's 10 most affluent counties are in Washington region  —  Ron Edmonds/AP - The Washington D.C. area, including suburbs in Maryland and Virginia, are benefiting from a healthy job market in 2012, much of it linked to the federal government.  Demand for homes is consistently strong …
Discussion: Hit & Run and Outside the Beltway
 
 
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Ann Romney to appear on ‘Tonight Show’ Tuesday
Simon Johnson / Project Syndicate RSS-Feed:
Mitt and the Moochers  —  WASHINGTON, DC - The Republican Party …
Discussion: Firedoglake and Rolling Stone
Diane Cardwell / New York Times:
Tax Credit in Doubt, Wind Power Industry Is Withering
Discussion: Hot Air, The Daily Beast and Hit & Run
Thomas Burr / Salt Lake Tribune:
Bennett: Scott Howell could die in office if elected
Discussion: ABCNEWS and Hotline On Call
Kevin Cirilli / Politico:
Whoopi Goldberg: Mitt Romney ‘flushed his ideals down the drain’
Discussion: Daily Kos
John Harwood / New York Times:
Romney Is Latest in a Long Line to Trip Over a Tongue
Jennifer Martinez / The Hill:
STEM Jobs Act faces tough odds for House passage
Discussion: The Atlantic Online and TechCrunch
 Earlier Items: 
Russell Berman / The Hill:
Ryan assures House Republicans: ‘We are going to win this thing’
Discussion: Politico and CNN
Dane Placko / Chicago News and Weather:
Over $50K in checks stolen from Obama campaign office in Chicago: EXCLUSIVE
Thomas Sowell / Townhall.com:
The Fallacy of Redistribution  —  The recently discovered tape …
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Charles C. Johnson / The Daily Caller:
The Professor  —  A course description for “Current Issues …
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Obama's Lead Looks Stronger in Polls That Include Cellphones
 

 
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