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8:05 PM ET, September 5, 2011

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Rasmussen Reports:
Iowa Caucus: Iowa GOP: Perry 29%, Bachmann 18%, Romney 17%, Paul 14%  —  Confirming a surge seen in polling across the nation, Texas Governor Rick Perry has moved into first place among Republican voters in Iowa, host state to the first-in-the-nation caucus early next year.
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Emily Schultheis / The Politico:
Rick Perry fires at Mitt Romney at S.C. town hall  —  CONWAY, S.C. — Rick Perry cut short a trip to South Carolina on Monday to head home to deal with wildfires in his state but got in a shot at Mitt Romney before he left.  —  “There is no one who's gonna be sitting on that stage …
A.Killough / CNN:
Romney: Health care will be one of my ‘best assets’  —  (CNN) - Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said Monday that the issue of health care will be “one of my best assets” if he goes on to win the Republican nomination and debate President Barack Obama in the general election.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Danny Yadron / Washington Wire:
Palin's Attack on ‘Corporate Crony Capitalism’ Spotlights Gap in GOP Field
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Perry to skip DeMint's presidential forum, will return to Texas to deal with wildfires
Discussion: CNN and Austin American-Statesman
Meghashyam Mali / Ballot Box:
Poll finds Perry and Romney tied for lead with GOP Calif. voters
Discussion: gqrr.com and Los Angeles Times
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Romney kicks off primary high season with pancakes
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog and The Hill
Michelle Malkin:
Happy Labor Day: Top 10 union thug moments of the year  —  As the MSM whitewashes Big Labor's ugly threats, Tea Party smears, and history of coerced dues-subsidized racketeering this Labor Day, what better way to mark the holiday than with an illustrated list of top 10 union thug moments of the year.
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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
The last Labor Day?  —  Let's get it over with and rename the holiday “Capital Day.”  We may still celebrate Labor Day, but our culture has given up on honoring workers as the real creators of wealth and their honest toil — the phrase itself seems antique — as worthy of genuine respect.
RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Hoffa Threatens GOP At Obama Event: “Take These Son Of Bitches Out”  —  Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa had some profane, combative words for Republicans while warming up the crowd for President Obama in Detroit, Michigan on Monday.  “We got to keep an eye on the battle that we face: The war on workers.
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Patricia Bosworth / Daily Mail:
Rebel without a bra: Jane Fonda said her biggest regret was not sleeping with Che Guevara... but that was to please her husband  —  One day, at the height of her fame in the mid-Seventies, Jane Fonda turned up on the doorstep of her ex-husband, Roger Vadim.  She was lugging a bulging sack.
John Podhoretz / Commentary Magazine:
Obama's “Country Before Party” Nonsense  —  News reports suggest that on Thursday night, the president will tell Republicans in the House and Senate that they should put “country before party” and endorse his proposals for job creation.  The “country before party” line has become Obama's …
Discussion: americanthinker.com
Washington Examiner:
You have a right to record the police  —  Tiawanda Moore was vindicated after a jury acquitted her of the “crime” of recording the police.  (AP photo)  —  All over America, police have been arresting people for taking video or making sound recordings of them, even though such arrests are pretty clearly illegal.
Wolfgang Schäuble / Financial Times:
Why austerity is only cure for the eurozone  —  In recent weeks, debt markets have undergone wild gyrations, leading some analysts and commentators to question the progress achieved in taming the sovereign debt crisis in the eurozone.  More recently, economic data and forward-looking indicators …
Discussion: AMERICAN FUTURE and Paul Krugman
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Spiegel Online:
International Monetary Fund
Discussion: Guardian
A.Killough / CNN:
Bachmann: Why is there a Department of Education?  —  (CNN) - Painting herself as a “constitutional conservative” Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann told Sen. Jim DeMint's forum Monday that if elected president she would look to get rid of the Department of Education, among other things.
Discussion: National Review
Yves Smith / naked capitalism:
The Decline of Manufacturing in America: A Case Study  —  One frequent and frustrating line that often crops up in the comments section of this blog is that American labor has no hope, it should just accept Chinese wages, since price is all that matters.  That line of thinking is wrongheaded on multiple levels.
Discussion: CANNONFIRE
Naftali Bendavid / Wall Street Journal:
Obama Signals Next Steps in Jobs Push  —  President Barack Obama signaled Monday he'll propose a major infrastructure program and an extension of a payroll tax break in the jobs speech he planned to deliver Thursday before a joint session of Congress.  —  In an animated Labor Day talk …
NY Daily News:
Bloody weekend: 24 shot in 24 hours prompting Mayor Bloomberg to call for tougher gun laws  —  Twenty-four New Yorkers were hit by gunfire, one fatally, over 24 hours of violence this weekend, prompting Mayor Bloomberg to call the bloody stretch “unconscionable” and demand action from Washington.
 
 
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Brian Stelter / New York Times:
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Discussion: TPMDC
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Discussion: Daily Kos
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New York Times:
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Mark A. Siegel / Washington Post:
How closed primaries further polarize our politics
Discussion: Don Surber and Hot Air
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Bachmann bunked at S.C. gov's mansion
Discussion: The Raw Story and Daily Kos
Globe and Mail:
China offered Gadhafi huge stockpiles of arms: Libyan memos
Andrew Orlowski / The Register:
Green energy and jobs will cripple the UK economy
Discussion: Right Wing News and Pirate's Cove
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