More Details Emerge in Republican Assault on Post Office and Postal Unions

By Kenneth Quinnell

Democrat Warren to announce Senate candidacy

www.boston.com
After weeks of testing the political waters, Elizabeth Warren, a Harvard Law school professor and Wall Street critic, will officially announce her run for Senate tomorrow morning against US Senator Scott Brown.
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Mean, ornery and just plain wrong

Eric Cantor's ideological purity overrules common sense -- and heart

by Michael Winship

Obama faces historic disrespect from political peers

www.thegrio.com
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• RIGHTBLOGGERS SHIVER AT HURRICANE IRENE
  
• Denounce Obama for not screwing up
  
• by ROY EDROSO

White House Gets Debt Ceiling Victory As Shutdown Threat Lessens

Republicans Seek Federal Aid in Hurricane Irene's Wake

Obama Can’t Win for Winning

By E.J. Dionne, Jr. —

It’s remarkable how reluctant Obama’s opponents are to acknowledge that despite all the predictions that his policy of limited engagement in Libya could never work, it actually did.

Virginia nuclear plant had quake sensors removed due to budget cuts

Ben Stein destroys O’Reilly’s ‘Talking Points’ on taxes

No Swagger in Reserve by Matthew Yglesias

Best Rick Perry Bumper Sticker Ever . . .

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The Biggest Little Hypocrite in Texas

By Robert Scheer — It is unfathomable that yet another Texas blowhard governor has emerged as a front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination.
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Big Oil's Man Why Rick Perry makes George W. Bush look like a tree hugger By JEFF GOODELL

Crashing the Tea Party

www.nytimes.com

Embracing the Tea Party carries great political risk for Republicans, but perhaps not for the reason you might think.
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Rick Perry's comments not much uglier than usual
The Texas governor and sudden 2012 front-runner inspires media outrage by acting like he always acts
by Alex Pareene

Rick Perry's dangerously overheated rollout
He's been an official candidate for 72 hours, and his addiction to red meat is already giving his party anxiety
by Steve Kornacki

Rick Perry's Campaign Strategy? Distorting His Abysmal Economic Record |

www.alternet.org
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