Need To Read: September 14, 2009

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Today’s must-reads are in an Empire State of Mind:

The president is headed to Wall Street today to talk about the economy. What will he say? (WaPo)
What does the public really think about the public option? (MoJo)
Key GOP senator wants Obama to take public option “off the table.” (NYT)
Related news from the department of Republicans wouldn’t think twice: “Massachusetts Democrats wary of Kennedy law change.” (Politico)
What’s the deal with those “9/12” protests? (MoJo)
Trade war! China retaliates against US tire tariff. (NYT)
Things are really not going that well in Afghanistan. (WaPo)
Kanye West interrupts President Obama (YouTube)
Michael Kinsley: FREE JOE WILSON! (WaPo)
Leon Wieseltier reviews Norman Podhoretz’s Why Are Jews Liberals? (NYT Book Review)
What does it mean to have a million Twitter followers? (Mediaite)

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