Reason Morning Links: Lobbyists Sink Their Teeth in the Deficit Panel, Pot Tops New White House Peti

1. The Hill: "Members of the deficit-reduction supercommittee have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars from special-interest groups, including a significant chunk from healthcare interests that want the panel to fail."

2. Herman Cain meets with Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, retracts his retraction about the electrified border fence, and claims he received a threat of some sort: "When you become a top-tier candidate, a lot of nuts come out of the closet."

3. Pot legalization is at the top of the "We the People" site, a petition venture the White House launched to show that Obama is genuinely listening to the people he ignores.

4. Thieves steal $200,000 worth of presidential equipment—including the teleprompter.

5. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) pushes to defund ATF's gun-running investigations.

6. Rolling Stone on how Obama came to support intervention in Libya.

7. At just 9.1 percent, China's economy is growing at its slowest rate in years.

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