Today's Takeaway: Republican Candidates Jockey for Position Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email Top of the Hour: Obama Takes Bus Tour as Approval Ratings Dip, Morning Headlines Republican Candidates Jockey for Position Cameron Recruits US 'Supercop' to Advise on UK Gangs This Week's Agenda: Obama's Bus Tour, Super Committee, Perry's Bid Government Continues to Crack Down on Protesters in Syria Philip Levine Named as New Poet Laureate Top of the Hour: Bachmann Wins Iowa Straw Poll, Morning Headlines Former Egyptian Leader Mubarak Back On Trial Bay Area Rapid Transit Vs. Protesters, Round 2 Big Ideas to Fix the Economy: Raise Inflation A Look at Mubarak's Trial From Cairo Randall Kennedy on 'The Persistence of the Color Line: Racial Politics and the Obama Presidency' Google Will Make Acquisition of Motorola Mobility Rep. Michele Bachmann talks to the news media and her supporters after winning the Iowa Straw Poll on August 13, 2011 in Ames, Iowa. ( Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images / Getty ) Produced by PRI and WNYC