memeorandum: Who are the 99 percent? (Ezra Klein/Washington Post)

12:20 AM ET, October 5, 2011

Top Items:

Brian Montopoli / CBS News:

Herman Cain rises, Rick Perry slides in new CBS News poll — CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto. — Herman Cain has moved into a tie with Mitt Romney atop the field of Republican presidential candidates …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, The Caucus, The Other McCain, Don Surber, Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, Hotline On Call, The Daily Caller, Ricochet Conversation Feed and The Page

Marc Caputo / Naked Politics:

Herman, Cain, Rick Perry, Jon Huntsman, Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney to boycott Univision debate over Rubio report — Five Republican presidential candidates are boycotting a proposed Univision debate due to allegations that the Spanish-language media giant tried to strongarm Sen. Marco Rubio …

Discussion: Ballot Box

David Brooks / New York Times:

In Defense of Romney — Over the past several months, Mitt Romney has been an excellent presidential candidate. He has performed superbly in the debates. He has outorganized his rivals. He has relentlessly stayed on his core theme of putting Americans back to work.

Discussion: Riehl World View, National Review, The Caucus, The Other McCain, Outside the Beltway, Political Mojo, msnbc.com, Bloomberg, RedState, Rod Dreher, Connecting.the.Dots, The Daily Caller, Washington Post, Instapundit, The Daily Dish, Maggie's Farm, The Politico and Politics

Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:

Cainmentum — Is the new Republican frontrunner Herman Cain? Maybe for this week anyway. PPP polled Republican primary voters in three pretty different states over the weekend- North Carolina, Nebraska, and West Virginia- and found Cain leading the way in each of them as Newt Gingrich surged …

Discussion: GOP 12, Daily Kos, ThinkProgress, The Lonely Conservative, The Other McCain, The New Republic and Wall Street Journal

Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Chris Christie won't run for president: Now what?

Discussion: Big Journalism, Political Mojo, The New Republic, Firedoglake and Iowa Caucuses

Quinnipiac University:
Christie Coulda' Been A Contender, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Ran Neck And Neck With Romney, Obama

Discussion: Politics, Washington Wire and Hotline On Call

Ginger Gibson / New Jersey Online:
Gov. Chris Christie will not run for president

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Runnin' Scared, Wonkette, Outside the Beltway, Sister Toldjah and Citizens for Legitimate …

Washington Post:
Chris Christie not running for president in 2012, source says

Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Bachmann: Now that Christie's made his decision ‘I think the table is set’

Discussion: Iowa Caucuses and CNN

The Caucus:
‘Now Is Not My Time’ to Run, Christie Says

Discussion: Fox News, Capital New York, City Room, New York Times, The Politico, Washington Monthly, Swampland, Guardian, The Moderate Voice, New York Magazine, Citizens for Legitimate …, Balloon Juice and Wall Street Journal

Ezra Klein / Washington Post:

Who are the 99 percent? — “I did everything I was supposed to and I have nothing to show for it.” — It's not the arrests that convinced me that “Occupy Wall Street” was worth covering seriously. Nor was it their press strategy, which largely consisted of tweeting journalists to cover …

Discussion: The Talking Dog, Democracy in America, Wonkette, ThinkProgress, Political Mojo, Felix Salmon and Alas, a Blog

David Weigel / Slate:

House Progressives Embrace #occupywallstreet … - Perry Always Boasts About Telling Hard Truths. Do Voters Want Hard Truths? - How I Became Convinced Amanda Knox Is Innocent - The Mysterious Civil War Story of “Crazy Bet” Van Lew - The Unique Agony of Watching Whitney Cummings' New Sitcom …

Discussion: Hot Air, National Review, Pajamas Media, American Glob and Campaign 2012

Alicia Ciccone / The Huffington Post:

Occupy Wall Street Causing Problems On Main Street … Essex World Cafe , Occupy Wall Street Vendors , Panini & Co. Breads , Small Business News And Trends , Steve's Pizza , Wall Street Main Street , Wall Street Small Businesses , Occupy Wall Street , Small Business News

Discussion: The Crawdad Hole and National Review

Rich Lowry / National Review:
The Left's Pathetic Tea Party

Discussion: Salon.com and Firedoglake

Michelle Malkin:
Progressive of Pallor on pointless parade

Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Daily Californian

Suzy Khimm / Washington Post:
What Occupy DC wants: Less corporate money in politics

Discussion: Campaign 2012 and Viking Pundit

Andrew Ross Sorkin / DealBook:
On Wall Street, a Protest Matures

Mark Hemingway / Weekly Standard:

CBS News Reporter Says White House Screamed, Swore at Her Over Fast and Furious — The Fast and Furious scandal, in which the Justice Department knowingly gave Mexican criminal gangs thousands of guns, just keeps escalating. The latest development centers around whether …

Discussion: Doug Ross, Hot Air, Campaign 2012, Power Line, RedState, Wake up America, Sister Toldjah, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and American Glob

Fox News:

House Republicans Request Special Counsel to Probe Holder on ‘Fast and Furious’ — EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans are calling for a special counsel to determine whether Attorney General Holder perjured himself during his testimony to the House Judiciary Committee on Operation Fast and Furious, Fox News has learned.

Discussion: Hot Air, JustOneMinute, Politics, The Crawdad Hole, Pajamas Media, The Lonely Conservative, The Gateway Pundit, Big Government, Publius Forum, The Hill, americanthinker.com and American Glob

JammieWearingFool:
CBS Reporter Says WH Screamed at Her Over Fast and Furious

Discussion: Sister Toldjah, National Review, Pajamas Media and New York Post

Public Citizen:

Obama Just Flip-Flopped Right off the Trade Cliff; Congress Must Slam on the Brakes Statement of Lori Wallach, Director of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch — By asking Congress to approve three NAFTA-style trade deals signed by former President George Bush, President Barack Obama …

Discussion: Crooks and Liars

Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Union chief implores liberal activists to get Obama's back on jobs proposal

Discussion: Weasel Zippers

Maggie Haberman / The Politico:

Sarah Palin-affiliated law firm made early-state deadline inquiries — Ken Vogel and I both have sources telling us that calls were made on behalf of a mystery candidate to various early states to determine presidential filing deadlines. — The calls were made by representatives …

Discussion: The Page, Riehl World View, Politics, Big Government, Hot Air, Conservatives4Palin, Atlas Shrugs and Citizens for Legitimate …

New York Magazine:

In Which We Inform Samuel L. Jackson About N-ggerhead — Samuel L. Jackson at last night's benefit. — On Sunday morning, the Washington Post ran its bombshell story about the racist name of the a hunting camp that the Perry family has leased on and off since the early eighties.

Discussion: Big Hollywood and The Hinterland Gazette

Tina Korbe / Hot Air:
Samuel L. Jackson echoes Morgan Freeman, says Tea Party racism is obvious

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Tea Party Brew

Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:

Spencer And Geller Disavow Anti-Muslim Activist's Call For Violence, Say He Was Never A Board Member — Responding to ThinkProgress, anti-Muslim activists Robert Spencer and Pam Geller disavowed any connections to John Joseph Jay, who recently wrote a blog post calling for the mass murder of politicians, journalists, and others.

Discussion: Little Green Footballs, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Hatewatch

Dan Scandling / Congressman Frank R. Wolf:

Wolf: Grover Norquist's Relationships Should Give People Pause — Washington, D.C. - In a speech today on the House floor, Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) expressed concern about Grover Norquist's influence on the political process in Washington and his association with several individuals, groups and causes many would consider unsavory.

Discussion: The Caucus, Washington Wire and National Review

Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
GOP Rep. Wolf rips Norquist, tax pledge

Discussion: ThinkProgress

Josiah Ryan / The Hill:

Reid blocks attempt by McConnell to vote on president's jobs bill — In a lively spat on the Senate floor Tuesday, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) attempted call up President Obama's jobs plan for an immediate vote in the upper chamber. — However, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid …

Discussion: TPMDC, Michelle Malkin, Weekly Standard, Weasel Zippers and The Lonely Conservative

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Obama administration kept Democratic senators hanging on the phone

Discussion: The Politico, CNN, Weasel Zippers, Instapundit and Betsy's Page

Amanda Knox / The Daily Beast:

Money Dispute May End ‘Simpsons’ — A money dispute between Fox and the actors who voice the characters on The Simpsons may force the long-running hit series to shut down next spring. Lloyd Grove reports exclusively. — As Homer Simpson would put it, “D'oh!”

Discussion: Deadline.com, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, AOL TV, Mediaite, newsfeed.time.com, ArtsBeat, The Raw Story, WJLA-TV, Gothamist and Gawker, more at Mediagazer »

Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:

Herman Cain: ‘Show Me The Science’ That Being Gay Is Not A Choice — The ladies of The View today challenged newly crowned Republican presidential front-runner Herman Cain on his beliefs about homosexuality. He confirmed that he would bring back Don't Ask, Don't Tell, and “Yes,” he believes being gay is a choice.

Discussion: Firedoglake, Back2Stonewall, Good As You and Towleroad News #gay

Judicial Watch:

Judicial Watch Obtains Documents Detailing the Cost to Taxpayers for Michelle Obama's Family Trip to Africa — Charges for the Aircraft and Crew Alone Amount to $424,142 — Judicial Watch, the organization that investigates and fights government corruption, announced today …

Discussion: Campaign 2012, The Crawdad Hole, The Gateway Pundit, Weasel Zippers, The Lonely Conservative, Politics and JammieWearingFool

Justin Sink / The Hill:

Warren Buffett says he will release his tax return if Rupert Murdoch does — The billionaire investor Warren Buffett said Tuesday that he would release his tax returns if NewsCorp chairman Rupert Murdoch does. — Buffett's finances became a political target after President Obama made the …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers

David Catanese / The Politico:

Tomblin wins W.Va. gov race — Democrat Earl Ray Tomblin beat back a torrent of late Republican attacks linking him to President Obama to win the West Virginia governorship Tuesday night. — Tomblin, a 36-year politician who had served as acting governor since Joe Manchin left the governorship …

Discussion: CNN and Balloon Juice