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10:30 PM ET, October 4, 2011

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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.
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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 …
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 …
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
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Chris Christie won't run for president: Now what?
Washington Post:
Chris Christie not running for president in 2012, source says
The Caucus:
‘Now Is Not My Time’ to Run, Christie Says
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Bachmann: Now that Christie's made his decision ‘I think the table is set’
Discussion: Iowa Caucuses and CNN
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 …
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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 …
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
Andrew Ross Sorkin / DealBook:
On Wall Street, a Protest Matures
Rich Lowry / National Review:
The Left's Pathetic Tea Party
Discussion: Salon.com and Firedoglake
Suzy Khimm / Washington Post:
What Occupy DC wants: Less corporate money in politics
Discussion: Campaign 2012 and Viking Pundit
Michelle Malkin:
Progressive of Pallor on pointless parade
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.
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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 …
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
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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 …
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.
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 …
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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!”
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.
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.
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Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
GOP Rep. Wolf rips Norquist, tax pledge
Discussion: ThinkProgress
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.
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
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ProPublica:
Secret Docs Show Foreclosure Watchdog Doesn't Bark or Bite  —  Why has the administration's flagship foreclosure prevention program been so ineffective in helping struggling homeowners get loan modifications and stay in their homes?  One reason: The government's supervision of the program has apparently ranged from nonexistent to weak.
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Immelt: ‘Our job is to make our ideas his ideas’  —  I'm in Cleveland right now for the Cleveland Clinic's annual innovation summit.  Last night, Jeffrey Immelt, CEO of General Electric and chairman of President Obama's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, delivered the keynote and sat for a Q&A. My notes on his talk:
Discussion: Political Mojo and ThinkProgress
Bill Roggio / The Long War Journal:
‘German Taliban Mujahideen’ leader thought killed in US airstrike  —  The leader of a terrorist group known as the German Taliban Mujahideen is rumored to have been killed in a US airstrike in the Afghan-Pakistan border region.  —  Gazavat Media, a jihadist propaganda website that caters …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Jawa Report
 
 
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Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:
Mitt Romney forecasts first lady role for his wife
Discussion: CNN
Michael Ruane / Washington Post:
National Cathedral reopens Nov. 12, but needs $15 million for earthquake damage and expenses
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Geneva Sands-Sadowitz / The Hill:
Gingrich surprises Al Sharpton with birthday wish
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
CNBC:
US Factory Orders Fell Unexpectedly in August
Discussion: Don Surber
David Espo / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Obama seeks debt collector proposal
Discussion: Michelle Malkin and Pajamas Media
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Poll: Marylanders split on gay marriage, immigrant tuition
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America Loses: Corporations That Take “Tax Holidays” Slash Jobs
Discussion: Inequality.org
 Earlier Items: 
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Perry's weird science
Sunlen Miller / Politics:
Durbin to Bank of America Customers: ‘Get the Heck Out of That Bank’
Will Ripley / KUSA-TV:
Pizza delivery guy calls cops on customer who smoked marijuana
Discussion: The Consumerist and TalkLeft
Wall Street Journal:
The Definition of Insanity
Discussion: Hit & Run and Betsy's Page
Campbell Robertson / New York Times:
After Ruling, Hispanics Flee an Alabama Town
 

 
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Bloomberg:
A look at the challenges facing Crunchyroll, as current and ex-staffers say its management is out of touch, amid Disney and Netflix's expansion into anime

Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK
 
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