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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Russ Feingold endorses Occupy Wall Street: “This will make the Tea Party look like ... a tea party.” — “I'm really encouraged by what I'm seeing. People around the country are finally organizing to stand up to the huge influence of corporations on government and our lives.
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Dems rally behind ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protest movement — Democrats are rallying behind the “Occupy Wall Street” movement, with several lawmakers endorsing the protests in New York City that have begun to spread to other cities. — Several liberal House lawmakers endorsed the protests Wednesday …
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Justin Sink / Ballot Box:
Cain to protesters: 'If you don't have a job and you're not rich, blame yourself' — Herman Cain said that he believed the ongoing Occupy Wall Street protests were “orchestrated” to help president Obama, and denounced the protesters during an interview published by the Wall Street Journal Wednesday.
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Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Herman Cain On Occupy Wall Street: 'If You Don't Have A Job And You're Not Rich, Blame Yourself!' — Asked about the ongoing Occupy Wall Street protests in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that posted today, GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain said he suspected that they were “orchestrated” to help President Obama.
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Washington Wire:
Herman Cain: I'm More Than the ‘Anti-Romney’ — Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain is riding a wave of support that saw him unexpectedly win a Florida straw poll last month and has him surging in recent polls against rivals Rick Perry and Mitt Romney.
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Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress:
Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke On Occupy Wall Street: 'I Can't Blame Them'
Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke On Occupy Wall Street: 'I Can't Blame Them'
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Sarah B. Boxer / NationalJournal.com:
Romney: Wall Street Protests ‘Class Warfare’
Romney: Wall Street Protests ‘Class Warfare’
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MoJo Articles, TalkLeft, Guardian, Rasmussen Reports and The Raw Story
Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg:
“Occupy Wall Street” protesters sue New York City
“Occupy Wall Street” protesters sue New York City
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Erica Werner / Associated Press:
Senate Democrats rewrite Obama's jobs bill — WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are scrambling to rewrite portions of President Barack Obama's jobs bill, even as Obama tries to blame Republicans for Congress' failure to act. — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell moved to call …
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The Hill:
Dem unity, minus Obama — After months of squabbling, Democrats on Capitol Hill have united in recent weeks. And in an unusual twist, they have done it in spite of President Obama. — House Democrats, who have helped the GOP pass controversial bills this year, drew the line on a stopgap spending bill last month.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate Democrats buck Obama on jobs proposal by changing ‘pay-fors’
Senate Democrats buck Obama on jobs proposal by changing ‘pay-fors’
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Washington Monthly and TPMDC
Sam Youngman / Ballot Box:
Push for President Obama's jobs bill illustrates the art of beating a dead horse
Push for President Obama's jobs bill illustrates the art of beating a dead horse
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Frazier Moore / The Huffington Post:
Roger Ailes: I Hired Sarah Palin Because She Was ‘Hot And Got Ratings’ … Fox News , Sarah Palin , Roger Ailes , Cable News , Fox News 15th Anniversary , Fox News Anniversary , Roger Ailes Sarah Palin , Roger Ailes Wolf Blitzer , Media News — NEW YORK — As the most powerful man in the universe …
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Christian Heinze / Ballot Box:
Why Palin could run as an independent
Why Palin could run as an independent
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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
GOP looks past Palin for 2012
GOP looks past Palin for 2012
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Washington Wire and Liberal Values
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Opposition to Obama grows — strongly — Four in 10 Americans “strongly” disapprove of how President Obama is handling job as president in the new Washington Post-ABC News poll, the highest that number has risen during his time in office and a sign of the hardening opposition to him as he seeks a second term.
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Peyton M. Craighill / Washington Post:
Obama's jobs plan, the partisan perspective
Obama's jobs plan, the partisan perspective
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Poll sees a new low in Americans' approval of Congress
Poll sees a new low in Americans' approval of Congress
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ThinkProgress, Washington Monthly, Business Insider and Prairie Weather
Gary Langer / Politics:
Obama Gains vs. GOP on Jobs as Congress Hits a New Low
Obama Gains vs. GOP on Jobs as Congress Hits a New Low
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Daily Kos, TalkLeft and US Politics
Justin Sink / The Hill:
New poll shows Obama approval continuing to sour
New poll shows Obama approval continuing to sour
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The Crawdad Hole
Quinnipiac University:
With Christie Out, Romney Is Back On Top Of Gop Pack, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Perry Fades As Cain Surges — With New Jersey Gov. Christopher Christie out of the Republican presidential race, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney jumps to a 22 percent lead …
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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Perry raises $17 million — Siren, as they say: … The $17 million figure, which a Perry spokesman confirms to me, is almost as much as Mitt Romney raised in his first quarter as a declared presidential candidate this year. — It's also more than Rudy Giuliani and John McCain raised …
Erica Werner / Associated Press:
Official: Obama to embark on bus tour of NC, Va. — WASHINGTON—A White House official says President Barack Obama is planning a bus tour through the politically important states of North Carolina and Virginia later this month to push for his jobs plan. — The trip is scheduled for Oct. 17-19 …
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Pete Kennedy / Food Freedom:
Wisconsin Judge Rules No Right to Own a Cow or Drink Its Milk — WI Judge to Zinniker, FTCLDF: No “Fundamental Right to Own a Cow, or Consume Its Milk... Am I Making Myself Clear?” — ~ David Gumpert — FTCLDF — In a decision denying basic property rights and even exceeding …
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Michael W. McConnell / Wall Street Journal:
Washington Wants a Say Over Your Minister — The Supreme Court weighs whether the feds can decide which church employees are clergy and which aren't. — Today, the Obama administration will invite the Supreme Court to open a new front in the culture wars.
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Reuters:
Hungry Muppet to appear on “Sesame Street” — (Reuters) - A new poverty-stricken Muppet will highlight the issue of hunger struggles on an episode of “Sesame Street”, the show said in a statement on Tuesday. — Pink-faced Muppet Lily, whose family deals with food insecurity, will join Big Bird …
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James Hibberd / EW.com:
‘Sesame Street’ unveils muppet to teach kids about hunger — PHOTO
‘Sesame Street’ unveils muppet to teach kids about hunger — PHOTO
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Crooks and Liars, ANIMAL and The Atlantic Online
Brian Powell / Political Correction RSS:
Rep. Steve King Daydreams About The Good Ol' Days When Only Property Owners Voted — In a Judiciary Committee hearing on a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) used his allotted time to daydream out loud about an era of American history when only male property owners were allowed to vote.
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Washington Monthly, Crooks and Liars, Angry Black Lady Chronicles, Daily Kos and John Boehner
William Creeley / FIRE:
Getting It Right: Dean of George Mason Law Sets Excellent Example — All too often here at FIRE, we find ourselves up to our necks in campus censorship. For example, in just the last few weeks, we've seen a professor threatened by campus police for posting a sci-fi quote and a coalition …
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Big Government, Ricochet Conversation Feed and National Review
Claire Suddath / Time:
Q&A with Palin Advisor-Turned-Novelist Nicolle Wallace — Nicolle Wallace knows her politics. She served as White House communications chief under George W. Bush and also worked as a senior advisor on the McCain-Palin 2008 campaign. Her second novel, It's Classified …
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GOP 12 and Taegan Goddard's …
David Cameron / New Statesman:
Full transcript | David Cameron | Speech to Conservative Party Conference 2011 | Manchester | 5 October 2011 — “Let's turn this time of challenge into a time of opportunity. Not sitting around, watching things happen and wondering why. But standing up, making things happen and asking why not.”
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