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5:25 PM ET, October 9, 2011

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New York Times:
Protesters Against Wall Street  —  As the Occupy Wall Street protests spread from Lower Manhattan to Washington and other cities, the chattering classes keep complaining that the marchers lack a clear message and specific policy prescriptions.  The message — and the solutions …
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Cain, Gingrich blast Occupy Wall Street protests  —  Herman Cain charged Sunday that groups sympathetic to President Obama were ginning up the Occupy Wall Street protests to take attention away from the administration's policies.  —  Cain, the GOP presidential candidate …
Greg / The Belgravia Dispatch:
Occupy Wall Street: An Early Assessment  —  I stumbled on the initial Occupy Wall Street protests by accident back on its first day of September 17th walking through the financial district in lower Manhattan.  While the group seemed quite inchoate and far smaller than the 20,000 thousand …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Newshoggers.com
CNN:   Some Democrats praise, Republicans slam Occupy Wall Street
Charlie Grapski / cgrapski's FDL blog:
American Spectator Editor Admits to Being Agent Provocateur at D.C. Museum  —  The following photograph taken by opednews.com shows a confrontation in the lobby of the National Air and Space Museum between two individuals and an officer shortly before video shows officers …
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Patrick Howley / American Spectator:
Standoff in D.C.  —  WASHINGTON — The fastest-running protesters charged up the steps of Washington's National Air and Space Museum Saturday afternoon to infiltrate the building and hang banners on the “shameful” exhibits promoting American imperialism.  As the white-uniformed security guards hurried …
Lindsey Boerma / CBS News:
Values Voter straw poll organizers suggest a fix in Ron Paul's win  —  Rep. Ron Paul scored a decisive victory Saturday in a mock presidential election at the Values Voter Summit, trouncing fellow Texan, Gov. Rick Perry, but an organizer of the straw poll suggested ballot-stuffing may have skewed the results.
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Lucy Madison / CBS News:
Gingrich: Not for us to judge Romney's religion
Gautham Nagesh / The Hill:   Cain: Racism doesn't hold blacks back
Kevinliptak / CNN:
Cain: Racism not holding anyone back
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
The Changing Story  —  You should definitely read Ezra Klein's long take on the Obama administration economic team's retroactive assessment of their performance.  But I think it's helpful to skip to the end: … I have some policy points to make about the whole thing …
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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Could this time have been different?  —  (KEVIN LAMARQUE - REUTERS) Christina Romer had traveled to Chicago to perform an unpleasant task: she needed to scare her new boss.  David Axelrod, Barack Obama's top political adviser, had been very clear about that.
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Financial crisis and stimulus: Could this time be different?
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Depression: If Only Things Were That Good  —  David Leonhardt is The New York Times Washington bureau chief.  —  UNDERNEATH the misery of the Great Depression, the United States economy was quietly making enormous strides during the 1930s.  Television and nylon stockings were invented.
Discussion: Political Mojo and ThinkProgress
Los Angeles Times:
Brown signs California Dream Act  —  The law grants illegal immigrants access to state aid at public universities and colleges.  It is one of 50 education-related bills weighed by the governor.  —  Reporting from Sacramento— Gov. Jerry Brown on Saturday granted illegal immigrants access …
Jeff Sommer / New York Times:
An Ugly Forecast That's Been Right Before  —  LET'S face it: economic forecasting is an act of sheer hubris.  Which, of course, only incites people to do it.  —  Multimedia  —  The stock market offers its predictions, and, occasionally, it's even right.
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Perry's immigration problem  —  It's safe to say Rick Perry has given up his perch as the Republican presidential frontrunner.  In fact, the apparent collapse happened rather suddenly, with a debate in Florida marking the pivot point.  Almost immediately, the question in GOP circles went from …
Discussion: Washington Post and Booman Tribune
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Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:
In Iowa, Rick Perry's immigration problem grows
 
 
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Robert J. Samuelson / Washington Post:
Our one-sided trade war with China
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Pelosi: Obama needs to ‘very strongly, very clearly’ sell voters on jobs bill
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Nicole Santa Cruz / Los Angeles Times:
Eco-friendly festival can't sustain itself
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
What to do with a ‘top-tier’ candidate
Brody Mullins / Washington Wire:
Santorum Lags in Fund-Raising
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Iraq, siding with Iran, sends essential aid to Syria's Assad
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Fox News “Cost Of Freedom” Guest: We Need More Hunger In America!
Rep. Tom McClintock / Real Clear Politics:
A Second Term for Obama Would Make the United States Go as California Has Gone
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
McConnell takes chutzpah to new levels
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Palin says it's time to “reload for America”
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