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2:05 PM ET, October 10, 2011

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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Panic of the Plutocrats  —  It remains to be seen whether the Occupy Wall Street protests will change America's direction.  Yet the protests have already elicited a remarkably hysterical reaction from Wall Street, the super-rich in general, and politicians and pundits who reliably serve …
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New York Post:
Sex, drugs and hiding from the law at Wall Street protests  —  The criminals are crashing the party.  —  Lured by cheap drugs and free food, creepy thugs have infiltrated the crowd of protesters camped out in Zuccotti Park for Occupy Wall Street, The Post has learned.  —  “I got warrants.
Ed Carson / Investor's Business Daily:
51% Don't Want Second Term For President Obama  —  A majority of Americans now oppose giving President Obama a second term, reflecting the country's continued weak economic performance, according to the latest IBD/TIPP survey released Monday.  —  By 51%-41%, respondents in October picked …
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Help wanted  —  Reader Greg Farrell writes to point out what he found on Craigslist.  It's an ad from the Working Families Party looking to hire protesters for Wall Street and offering $350-650 a week, depending on responsibility and length of time on staff: FIGHT TO HOLD WALL STREET ACCOUNTABLE NOW!
CBS News:
Occupy Wall St.'s drumbeat grows louder  —  Occupy Wall Street Protests  —  The drumbeat of the Occupy Wall Street protest is growing louder and wider.  —  “Wall Street got bailed out, and we all got sold out!”  —  From the streets of New York ... to the nation's capital ... to the South …
Danny Yadron / Washington Wire:
Roemer Is First Candidate to Embrace “Occupy Wall Street”
Discussion: MyFox New York
Robert J. Samuelson / Washington Post:
The backlash against the rich  —  The context for Occupy Wall Street …
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Perry Campaign Works to Smooth Out Flaws  —  SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Gov. Rick Perry of Texas struggled through his first three debates, so his aides have staged practice sessions, complete with a stand-in for Mitt Romney.  He has stirred outrage among conservatives on immigration …
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Harvard University Institute of Politics:
NEW POLL FROM INSTITUTES OF POLITICS AT HARVARD, SAINT ANSELM FINDS ROMNEY LEADING NH PRIMARY FIELD BY 18 POINTS
Discussion: CNN and National Review
Justin Sink / The Hill:
DNC website mocks Romney flip-flops
Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Perry Video Attacks Romney on Health Care
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Romney camp labels Perry a ‘desperate candidate’
Discussion: GOP 12, ABCNEWS and The Daily Caller
Fred Barnes / Wall Street Journal:
How TV Debates Have Changed the Race
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Perry targets Romney's wealth
Justin Sink / The Hill:
New Perry attack ad hits Romney on healthcare
Discussion: CNN and Ben Smith's Blog
Steve Jobs / The Daily Beast:
Is Romney the Next Kerry?
Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
Netflix Abandons Plan to Rent DVDs on Qwikster  —  Updated Abandoning a break-up plan it announced last month, Netflix said Monday morning that it had decided to keep its DVD-by-mail and online streaming services together under one name and one Web site.  —  The company admitted that it had moved …
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New York Post:
Aimless Obama walks alone  —  The reports are not good, disturbing even.  I have heard basically the same story four times in the last 10 days, and the people doing the talking are in New York and Washington and are spread across the political spectrum.  —  The gist is this …
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Recession Officially Over, U.S. Incomes Kept Falling  —  WASHINGTON — In a grim sign of the enduring nature of the economic slump, household income declined more in the two years after the recession ended than it did during the recession itself, new research has found.
Reid Pillifant / Capital New York:
‘Joe the Plumber’ files for a congressional run  —  Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, better known as “Joe the Plumber,” has formed a congressional campaign committee and filed a statement of candicacy, according to the Federal Election Commission's website.  —  The filing for “Joe for Congress 2012” …
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Washington Post:
From Elizabeth Warren, the proper case for liberalism  —  It's not often that a sound bite from a Democratic candidate gets so under the skin of my distinguished colleague George F. Will that he feels moved to quote it in full and then devote an entire column to refuting it.  This is instructive.
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Tony Perkins: Ron Paul victory not ‘reflective’ of social issues voters  —  Tony Perkins, President of the Family Research Council downplayed GOP presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul's (R-Texas) win in the organization's Values Voter Summit straw poll saying the vote did not reflect social conservative support for his candidacy.
Ali Gharib / ThinkProgress:
Herman Cain: I Don't Know The ‘President Of Ubeki-beki-beki-stan-stan’  —  In an interview with the religious right Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain badly bungled Uzbekistan's name and said his standard answer to “'gotcha' questions” would be that he doesn't have answers.
 
 
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