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3:50 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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Michael Howard Saul / Metropolis:
Bloomberg: Occupy Wall Street Can Stay Indefinitely … Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Monday that he'll allow the Wall Street protesters to stay indefinitely, provided they abide by the law, marking his strongest statement to date on the city's willingness to let demonstrators occupy a park in Lower Manhattan.
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!
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Poll finds majority of Americans aware of Occupy Wall Street protests
Discussion: Pat Dollard and Weasel Zippers
Mackenzie Weinger / The Politico:
Michael Bloomberg: Wall Street protesters can stay indefinitely
Discussion: Runnin' Scared
Danny Yadron / Washington Wire:
Roemer Is First Candidate to Embrace “Occupy Wall Street”
Discussion: MyFox New York
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 …
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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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.
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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: GOP 12, CNN and National Review
Justin Sink / The Hill:
DNC website mocks Romney flip-flops
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.
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Felix Salmon:
Chart of the day, median income edition
Discussion: Grasping Reality …
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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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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Alan Colmes' Liberaland:
Joe The Plumber Running For Congress
Discussion: USA Today
Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Issa: Holder's defense on Fast and Furious ‘has reached a new low’  —  Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) issued a scathing reply to Attorney General Eric Holder over his role in the authorization of a botched gun-tracking operation and the Justice Department's cooperation with a congressional investigation.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Natalie Harrison / Apple:
iPhone 4S Pre-Orders Top One Million in First 24 Hours  —  Apple® today announced pre-orders of its iPhone® 4S have topped one million in a single day, surpassing the previous single day pre-order record of 600,000 held by iPhone 4. iPhone 4S is the most amazing iPhone yet …
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 …
Eason Jordan / Poll Position:
Cain surging, edging Obama  —  In a hypothetical head-to-head presidential race, Republican Herman Cain edges Democrat Barack Obama, according to our latest national scientific opinion poll.  —  The poll found Cain topping Obama by a narrow 43%-41% margin, with 15% saying they had no opinion.
Discussion: Pat Dollard, Weasel Zippers and Hot Air
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:   New Poll Puts Cain Ahead of Obama
E.J. Dionne Jr / 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.
The Hill:
Obama ditches Slurpee analogy and shifts his tone on economy  —  President Obama has dramatically shifted his tone on the economy, discarding a car-and-Slurpee analogy he often used in 2010 to suggest the nation was headed in the right direction.  —  The shift signals Obama understands voter patience …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Wikileaks Scores Again  —  From The Jewish Journal: … Thus ends the 2,600-year history of Jews in Baghdad.  —  UPDATE: Not so fast, the JTA now says:
 
 
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