memeorandum: Michael Bloomberg: Wall Street protesters can stay indefinitely (Mackenzie Weinger/The Politico)

4:00 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 …

Discussion: Washington Post, Firedoglake, Gawker, Michelle Malkin, Weasel Zippers, NewsBusters.org blogs, Prairie Weather, The Mahablog, Althouse, Eduwonk, Shakesville, TBogg, ECHIDNE of the snakes, Political Mojo, Big Government and CNN

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.

Discussion: The Jawa Report, Daily Mail, Fire Andrea Mitchell!, JammieWearingFool, Moe Lane, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite, Gawker and MyFox New York

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.

Discussion: MyFox New York, No More Mister Nice Blog, New York Magazine and The Raw Story

Mackenzie Weinger / The Politico:

Michael Bloomberg: Wall Street protesters can stay indefinitely — New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Monday the Occupy Wall Street protesters can camp out in Zuccotti Park in downtown Manhattan for as long as they want. — Zuccotti Park, the movement's unofficial headquarters located …

Discussion: The Other McCain and Runnin' Scared

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!

Discussion: Hot Air, Runnin' Scared, Moe Lane, The Lonely Conservative and Bookworm Room

Douglas E. Schoen / The Politico:
The case for a third party candidate

Discussion: CNN, No More Mister Nice Blog, Wonkette, Riehl World View, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Pat Dollard and Firedoglake

Justin Sink / The Hill:
Poll finds majority of Americans aware of Occupy Wall Street protests

Discussion: Pat Dollard and Weasel Zippers

Lee Fang / ThinkProgress:
Journalists Funded By ‘Vulture Capitalist’ Paul Singer Campaign To Smear Wall Street Protests

Discussion: NY Daily News, Business Insider and Room Eight

James Oliphant / Los Angeles Times:
Herman Cain steps up attacks on Occupy Wall Street protests

Discussion: CBS News, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Political Carnival, Big Government, Washington Post, CBS Boston, Hot Air, Vox Popoli, The Moderate Voice and New York Times

CBS News:
Occupy Wall St.'s drumbeat grows louder

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Crooks and Liars, USA Today, TechCrunch and Christian Science Monitor

CBS News:
“Occupy Wall Street” now in 25 cities

Discussion: Mediaite, PoliPundit.com and msnbc.com

Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Democratic Party Going All-In on Occupy Wall Street

Discussion: Michelle Malkin, Power Line, Bloomberg, Ironic Surrealism, ABCNEWS, iOwnTheWorld.com, Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, Pat Dollard and Wake up America

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 …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Pajamas Media, The Strata-Sphere, Sister Toldjah, Hot Air and The Hinterland Gazette

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 …

Discussion: ABCNEWS, The Huffington Post, The Raw Story, New York Magazine, Iowa Caucuses, Hot Air, Patterico's Pontifications, Washington Post, The Politico, GOP 12, Business Insider and Towleroad News #gay

Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Perry targets Romney's wealth

Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog, Firedoglake, Daily Kos and Pirate's Cove

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.

Discussion: CNN, Pat Dollard, ABCNEWS, Indecision Forever, The Raw Story and CBS News

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

Discussion: Washington Monthly, The Caucus, CNN, Hot Air, GOP 12, Weasel Zippers and techPresident

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” …

Discussion: MyFox New York, Daily Kos, New York Magazine and Business Insider

Alan Colmes' Liberaland:
Joe The Plumber Running For Congress

Discussion: USA Today

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.

Discussion: Economix, Business Insider, Questions and Observations, Pat Dollard, Washington Monthly, Truthdig, Calculated Risk and US Politics

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 …

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money, New York Magazine, The Moderate Voice, Outside the Beltway, VentureBeat, Associated Press, Eschaton and Gawker, more at Mediagazer »

Reed Hastings / The Official Netflix Blog:
DVDs will be staying at netflix.com

Discussion: AllThingsD, TechCrunch, MyFox New York, ReadWriteWeb, Chicagoist, Engadget and The Atlantic Online, more at Techmeme »

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 …

Discussion: AllThingsD, Bits, L.A. Times Tech Blog, VentureBeat, Fortune, Engadget, MyFox New York and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »

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 …

Discussion: The Hinterland Gazette, Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit and Wake up America

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

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.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Political Mojo, National Review and Daily Kos

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