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5:25 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.
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!
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Democratic Party Going All-In on Occupy Wall Street  —  Robby Mook, the executive director of the DCCC just sent out a fund-raising email titled “@Stake: Occupy Wall Street.”  It contains the following:
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
A.Killough / CNN:
Romney defends Wall Street but vows to fight for middle class
Discussion: The Raw Story
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Political party paying Occupy Wall Street protesters?
Danny Yadron / Washington Wire:
Roemer Is First Candidate to Embrace “Occupy Wall Street”
Discussion: MyFox New York
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Santorum targets Romney, Perry and Cain with new ad  —  Rick Santorum's presidential campaign takes on all three of the GOP's leading candidates in a new radio ad set to run in Iowa.  —  The former Pennsylvania senator's ad, which was produced by top GOP ad firm BrabenderCox and obtained …
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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 …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
As poll numbers drop, Perry pushed to side of debate stage
Discussion: New York Magazine
CNN:
Jeffress: I'm not 'Rick Perry's Jeremiah Wright'
Discussion: The Hill and Political Mojo
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 …
Felix Salmon:
Chart of the day, median income edition  —  Why has no one thought to do this before?  Every month, the Current Population Survey goes out to a nationally representative sample of more than 50,000 interviewed households and their members.  And in one of the questions, those households …
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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 …
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Jason Ukman / Washington Post:
Al-Qaeda joins those questioning legality of U.S. killing of citizen Anwar al-Awlaki  —  (Associated Press via SITE Intelligence Group) Al-Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen has confirmed the deaths of American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki and Samir Khan, the young American propagandist killed alongside …
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Mackenzie Weinger / Reuters:
Al Qaeda: Al-Awlaki killing unlawful
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Warren raises $3.15M; Brown raises $1.55M  —  Elizabeth Warren raised more than $3 million in a little more than six weeks to fund her Senate bid in Massachusetts — more than twice the figure pulled in by incumbent Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.).  —  The astounding figure anchors the notion …
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.
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” …
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: Weasel Zippers, Pat Dollard and Hot Air
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:   New Poll Puts Cain Ahead of Obama
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
The portrait of a health care reformer  —  Governor Mitt Romney's official portrait in the Massachusetts State House — unveiled in 2009 — pictures him seated with various meaningful objects, including a folder on the desk behind him.  —  That folder, the AP wrote at the time, is …
Discussion: msnbc.com and GOP 12
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 …
Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
Karl Rove vs. the Koch brothers  —  Karl Rove's team and the Koch brothers' operatives quietly coordinated millions of dollars in political spending in 2010, but that alliance, which has flown largely under the radar, is showing signs of fraying.  —  And with each network planning to dwarf its 2010 effort …
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog
 
 
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The Hill:
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