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8:00 PM ET, October 10, 2011

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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.
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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.
NY Daily News:
It's a ‘mob’ just for differing with you?  —  Rep. Eric Cantor called the Occupy Wall Street protesters a ‘mob.’  —  Here is a phony named Eric Cantor, the House majority leader, a dull young congressman clearly aspiring to be an even duller presidential candidate someday, calling the Occupy Wall Street people a “mob.”
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 …
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:
Suzy Khimm / Washington Post:
Conservatives launch “We are the 53 percent” to criticize 99 percenters  —  Conservative activists have created a Tumblr called “We are the 53 percent” that's meant to be a counterpunch to the viral “We are the 99 percent” site that's become a prominent symbol for the Occupy Wall Street movement.
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Poll finds majority of Americans aware of Occupy Wall Street protests
Discussion: Pat Dollard and Weasel Zippers
John Cook / Gawker:
Is James O'Keefe a Fugitive?
A.Killough / CNN:
Romney defends Wall Street but vows to fight for middle class
Discussion: The Raw Story
Danny Yadron / Washington Wire:
Roemer Is First Candidate to Embrace “Occupy Wall Street”
Discussion: MyFox New York
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Cain Surges, Nearly Ties Romney for Lead in GOP Preferences  —  Romney and Cain closely matched near 20%, with Perry at 15%  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Republicans' support for Herman Cain has surged to 18%, their support for Rick Perry has sagged to 15%, and their support for Mitt Romney remains relatively stable at 20%.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
As poll numbers drop, Perry pushed to side of debate stage  —  Texas Gov. Rick Perry has been pushed out of center stage by Herman Cain in tomorrow night's New Hampshire Republican presidential debate.  —  A source on one Republican campaign forwards on the seating chart for tomorrow night's debate …
Journalistdee / CNN:
Poverty ambassadors blast Herman Cain's views on racism
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Perry Campaign Works to Smooth Out Flaws
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Santorum targets Romney, Perry and Cain with new ad
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 …
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
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Obama the loner  —  The Post's Scott Wilson penned a provocative piece …
Discussion: Pajamas Media
John Harwood / The Caucus:
In Washington, Everyone Seems Mad at Teammates
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 …
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.
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:   New Poll Puts Cain Ahead of Obama
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
New poll shows Obama losing to ... Herman Cain
Discussion: Poll Position
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 …
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
'Mr. Cain, Who Is Lawrence O'Donnell to Tell You How to Be a Black Man?'  —  After Thursday evening's “interview” on MSNBC, Professor William Jacobson and others were outraged by Lawrence O'Donnell's self-righteous and disrespectful hectoring of Herman Cain.
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 …
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
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
 
 
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Jordy Yager / The Hill:
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