memeorandum: Romney leads in Iowa and New Hampshire (Mark Murray/msnbc.com)

2:15 PM ET, October 11, 2011

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Trying to restore Senate comity — Democrats have one overriding objective this Congress: to create jobs and get our economy back on track. But our Republican colleagues are so dead set on preventing Democrats from passing job-creating legislation that they have been willing to abuse …

Discussion: CNN, Washington Monthly, The Politico, Booman Tribune, Outside the Beltway, The Other McCain, Balloon Juice and Political Mojo

The Politico:

Obama jobs bill may not get 51 in Senate — President Barack Obama's jobs plan is at risk of getting less than 51 votes Tuesday evening in the Senate as a handful of politically vulnerable moderates hold out on the president's signature economic proposal. — Adding to the uncertainty …

Discussion: The Atlantic Online, Firedoglake, The Huffington Post, The New Republic and Pirate's Cove

Erik Wasson / The Hill:

Dems scramble to save face on jobs bill — Democratic leaders in the Senate are scrambling to avoid defections on President Obama's jobs package, which appears headed for defeat on Tuesday. — A lack of Democratic unity on the president's bill would be embarrassing for the White House …

Discussion: Reuters, Wake up America, The Confluence, Talking Points Memo, Balloon Juice, ABCNEWS, Hot Air, Pundit & Pundette and The Lonely Conservative

Greg Sargent / Washington Post:

If moderate Dems vote No on jobs bill, they're only hurting themselves — Top pollster Stanley Greenberg is not shy about criticizing the White House when he thinks it's warranted, and his opinion is widely respected by Democrats in Congress. So if Greenberg tells moderate Senate Democrats …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Talking Points Memo, Booman Tribune, Daily Kos, CBS News, Big Government and Pat Dollard

Sam Youngman / The Hill:
White House braces for Senate defeat of Obama's $447B jobs bill

Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …

First Read / msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Do-or-die time for Perry

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Reuters, Washington Post, Hit & Run and americanthinker.com

Susie Madrak / Crooks and Liars:

Who Really Owns The NYPD? Turns Out It's Not Such A Rhetorical Question — I wrote last week about the multi-million dollar contribution to the NYPD from JPChase, but it turns out the corporate influence goes much deeper than that. Pam Martens, an activist who successfully sued the NYPD …

Discussion: Suburban Guerrilla, CounterPunch, naked capitalism and Dependable Renegade

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.

Discussion: CANNONFIRE, Gawker, Balloon Juice, PhillyNow, American Spectator, Mediaite, A plain blog about politics, Outside the Beltway, Grasping Reality …, The Lonely Conservative, Angry Bear and Suburban Guerrilla, more at Mediagazer »

David Brooks / New York Times:

The Milquetoast Radicals — The U.S. economy is probably going to stink for a few more years. It is beset by short-term problems (low consumer demand, uncertain housing prices, too much debt) and long-term problems (wage stagnation, rising health care costs, eroding human capital).

Discussion: Firedoglake, ABCNEWS, Left of the Hudson, The Baseline Scenario, Paul Krugman, Daily Kos, Mediaite and CNN

CNNMoney.com:
Occupy Wall Street... mansions

Discussion: NewsBusters.org blogs, Don Surber, AM New York, RedState, The Raw Story, The Politico, Poynter and The Daily Dish, more at Mediagazer »

Helen Kennedy / NY Daily News:
Occupy Wall Street protesters plan ‘Millionaires March’ to Rupert Murdoch's, tycoons' NYC homes

Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Wall Street Protests Gain Support From Leading Democrats

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Investor's Business Daily, ACS Blog, Fausta's Blog, ABCNEWS, Hullabaloo, Prairie Weather, The Caucus, The Huffington Post, Gothamist, The Lonely Conservative and Hot Air

Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dems aggressively counter Republican attacks on anti-Wall Street protests

Discussion: ABCNEWS, CNN, Connecting.the.Dots and The Politico

Steve Jordon / Omaha World-Herald:

Cain: The Godfather's years — Godfather's Pizza of Omaha started with rapid growth, head-spinning profits and a $300 million buyout. — But then profits crashed. Franchise holders were in revolt, complaining that they had been abandoned, weathering three different presidents in four months.

Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog and Liberal Values

Bruce Bartlett / Economix:

Inside the Cain Tax Plan — Bruce Bartlett held senior policy roles in the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations and served on the staffs of Representatives Jack Kemp and Ron Paul. — With recent polls showing increased support for Herman Cain as the G.O.P. presidential nominee …

Discussion: ABCNEWS, National Review, americanthinker.com and American Spectator

The Politico:
Herman Cain: 'I'm going after Romney' at debate

Discussion: ABCNEWS, GOP 12, Campaign 2012 and National Review

Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Tuesday debate could be make-or-break for Gov. Perry's presidential hopes

Discussion: CNN and Outside the Beltway

Fox News:

Christie to Endorse Romney Ahead of GOP Debate — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, just one week after definitively announcing he will not run for president in the 2012 race, plans to endorse Mitt Romney for the job Tuesday afternoon, Fox News has learned. — The event is set to take place …

Discussion: Michelle Malkin, PolitickerNY, Pat Dollard, Pajamas Media, Campaign 2012, The Other McCain and Gawker

Rachel E. Stassen-Berger / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Pawlenty, portrait, both emerge into limelight

Discussion: Daily Kos and Taegan Goddard's …

Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
Can Herman Cain Keep Up? (The Note)

Discussion: Roll Call, The Daily Caller and New York Magazine

Boston Globe:

Boston police move in on protesters on Greenway, scores arrested — Boston police moved in and began arresting scores of Occupy Boston protesters who refused to leave a large part of the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway early this morning. — At 1:20 a.m., the first riot police officers lined up on Atlantic Avenue.

Discussion: Reuters, Associated Press, Occupy Boston, The Raw Story, Crooks and Liars, CNN, US Politics, naked capitalism, The Daily What, The Crawdad Hole, Pirate's Cove, Gawker, Balloon Juice, The Daily Bail, Datechguy's Blog, Blue Mass Group and RedState

Brad Johnson / ThinkProgress:
Boston Police Throw American Flag To Ground, Arrest Veterans, Trash Property To Protect ‘Green Space’ From 99%

Discussion: BPDNEWS.COM, Crooks and Liars, Firedoglake and Towleroad News #gay

Christine McConville / Boston Herald:
Police arrest 100 in Occupy Boston sweep

Discussion: Occupy Boston, Mediaite and PolitickerNY

Mike Dorning / Bloomberg:

Americans in Poll Back Taxing Rich to Reduce Deficit — More than two-thirds of Americans, including a majority of Republicans, say wealthier people should pay more in taxes to bring down the budget deficit, and even larger numbers think Medicare and Social Security benefits should be left alone.

Discussion: Guardian and ThinkProgress

Mark Murray / msnbc.com:
Romney leads in Iowa and New Hampshire

Discussion: Washington Post, Swampland, The Hill, Hot Air, The New Republic, The Atlantic Online, Online NewsHour, Hotline On Call and The Daily Caller

Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Five Things to Watch for in the G.O.P. Debate

Discussion: New York Times and New York Magazine

Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Cain Surges, Nearly Ties Romney for Lead in GOP Preferences

Washington Post:

Eric Holder, Obama's albatross — President Obama says that he has “complete confidence” in Attorney General Eric Holder. That's good news for Republicans. Pick almost any unnecessary, losing battle in Obama's first term, and his hapless attorney general is at the center of it.

Discussion: Questions and Observations and Pajamas Media

Sharyl Attkisson / CBS News:
“Gunwalking” subpoena for AG Holder imminent

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, Weasel Zippers, Hot Air, Flopping Aces, Sister Toldjah and Pajamas Media

William Lajeunesse / Fox News:
Congressional Investigators to Subpoena Holder in Fast and Furious Probe

Discussion: Mediaite and Atlas Shrugs

David R. Henderson / Wall Street Journal:

A Nobel for Non-Keynesians — People's expectations about government policy make it difficult for officials to affect the economy in the ways they intend to. — On Monday the Nobel Committee announced the winners of the 2011 Nobel Prize in economics: Thomas J. Sargent of New York University …

Discussion: Cato @ Liberty, EconLog, Marginal Revolution and Betsy's Page

Investor's Business Daily:
A Pair Of (Nobel) Aces

Discussion: NewsBusters.org blogs, Clayton Cramer's Blog and The Gateway Pundit

Robert Costa / National Review:

Behind Bachmann's Slide — On August 13, as dusk settled upon Iowa State University, Michele Bachmann hopped onto a makeshift stepstool beside her bus. Her supporters crowded close, pressing against a flimsy rope. Bachmann, clad in an ivory-colored suit and pearls, raised both arms.

Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog, Outside the Beltway, GOP 12 and The Political Carnival

Suzanna Andrews / Vanity Fair:

The Woman Who Knew Too Much — Millions of Americans hoped President Obama would nominate Elizabeth Warren to head the consumer financial watchdog agency she had created. Instead, she was pushed aside. As Warren kicks off her run for Scott Brown's Senate seat in Massachusetts …

Discussion: techPresident and Shakesville

Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:

Individualists In The Marine Corps — Erick Erickson and Josh Trevino are, I'm told, the geniuses behind the dimwitted concept of countering the 99 Percent Movement with an effort to divide the country between the 53 percent of the population that has net federal income tax liability …

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money

Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:

The not-so-super committee — In news that should surprise absolutely no one, it appears the Murray/Hensarling super-committee isn't even close to reaching any kind of deal. … Remember all of those predictions that said the super-committee would fail because Republicans would never …

Discussion: Washington Post, Eschaton and Balloon Juice