memeorandum: In hindsight, Pawlenty regrets quick race pullout (Brian Bakst/Associated Press)

9:50 AM ET, October 11, 2011

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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: Outside the Beltway, Grasping Reality …, Balloon Juice, Gawker, The Lonely Conservative, CANNONFIRE and Suburban Guerrilla, more at Mediagazer »

Mike Lillis / The Hill:

Dems aggressively counter Republican attacks on anti-Wall Street protests — Democratic leaders are pushing back aggressively against Republican attacks on the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York and Washington. — They say the conservative criticism of the rallies is evidence …

Discussion: The Politico and CNN

Helen Kennedy / NY Daily News:

Occupy Wall Street protesters plan ‘Millionaires March’ to Rupert Murdoch's, tycoons' NYC homes — The Occupy Wall Street protesters are planning to get in the face of some of New York's richest tycoons on Tuesday. — A “Millionaires March” will visit the homes - or, more realistically …

Discussion: New York Magazine, americanthinker.com, Weasel Zippers, Latest from Crain's …, Philly.com and JammieWearingFool

Henry Blodget / Business Insider:

AHEM: Wall Street Protester Says He's Getting Paid To Protest — Not sure if the video below is real or not—perhaps it was created to make the Wall Street protesters look bad—but this Chicago “protester” appears to say that he's getting paid to complain about corporate greed.

Discussion: Fire Andrea Mitchell! and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS

John Cook / Gawker:

Is James O'Keefe a Fugitive? — As we mentioned earlier, right-wing hitman James O'Keefe was spotted lurking at the Occupy Wall Street protest in Manhattan's Liberty Plaza today. That might not be good news for O'Keefe, since he's on probation and requires the permission of a federal magistrate judge …

Discussion: Gothamist, Daily Kos, Rising Hegemon, Dependable Renegade and Talking Points Memo, more at Mediagazer »

George Stephanopoulos / ABCNEWS:
Obama Stands Generally on the Side of Wall Street Protestors

Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Power Line

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

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Prairie Weather, The Caucus, Hot Air and ABCNEWS

Matthew Vadum / Big Government:
BREAKING: Operation #OccupyWallStreeters-SEIU's Stephen Lerner Leaks Plan to Terrorize Corporate Executives

Discussion: Sister Toldjah and The Lonely Conservative

Jesse / CBS New York:
Some Business Owners Ramp Up Distaste For ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Protesters

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, PoliPundit.com, Daily Mail and The Lonely Conservative

Pam Martens / CounterPunch:
Financial Giants Put New York City Cops On Their Payroll

Discussion: Suburban Guerrilla and naked capitalism

Adrian Chen / Gawker:
Here's Video of James O'Keefe Scheming at Occupy Wall Street

Discussion: Salon.com, Gothamist, The Political Carnival, The Gateway Pundit, New York Magazine, Guardian, The Atlantic Online, Poynter, Wonkette and The Week Magazine, more at Mediagazer »

NY Daily News:
Lupica: Pol shows he's phony with protest jab

Discussion: Don Surber, Washington Post, Metropolis, Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I and Lance Mannion

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%.

Jamelle Bouie / TAPPED:

Rick Perry Still Has a Chance — With a full three months before the first Republican presidential contests, there's still a lot that can change in the race. For now, however, Mitt Romney is riding strong in New Hampshire, a crucial primary state. According to a new poll released …

Discussion: The Huffington Post, New York Magazine and New York Times

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

Discussion: The Atlantic Online, Washington Post, Hotline On Call, The Daily Caller and PolitickerNY

Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
Gallup: Obama Hits All-Time Low Among Blacks as Cain Surges Among Republicans

Discussion: Scared Monkeys, Weasel Zippers, Campaign 2012 and Fire Andrea Mitchell!

Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Romney: Vote for me or Cain

Discussion: Hot Air, ABCNEWS, Verum Serum and The Other McCain

Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
As poll numbers drop, Perry pushed to side of debate stage

Discussion: Washington Post, Business Insider, The Hill, Guardian, New York Magazine, The New Republic, Trail Blazers Blog and CNN

Journalistdee / CNN:
Poverty ambassadors blast Herman Cain's views on racism

Discussion: The Politico, Weasel Zippers and The Hill

Harry M. Reid / Washington Post:

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: Washington Monthly, The Politico, Balloon Juice and Political Mojo

Erik Wasson / The Hill:

Democrats scramble to save face on President Obama's 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 …

Discussion: msnbc.com, Pundit & Pundette and Washington Post

A.Killough / CNN:
Axelrod memo tries to rally support for jobs act

Discussion: The Page

Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Obama campaign memo warns Congress on jobs bill votes

Discussion: ABCNEWS

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: EconLog, Marginal Revolution and Betsy's Page

Steve H. Hanke / Cato @ Liberty:
Sargent's Sharp Pencil

Discussion: Marginal Revolution

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: The Politico, Associated Press, The Crawdad Hole, Occupy Boston, naked capitalism, Datechguy's Blog, Gawker, Balloon Juice, The Raw Story, RedState and Blue Mass Group

Hollywoodland / Big Hollywood:

Belafonte on Herman Cain: ‘Totally False’ and ‘A Bad Apple’ — Aging crooner Harry Belafonte wants us to know Herman Cain is one “bad apple,” someone for whom prayers weren't created. — Belafonte, hitting the talk show circuit to promote his new memoir 'Sing Your Song …

Discussion: The Politico and GOP 12

Frances Martel / Mediaite:
Harry Belafonte To Joy Behar: Herman Cain Is A ‘Totally False’ ‘Bad Apple’ In The Black Community

Discussion: We are respectable negroes, Washington Post and The Raw Story

Chuck Neubauer / Washington Times:

Pelosi's disclosure belated in husband's land deal — Partner is father of favored envoy — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's husband, a real estate developer and investment banker, stands to make millions of dollars in a previously undisclosed residential real estate project in California …

Monica Davey / The Caucus:

Wisconsin Democrats Start Drive to Recall Governor — Democrats in Wisconsin made a long-mulled plan official on Monday night: next month, people will begin collecting signatures to recall Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican in his first year in office whose move to limit collective bargaining rights …

Discussion: Hotline On Call and The Page

Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Effort to recall Wis. Gov. Walker to start Nov. 15

Discussion: Chippewa Falls Herald and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Brian Bakst / Associated Press:

In hindsight, Pawlenty regrets quick race pullout — ST. PAUL, Minn.—Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty says he might have stayed in the Republican presidential race longer had he known it would be this volatile. — Pawlenty reflected on his decision to drop out after his official state portrait was unveiled Monday night.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, GOP 12 and The Politico

Sean Coughlan / BBC:

UK seeing a big rise in poverty, says IFS — Falling incomes will mean the biggest drop for middle-income families since the 1970s, says a report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies. — The IFS forecasts two years “dominated by a large decline” in incomes, pushing 600,000 more children into poverty,

Discussion: Guardian

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: GOP 12