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

7:55 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, The Lonely Conservative, CANNONFIRE and Suburban Guerrilla

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

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: Weasel Zippers, Philly.com and JammieWearingFool

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, Talking Points Memo and Dependable Renegade, 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 …

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

Discussion: ABCNEWS, The Caucus, Prairie Weather and Hot Air

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

Discussion: Sister Toldjah and The Lonely Conservative

Michael Howard Saul / Metropolis:
Bloomberg: Occupy Wall Street Can Stay Indefinitely

Discussion: PolitickerNY, Weasel Zippers, Hot Air, Don Surber, Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I, The Other McCain, The Politico, Gothamist, New York Post, Runnin' Scared, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Raw Story and New York Magazine

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, The Week Magazine and Wonkette, more at Mediagazer »

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

Discussion: Don Surber, Washington Post and Lance Mannion

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

Discussion: naked capitalism

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

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

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

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Bloomberg, Michelle Malkin, Hot Air, iOwnTheWorld.com, ABCNEWS, Pat Dollard, Weasel Zippers, New York Post, Power Line, Verum Serum, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Wake up America and Moe Lane

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%.

Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:

Gallup: Obama Hits All-Time Low Among Blacks as Cain Surges Among Republicans — (CNSNews.com) - Gallup released new polling data today that showed African American presidential candidate Herman Cain's support was surging among Republicans even as President Barack Obama's job approval hit an all-time low among blacks.

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Weasel Zippers, msnbc.com, Hotline On Call and Fire Andrea Mitchell!

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

Discussion: Hot Air and Verum Serum

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

Discussion: The Politico and Weasel Zippers

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

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

Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Santorum targets Romney, Perry and Cain with new ad

Discussion: The Daily Caller, PolitickerNY, CBS News, American Spectator and Hot Air

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: Washington Post, Hot Air, The Other McCain, FiveThirtyEight, Mediaite, The Raw Story, Taegan Goddard's …, Lynn Sweet, CNN, The Politico, National Review, American Power, GOP 12 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: The Politico and Political Mojo

A.Killough / CNN:

Axelrod memo tries to rally support for jobs act — (CNN) - As the Senate prepares to vote on President Obama's jobs bill, the Obama campaign released a memo by senior strategist David Axelrod that seems designed to give wavering senators reason to vote for the bill: it makes the case that …

Discussion: The Hill, The Politico and The Page

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, Occupy Boston, Datechguy's Blog, Balloon Juice, naked capitalism, Gawker, The Raw Story, RedState and Blue Mass Group

Robert J. Samuelson / Washington Post:

The legacy of Steve Jobs — Before reading this, you should know the following: I do not own an iPad, an iPhone, an iPod or a Mac. I abandoned my typewriter only recently. In short, I have not enlisted in the digital revolution and have kept my involvement to a desktop computer, e-mail and the Internet.

Discussion: Grasping Reality …

New York Post:
Aimless Obama walks alone

Discussion: JammieWearingFool

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 …

Discussion: Blue Mass Group, The Daily Caller, Booman Tribune, CNN, The Raw Story, The Moderate Voice and Taylor Marsh

Paul Krugman:

Sign Of The Times — Macro in the park. — It's not centrist when Democrats do it. — Go Princeton! (And NYU) — All hail the new laureates. — Financial Romanticism — Laissez-faire won't work. — October 09 — Was Failure Inevitable? — Maybe, but trying couldn't and can't hurt.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers

Sayed Salahuddin / Washington Post:

Afghan detainees tortured in prison, U.N. says — KABUL— Afghan officials used torture while investigating suspected militants kept in some detention centers, the United Nations said in a report Monday, weeks after NATO troops halted the transfer of prisoners to Afghan authorities because of alleged mistreatment of the inmates.

Discussion: Flopping Aces

Alissa J. Rubin / New York Times:
U.N. Report Finds Routine Abuse of Afghan Detainees

Discussion: Political Mojo and FP Passport

Herman Cain / KWTX-TV:

God Told Me To Run … GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain said Monday he didn't want to run for president, but God called him to join the race. — The Republican candidate told CBN News that's why he believes “God's been in this from the beginning.” — Cain said that when he felt God calling …

Discussion: Little Green Footballs

Scott Bauer / Associated Press:

Effort to recall Wis. Gov. Walker to start Nov. 15 — MADISON, Wis.—An effort to recall Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker over his contentious union rights law will begin Nov. 15, Democrats announced Monday, meaning an election could be held as early as next spring.

Discussion: Chippewa Falls Herald and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

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 …