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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Cain leads nationally — Yesterday PPP released numbers showing Herman Cain leading Mitt Romney 30-22 in Iowa and our monthly look at the national picture finds the exact same numbers. Cain is up 30-22 on Romney with Newt Gingrich sneaking past Rick Perry for 3rd place at 15% to Perry's 14% …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Oh my: Cain 30, Romney 22, Gingrich 15, Perry 14 — Alternate headline: “Republicans really, really, really don't want to nominate Mitt Romney.” … NBC's teasing its own poll to come later today by noting that Cain leads Romney two-to-one among tea partiers and that Cain/Perry/Bachmann combined continue …
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First Read / msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Is Romney a sure thing? — By NBC's Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Brooke Brower — Is Romney a sure thing? All signs point in that direction, but the numbers tell a different story... Recapping last night's debate: Another missed opportunity for Perry …
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Washington Examiner:
After another bad debate, is Rick Perry finished? — HANOVER, NH — It would be an understatement to say that Texas Gov. Rick Perry's top aides are unhappy with press reports casting Tuesday night's Republican debate as a make-or-break moment for the Texas governor.
Mark Murray / msnbc.com:
NBC/WSJ poll: Cain now leads GOP pack — The pizza CEO's ascent, and Perry's decline — probably not the last shakeup — Below: — Deputy political director — updated 2011-10-12T22:28:08 — Fueled by Tea Party supporters, conservatives and high-interest GOP primary voters …
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Patricia Zengerle / Reuters:
Romney leads GOP, Cain second: Reuters/Ipsos
Romney leads GOP, Cain second: Reuters/Ipsos
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Rolling Stone:
My Advice to the Occupy Wall Street Protesters — Hit bankers where it hurts — I've been down to “Occupy Wall Street” twice now, and I love it. The protests building at Liberty Square and spreading over Lower Manhattan are a great thing, the logical answer to the Tea Party and a long-overdue middle finger to the financial elite.
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Max Abelson / Bloomberg:
Wall Street Sees ‘No Exit’ From Woes — Wall Street executives, facing demonstrators camped for a fourth week in New York's financial district, say they're anxious and angry for other reasons. — An era of decline and disappointment for bankers may not end for years …
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The New Republic:
Protests and Power — Should liberals support Occupy Wall Street? — How should liberals feel about Occupy Wall Street? If you follow politics and you think of yourself as a liberal, then you have undoubtedly been grappling with that question in recent weeks.
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Annie Lowrey / Slate:
99 Percenters, Meet the 53 Percenters
99 Percenters, Meet the 53 Percenters
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James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
A Modest Proposal: Call Obstruction What It Is — Here is the headline in the online home page of the NYT, about Obama's “pass this jobs bill, pass it now” proposal. Note the word “fails”: — The subhead and the rest of the article make clear that more Senators voted for the bill than against it — 50 to 49.
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Reid latest to raise the sabotage question
Reid latest to raise the sabotage question
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First Read / msnbc.com:
NBC/WSJ poll: Despite defeat, Obama's jobs bill is popular
NBC/WSJ poll: Despite defeat, Obama's jobs bill is popular
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
There's no need to obscure obstructionism
There's no need to obscure obstructionism
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell: Passing bills is more important than joint caucus when it comes to mending partisan relations
McConnell: Passing bills is more important than joint caucus when it comes to mending partisan relations
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
DWS: We're not here to create jobs
DWS: We're not here to create jobs
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Nick Davies / Guardian:
Wall Street Journal circulation scam claims senior Murdoch executive — Andrew Langhoff resigns as European publishing chief after exposure of secret channels of cash to help boost sales figures — One of Rupert Murdoch's most senior European executives has resigned following Guardian inquiries …
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Biden Warns of More Rapes and Murders If Jobs Bill Is Not Passed — In Flint, Michigan, Vice President Joe Biden suggested that more rapes and murders could occur if President Barack Obama's jobs bill is not passed. — “In 2008, when Flint had 265 sworn officers on their police force …
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Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:
N.H.'s Bill Gardner to Nevada: Drop dead — Bill Gardner just flipped the Republicans the bird. Again. — In a three-page statement released Wednesday afternoon, the New Hampshire secretary of state reiterated his independence and said he'll move the primary up as far as necessary …
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
NH primary could jump up to early December
Charles Krupa / ABCNEWS:
Perry Botches U.S. Revolution Century — Texas Governor Rick Perry energetically bounded into the Beta Theta Pi fraternity on Dartmouth College's campus after Tuesday night's debate, but when he was asked a question about states' rights, he slipped up on the dates for when the American Revolution was fought.
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David Frum / FrumForum:
Conceding One to the Critics — As readers of this site have no doubt noticed, I'm not one who is greatly troubled by hostile criticism. — On the other hand, sometimes the critics make a valid point. When they do, I'm not too obstinate to concede. — For years, I've shared …
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Kate Bolick / The Atlantic Online:
All the Single Ladies — IN 2001, WHEN I was 28, I broke up with my boyfriend. Allan and I had been together for three years, and there was no good reason to end things. He was (and remains) an exceptional person, intelligent, good-looking, loyal, kind.
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Lisa Mascaro / Los Angeles Times:
Charles Schumer: ‘Impossible’ for Democrats to lose Senate in 2012 — (J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press) — A top Democrat said it's “almost impossible” Republicans will take over the Senate majority in 2012. — Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), his party's former campaign chairman …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Schumer's strategy: Tie GOP in 2012 to rising Tea Party unpopularity
Schumer's strategy: Tie GOP in 2012 to rising Tea Party unpopularity
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Investor's Business Daily:
Apologies Not Accepted — Leadership: Leaked cables show Japan nixed a presidential apology to Hiroshima and Nagasaki for using nukes to end the overseas contingency operation known as World War II. Will the next president apologize for the current one? — The obsessive need of this president …
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Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:
Herman Cain consultant: 9-9-9 wouldn't be accepted — Herman Cain expressed confidence at Tuesday's debate that his much-touted “9-9-9” plan to revamp the tax code would pass Congress, but the paid campaign consultant who scored the plan for Cain said the idea was more of a theory …
CNNMoney.com:
Buffett made $62,855,038 last year — NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Billionaire investor Warren Buffett this week showed a little more leg in his campaign to get Congress to raise taxes on the uber-rich. — In a letter to Republican Rep. Tim Huelskamp Tuesday, Buffett revealed that his adjusted gross income …
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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
OWS Protester Wants College Paid for Because That Is What He Wants — In picking someone out from a crowd, one runs the risk of being accused of cherry-picking. So be it. Over the last week I have spoken to a significant number of people involved in the Occupy Wall Street protests …
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Fox News:
Issa Issues Subpoena to Holder in Fast and Furious Investigation — Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, sent a subpoena Wednesday to Attorney General Eric Holder as part of his investigation into the gun trafficking operation known as “Fast and Furious.”
Michael McCarthy / The Independent:
Global warning: climate sceptics are winning the battle — Father of the green movement says scientists lack PR skills to make public listen — Climate sceptics are winning the argument with the public over global warming, the world's most celebrated climate scientist, James Hansen of NASA, said in London yesterday.
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Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
DOJ: Feds Can Tell Church Who Its Ministers Will Be — In yet another stunning attack on freedom of religion, President Barack Obama's Justice Department asked the Supreme Court last week to give the federal government the power to tell a church who its ministers will be.
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Peter J. Wallison / Wall Street Journal:
Wall Street's Gullible Occupiers — The protesters have been sold a bill of goods. Reckless government policies, not private greed, brought about the housing bubble and resulting financial crisis. — There is no mystery where the Occupy Wall Street movement came from …
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