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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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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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Scared Monkeys, Hotline On Call, Reuters and The Other McCain
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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Wall Street Journal:
Cain Vaults to Lead in Poll — Ex-Businessman Passes Perry, Romney Among GOP Voters — CONCORD, N.H.—Former restaurant-industry executive Herman Cain has catapulted to the lead in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, as GOP voters grow disenchanted with Texas Gov. Rick Perry …
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Washington Wire, Doug Ross and The Lonely Conservative
US News:
Poll: Herman Cain, Rick Perry, Mitt Romney All Beat Obama
Poll: Herman Cain, Rick Perry, Mitt Romney All Beat Obama
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Don Surber, Hot Air, Sky Dancing, Wake up America, Weasel Zippers and Pajamas Media
Patricia Zengerle / Reuters:
Romney leads GOP, Cain second: Reuters/Ipsos
Romney leads GOP, Cain second: Reuters/Ipsos
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Firedoglake, Rush Limbaugh, Business Insider and Guardian
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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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Occupy Wall Street protester: I want my college tuition paid because that's what I want; Update: Landlord asks cops to clear Zuccotti Park — for cleaning — An instant classic from Charles Cooke at NRO, and also the two most excruciating minutes you'll spend today.
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NY1.com, Reuters and The Lonely Conservative
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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Business Insider, The Atlantic Online, Rasmussen Reports, Oliver Willis and National Review
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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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
OWS Protester Wants College Paid for Because That Is What He Wants
OWS Protester Wants College Paid for Because That Is What He Wants
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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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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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NewsBusters.org blogs, Campaign 2012 and The Daily Caller
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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Weasel Zippers and Hot Air
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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Hot Air, Michelle Malkin, JammieWearingFool, Pirate's Cove, Pajamas Media and Sister Toldjah
Opinionator:
To the Barricades — Gail Collins: David, I was sorry to see you didn't have a little bit of sympathy for the Occupy Wall Street protesters. — David Brooks: The only survey I've seen on who these people are was conducted by New York magazine. Three percent are mainstream liberals of the Barack Obama variety.
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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:
There's no need to obscure obstructionism
There's no need to obscure obstructionism
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Democracy in America and NationalJournal.com
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Reid latest to raise the sabotage question
Reid latest to raise the sabotage question
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Right Wing News, Daily Kos, Prairie Weather, Indecision Forever and ThinkProgress
Stephen Clark / Fox News:
Solar Firm That Received $1.2 Billion Federal Loan Plagued by Financial Problems — With the Solyndra scandal still swirling, the Obama administration is under pressure to reveal the financial condition of the solar companies that received $4.75 billion in similar federal loan guarantees on the last day of the program.
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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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David Corn / Mother Jones:
VIDEO: Mitt Heaps Praise on Romneycare “Parent” Ted Kennedy — The GOP front-runner is doing his best to sidestep the health care reform landmine. This video sure won't help. — Post Comment — It's no secret that Mitt Romney has an albatross around his neck: Romneycare …
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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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Ben Smith's Blog, CNN, Indecision Forever and Gawker
Dick Russ / WKYC-TV:
Holmes County: Two more arrests in Amish attacks — Eli M. Miller, 32, and Daniel S. Mullet, 37, surrendered in connection with the recent attack on a fellow Amish man, a 74-year-old who had his beard cut during the incident. Both are charged with aggravated burglary and kidnapping.
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Breaking News:
Rep. Curry Todd Arrested for DUI — Nashville, Tn - Local state representative Curry Todd has been arrested in Nashville. He is charged with DUI and possession of a handgun while under the influence. — Police picked him up around 11:15 Tuesday night. — Todd is a Republican from Collierville.
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Juanita Jean's, The Raw Story, Gawker and Roger Ailes
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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The Politico and Weasel Zippers
Alex Katz / Boston Globe:
Scott Brown web message mirrors 2002 Elizabeth Dole speech — WASHINGTON - A Democratic group has unearthed a bit of inspirational autobiography on Senator Scott Brown's official website that was lifted verbatim from a 2002 campaign speech by Elizabeth Dole.
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Blue Mass Group, Gawker and The Political Carnival
Seung Min Kim / The Politico:
Congress OKs 3 trade deals — Congress on Wednesday approved three long-stalled free-trade deals with Colombia, Panama and South Korea. — Advocates say the deals will result in the export of billions of dollars of U.S. goods and boost hundreds of thousands of American jobs.
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Mercury News:
Police arrest Occupy San Francisco protesters at Wells Fargo headquarters — Occupy San Francisco protesters marched and demonstrated outside Wells Fargo headquarters today in the city's Financial District today. — Below are blog reports from this morning's protest.
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Moral Low Ground, Salon.com and Business Insider
Keith Koffler / White House Dossier:
The Obamas Subtly Begin to Play Racial Politics — Are you a Republican? Are you a racist? Because if you ask the Obamas, the answer is that you just might be. — Ever so subtly, the Obamas - yes, her too - appear to be playing the race card. They are turning this into a “values” …
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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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