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Ryan Jones / Israel Today:

Israelis worried by anti-Semitic flavor of ‘Occupy Wall St.’ protests — A growing number of Israelis and foreign Jewish groups are expressing concern over the anti-Semitic flavor of some of the “Occupy Wall St.” economic protests in the US. — From the 13th century expulsion of Englands Jews …

Discussion: Whiskey Fire, Runnin' Scared, The Gateway Pundit, YID With LID, CANNONFIRE, Weasel Zippers, NewsBusters.org blogs, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Israel Matzav, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, JammieWearingFool and Atlas Shrugs

Meredith Hoffman / New York Times:

Occupy Wall Street Trying to Settle on Demands — In a quiet corner across the street from Zuccotti Park, a cluster of 25 solemn-faced protesters struggled one night to give Occupy Wall Street what critics have found to be most lacking. — “We absolutely need demands,” said Shawn Redden, 35, an earnest history teacher in the group.

Discussion: The Politico, ThinkProgress, Ynetnews, Associated Press, The Huffington Post, Betsy's Page and Verum Serum

Zeke Miller / Business Insider:

White House Draws Closer To Occupy Wall Street, Says Obama Is Fighting For The Interests Of The 99% — The White House continued its embrace of the Occupy Wall Street protests on Sunday, using the strongest terms yet to identify President Barack Obama with the growing movement.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Michelle Malkin, americanthinker.com, The Gateway Pundit, Maggie's Farm, Weasel Zippers, Instapundit, Pundit Press and Washington Examiner

Shannon Bond / Financial Times:

Obama extends support for protesters — Barack Obama, US president, offered more support for protesters against the global financial system after a weekend of demonstrations in cities around the world, but called on them not to “demonise” those who worked on Wall Street.

Discussion: americanthinker.com, Althouse and Power Line

Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
America's ‘Primal Scream’

Discussion: Tom Watson, New York Magazine, Balloon Juice, Newshoggers.com, Gothamist, Washington Post, Daily Kos, Truthdig, Prairie Weather and Outside the Beltway

Dave Boyer / Washington Times:
Obama: King would have backed ‘Occupy Wall Street’

Discussion: Right Wing News, Weasel Zippers, Hot Air and JammieWearingFool

The Politico:

Mitt Romney: Too unloved to be inevitable? — Mitt Romney has won every Republican presidential debate. He has outraised all of his primary opponents. Polls show he's the most competitive candidate against President Barack Obama. — And most Republicans still don't want to nominate him.

Discussion: Riehl World View, americanthinker.com, GOP 12, ABCNEWS and The Hill

David M. Drucker / Roll Call:

DeMint May Endorse Romney — Mitt Romney is the favorite to receive Sen. Jim DeMint's (R-S.C.) much-sought-after endorsement in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, according to knowledgeable GOP sources. — DeMint, who endorsed the former Massachusetts governor in 2008 …

Discussion: GOP 12 and Outside the Beltway

Janet Hook / Washington Wire:
Gingrich: Romney's Rockefeller Problem

Discussion: Hot Air and MyFox Boston

Wall Street Journal:

Obama Targeting a Few, Crucial States — President Barack Obama starts a three-day bus trip Monday through North Carolina and Virginia that brings fresh attention to the kinds of voters he will rely on as he works to assemble a majority next year in the Electoral College.

Discussion: MyFox Boston and The Page

Glenn Thrush / The Politico:

The Obama bus trip: A political guide — President Barack Obama's summer Midwestern bus trek was about reconnecting with disaffected independents, but the North Carolina and Virginia road trip that starts Monday is a more narrowly targeted exercise in 2012 politics.

Discussion: Washington Post, Raleigh News & Observer, Taegan Goddard's … and The Hinterland Gazette, more at Mediagazer »

Sam Youngman / The Hill:
President Obama is returning to the road this week to press Congress …

Discussion: Weekly Standard, Reuters, ABCNEWS, American Power and The Politico

Dana Loesch / Big Journalism:

Journolist 2.0: OccupyDC Emails Show MSM, Dylan Ratigan, Working With Protesters To Craft Message — Big Journalism has learned that the Occupy Washington DC movement is working with well-known media members to craft its demands and messaging while these media members report on the movement.

Discussion: New York Post, Marooned In Marin, The Gateway Pundit, americanthinker.com and JammieWearingFool

Ann Althouse / Althouse:

Herman Cain nailed “Meet the Press.” — In my opinion, and I was quite critical of Cain after the last debate. Here's the transcript and video. I'll add a few comments to this post soon. — ADDED: I thought David Gregory really lost his cool early on, as he was questioning Cain about 9-9-9.

Discussion: JustOneMinute, The Other McCain, Booman Tribune, Instapundit and The Strata-Sphere

The Caucus:
Cain Says His Deadly Fence Plan Was ‘a Joke’

Discussion: Commentary Magazine, Outside the Beltway, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, New York Times, Washington Post, The Lonely Conservative, The Hill, Hot Air, New York Magazine, Towleroad News #gay, The Raw Story, Connecting.the.Dots, The Gateway Pundit, 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com, Little Green Footballs, Rumproast, National Review and The Moderate Voice

Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Herman Cain defends 9-9-9 proposal, says ‘most people will pay less’ in taxes

Discussion: CNN, Daniel W. Drezner and Power Line

New York Times:

Big Cash Edge Powers Obama in Drive for '12 — President Obama is exploiting his early lead in campaign fund-raising to bankroll a sprawling grass-roots organization and information technology apparatus in critical general election battlegrounds. He is doing so even as the Republican …

Discussion: Taegan Goddard's … and ABCNEWS

James Freeman / Wall Street Journal:

The Exasperation of the Democratic Billionaire — Real-estate and newspaper mogul Mortimer Zuckerman voted for Obama but began seeing trouble as soon as the stimulus went into the pockets of municipal unions. — New York — 'It's as if he doesn't like people," says real-estate mogul …

Discussion: Don Surber, Paul Krugman and Hullabaloo