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Quinnipiac University:
New Yorkers Back Wall St. Protesters 3 - 1, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Stay As Long As You Want, Even Republicans Say — By a 67 - 23 percent margin, New York City voters agree with the views of the Wall Street protesters and say 87 - 10 percent that it is “okay that they are protesting …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
The Geography of Occupying Wall Street (And Everywhere Else) — The nascent movement known as Occupy Wall Street had its largest single day of protests on Saturday. And a funny thing happened: most of the action was far from Wall Street itself. — No, I don't mean at Zuccotti Park — which is not, technically, on Wall Street.
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The Atlantic Online, Colorlines, The Daily Caller, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Prairie Weather and Shakesville
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
The Hill Poll: Voters say Washington is worse than Wall Street — In the minds of likely voters, Washington, not Wall Street, is primarily to blame for the financial crisis and the subsequent recession. — That is the key finding of this week's The Hill poll, which comes …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Losing Their Immunity — As the Occupy Wall Street movement continues to grow, the response from the movement's targets has gradually changed: contemptuous dismissal has been replaced by whining. (A reader of my blog suggests that we start calling our ruling class the “kvetchocracy.")
Melissa Grace / NY Daily News:
Dismiss all charges or we will clog up courts, lawyers for Occupy Wall Street protesters say
Dismiss all charges or we will clog up courts, lawyers for Occupy Wall Street protesters say
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Firedoglake and Business Insider
Taft Wireback / News-Record.com:
Occupy protesters look for new campsite
Occupy protesters look for new campsite
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TalkLeft, Pat Dollard and USA Today
Tim Mak / The Politico:
Bill Daley slams Wall Street ‘disconnect’
Bill Daley slams Wall Street ‘disconnect’
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New York Times, Financial Times, Mogulite, Michelle Malkin, The Caucus, nation.foxnews.com and Weasel Zippers
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Occupy Wall Street protesters to confront Obama on trip
Occupy Wall Street protesters to confront Obama on trip
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Weasel Zippers
Journalism.org:
THE MEDIA PRIMARY — HOW NEWS MEDIA AND BLOGS HAVE EYED THE PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDERS DURING THE FIRST PH ASE OF THE 2012 RACE — In the first months of the race for president, that weeding out period before citizens ever vote or caucus, Texas Governor Rick Perry has received the most coverage …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
So much for the ‘liberal’ media — It's simply taken as a given in Republican circles that President Obama enjoys favorable coverage from major media outlets. This is generally pretty hard to believe among non-conservatives, but it's helpful to take this out of the realm of perception and into more quantifiable analysis.
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The Politico, PewResearch.org, Balloon Juice, New York Magazine, The Political Carnival, msnbc.com and Eschaton, more at Mediagazer »
A.Killough / CNN:
CNN Poll: Two-thirds of Republicans say minds are not made up — Las Vegas, Nevada (CNN) - One day before a CNN Western Republican presidential debate, a new national survey indicates that Mitt Romney and Herman Cain are essentially tied for the lead in the race for the GOP nomination, with Rick Perry dropping to a distant third.
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The Politico, The Hill, Hot Air, The Strata-Sphere, Hotline On Call, Trail Blazers Blog, Wake up America, Swampland and The Daily Caller
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Santorum calls SNL sketch ‘bullying’ — Rick Santorum criticized a Saturday Night Live skit that poked fun at his anti-gay marriage views and trailing poll numbers as “bullying” in an interview this weekend. — SNL, in a send-up of last week's Bloomberg/Washington Post debate …
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Rumproast, US Politics, Gay Politics and Joe. My. God.
Geneva Sands-Sadowitz / The Hill:
Trump didn't know he was in Bachmann town hall ‘till you told me’
Trump didn't know he was in Bachmann town hall ‘till you told me’
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Wonkette, Ben Smith's Blog and The Washington Independent
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Record-High 50% of Americans Favor Legalizing Marijuana Use — Liberals and those 18 to 29 most in favor; Americans 65 and older most opposed — PRINCETON, NJ — A record-high 50% of Americans now say the use of marijuana should be made legal, up from 46% last year.
Tim Mak / The Politico:
David Axelrod: Herman Cain not a serious contender — David Axlerod took a swing at Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain Monday, saying that he thought Cain's 9-9-9 proposal would hurt the poor and the middle class. — The senior Obama adviser called Cain an “intruiging personality” …
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Wall Street Journal:
Romney's Support Is Broader Than It Seems
Romney's Support Is Broader Than It Seems
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Pajamas Media and Washington Wire
David M. Drucker / Roll Call:
DeMint May Endorse Romney
DeMint May Endorse Romney
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The Politico, msnbc.com, Fox News, Guardian, Hot Air, Daily Kos, GOP 12, Outside the Beltway, The Hill, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog and LewRockwell.com Blog
Danny Yadron / Washington Wire:
Ron Paul's Economic Plan: Cut 5 Cabinet Agencies, Cut Taxes, Cut President's Pay — GOP presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul will unveil his economic plan Monday afternoon, calling for a lower corporate tax rate, cutting spending by $1 trillion during his first year in office …
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Dan Hirschhorn / The Politico:
Ron Paul proposes $1T in specific budget cuts
Ron Paul proposes $1T in specific budget cuts
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The Caucus, National Review, Cato @ Liberty, Hit & Run and American Spectator
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Obama opposes repeal of healthcare program suspended last week — President Obama is against repealing the health law's long-term care CLASS Act and might veto Republican efforts to do so, an administration official tells The Hill, despite the government's announcement Friday that the program was dead in the water.
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Director's Blog, Weasel Zippers, Hit & Run, The Spectacle Blog, Hot Air, Patterico's Pontifications and ThinkProgress
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
What are those OWS people so angry about? — Almost every day brings a new story about massive corporate profits and another showing extreme economic suffering — One of the most revealing aspects of the rapidly growing OccupyWallStreet protest movement has been the bewilderment …
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New York Times, Angry Bear, Grasping Reality …, Washington Monthly and Balloon Juice
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Ken Auletta / New Yorker:
CHANGING TIMES … - POLITICS - PROFILES - THE TALK OF THE TOWN …
CHANGING TIMES … - POLITICS - PROFILES - THE TALK OF THE TOWN …
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NewsBusters.org blogs, Gawker, National Review, New York Magazine, The New Republic and The Awl, more at Mediagazer »
Rolling Stone:
Why Occupy Wall Street Is Bigger Than Left vs. Right — I was surprised, amused and annoyed all at once when I found out yesterday that some moron-provocateur linked to notorious right-wing cybergoon Andrew Breitbart had infiltrated — a series of private e-mail lists …
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Romney Legal Advisor Robert Bork: Women 'Aren't Discriminated Against Anymore' — Last August, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney announced failed Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork as the co-chair of his “Judicial Advisory Committee.” Bork's selection was a clear sign that, if elected …
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Herman Cain / The Daily Beast:
Robert Bork's Romney Connection
Robert Bork's Romney Connection
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Raw Story, Washington Monthly and GOP 12
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Obama blasts, mocks Senate GOP — President Obama launched a three-day bus tour through two states critical to his 2012 reelection campaign by kicking Senate Republicans for blocking his jobs bill, saying he is breaking up his plan because “maybe they just couldn't understand the whole thing at once.”
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The Politico, Weasel Zippers, CNN, Open Congress, Pat Dollard and JammieWearingFool
Larry O'Connor / Big Government:
Was President Obama Really Sitting in Front of an Assembly Line in this Video? — President Obama delivered his weekly address to the nation from Detroit, Michigan this week after visiting workers at a GM assembly plant. When the video hit at Breitbart.tv, our tip box suddenly became …
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Little Green Footballs and Pajamas Media
Zaid Jilani / ThinkProgress:
Herman Cain Claimed That A ‘Liberal Court’ Killed Jesus — Herman Cain Thinks This Guy Was The Ruth Bader Ginsburg Of His Era — Daily Kos's bernardpliers recalls a Herman Cain column from December 2010 where the GOP presidential primary candidate appears to complain that Jesus was killed by liberals.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Daily Kos
El Marco / Looking at the Left:
Neo-Cannibals, Deadbeats, Dopers and Democrats Occupy Denver — Back with a Vengeance, Evicted Protesters Take the Streets — “Occupy Denver” returned to the streets with a vengeance Saturday after being expelled, having their camp forcibly removed from Veterans' Park by police at 4 a.m. Friday morning.
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Pajamas Media, The Gateway Pundit, Little Green Footballs, Weasel Zippers and Moonbattery
A.Killough / CNN:
CNN Poll: Record high say Obama's policies will fail — (CNN) - President Barack Obama's job approval rating is holding steady, but a record high six out of ten Americans think his policies will fail, according to a new national survey. — A CNN/ORC International Poll released Monday indicates …
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The Politico and Fire Andrea Mitchell!
Madeleine Morgenstern / TheBlaze.com:
BLAZE EXCLUSIVE: TX HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS MADE TO RECITE MEXICAN NATIONAL ANTHEM, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE — Students in a Texas public high school were made to stand up and recite the Mexican national anthem and Mexican pledge of allegiance as part of a Spanish class assignment …
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Hot Air, TBogg, iOwnTheWorld.com and Vox Popoli
John Merline / Investor's Business Daily:
The Austerity Myth: Federal Spending Up 5% This Year — When Republicans took control of the House in January, they pledged to make deep cuts in federal spending, and in April they succeeded in passing a bill advertised as cutting $38 billion from fiscal 2011's budget.
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Power Line, Hit & Run and Hot Air