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8:10 AM ET, October 18, 2011

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Douglas Schoen / Wall Street Journal:
Polling the Occupy Wall Street Crowd  —  In interviews, protesters show that they are leftists out of step with most American voters.  Yet Democrats are embracing them anyway.  —  President Obama and the Democratic leadership are making a critical error in embracing the Occupy Wall Street movement …
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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 …
Rick Hampson / USA Today:
Poll: Washington to blame more than Wall Street for economy  —  Most Americans blame Wall Street for the nation's economic predicament — but they blame Washington more.  —  And in the democracy that fancies itself the capital of capitalism, more than four in 10 people describe the U.S. economic system as personally unfair to them.
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 …
Mj Lee / The Politico:
Donald Trump: Obama should put a stop to Occupy Wall Street protests  —  The Obama administration has allowed the Occupy Wall Street protests go on for too long, Donald Trump suggested on Monday.  —  “I do think that government maybe is letting this go a little bit too far,” Trump said on Fox News Monday morning.
Taft Wireback / News-Record.com:
Occupy protesters look for new campsite
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Occupy Wall Street protesters to confront Obama on trip
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
New York Times:
Bloomberg Says ‘Tent City’ Goes Beyond Free Speech
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Trump bolsters Bachmann on telephone town hall  —  Michele Bachmann got a boost from Donald Trump on a tele-town hall tonight, a call on which her campaign claimed more than 200,000 listeners took part.  —  Trump opened by saying he had a “lot of respect” for Bachmann, with whom he had breakfast last week …
Discussion: The Caucus and Gawker
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Tanya Somanader / ThinkProgress:
Santorum: Saturday Night Live Is ‘Bullying’ Me ‘For Standing Up For The Traditional Family’
Laura Geller / WWBT-TV:
Thieves steal truck with President's equipment  —  HENRICO, VA (WWBT) - NBC12 has uncovered one of those stories that makes you think: “How in the world does that happen?!”  A truck filled with President Obama's podiums and audio equipment was stolen in Henrico just days before his visit to Chesterfield.
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
“Christopher Columbus Was the First Zionist”  —  Someone leaked a batch of emails that have been exchanged by leaders of the Occupy Wall Street group.  I've only dipped into them briefly, but some are pretty entertaining.  This thread reminded me of my days as a leftist …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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.
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
New healthcare fight is joined as White House's 2010 law implodes  —  Congressional Republicans on Monday called for the immediate repeal of a major component of the 2010 healthcare reform law as the issue blew up in the administration's face.  —  The seemingly unworkable long-term care benefit contained …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Politico
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Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Obama opposes repeal of healthcare program suspended last week
Larry O'Connor / Big Government:
White House Denies **Was President Obama Really Sitting in Front of an Assembly Line in this Video?  —  UPDATE: The White House has responded to our inquiry and they deny that this week's weekly address video was shot in front of a green screen.  They also explained that the production line …
Tanya Somanader / ThinkProgress:
Cantor To Give Speech On Income Inequality And ‘How We Make Sure The People At The Top Stay There’  —  As the 99 percent movement protests spread across the globe, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) finally agreed yesterday that “there is too much income disparity” …
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Jake Sherman / The Politico:
Eric Cantor to address the rich-poor gap in speech at University of Pennsylvania
Discussion: Daily Kos
Michael Muskal / Los Angeles Times:
Hillary Clinton again says she won't run for president in 2016  —  (Michael Loccisano / Getty Images / October 14, 2011)  —  Hillary Rodham Clinton, the woman seemingly born to become the first female president of the United States, on Monday again ruled out a race for the top office in 2016 …
Bill Keller / New York Times:
Good News!  No, Really!  —  Bored by the soggy sleep-ins and warmed-over anarchism of Occupy Wall Street?  Fed up (Fed Up!) with the presidential Race to the Bottom?  Depressed by the warning signs of the next Depression?  —  I bring relief.  Like Nurse Jackie scavenging in the medicine chest …
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Lori Preuitt / NBC Bay Area:
Iran Hikers Show Support for Occupy Movement  —  Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal spoke in Oakland Monday.  —  From left, Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal, the three University of California at Berkeley graduates who were imprisoned in Iran on espionage charges, speak at an “Occupy Oakland” rally.
Discussion: Pat Dollard and Weasel Zippers
Wall Street Journal:
New Mortgage Plan Floated  —  Underwater Borrowers Current on Payments Would Get Help  —  State and federal officials are pushing a plan that could help some “underwater” borrowers get refinancing assistance in the latest government bid to break a legal impasse with big banks …
Discussion: The Page and Calculated Risk
Jennifer Jacobs / Iowa Caucuses:
Iowa GOP officials set date for the Republican caucuses: Jan. 3  —  Iowa GOP Chairman Matt Strawn said tonight that the actions of early-state newcomer Nevada have exacerbated problems and unnecessarily crowded the January calendar.  (Register file photo)  —  Iowa GOP leaders …
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's … and The Page
 
 
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Dave Levinthal / The Politico:
K Street suffers from Twitter jitters
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Alex Alvarez / Mediaite:
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