memeorandum: Occupy Clashes Test Mayors (Wall Street Journal)

8:30 AM ET, October 27, 2011

Top Items:

Susan Saulny / New York Times:

As Cain Promotes His Management Skills, Ex-Aides Tell of Campaign in Chaos — If Herman Cain feels his management skills are up to any challenge, some of his former staff members think he should have started with the disorder in his own campaign. — Mr. Cain has hardly shown up in New Hampshire …

Discussion: Washington Post, Business Insider, Hotline On Call, Campaign 2012 and The Page

Dana Blanton / Fox News:

Fox News Poll: GOP Primary Voters Get on the Cain Train — Herman Cain takes the lead in the Republican presidential nomination contest as GOP voters continue to deny Mitt Romney clear front-runner status. — A Fox News poll released Wednesday shows support for Cain has quadrupled among GOP primary voters since late August.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, RedState, The Page, msnbc.com, American Power, The Other McCain and Hot Air

David Weigel / Slate:

Newt's Not Here, Man — Cain and Gingrich are making the wrong campaign moves, and winning. Why? — Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich at the CNN Republican presidential debate — Photographs by Ethan Miller/Getty Images. — On Nov. 5, with just five non-holiday Saturdays left till the Iowa caucuses …

Gschwarzcnn / CNN:

Poll: Romney at or tied for top spot in first 4 states to vote — (CNN) - Mitt Romney is on the top or tied for the lead in the race for the Republican presidential nomination in new surveys in the first four states to vote in next year's primary and caucus calendar.

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Hot Air, Addicting Info, Outside the Beltway, The Hill, Business Insider and Trail Blazers Blog

A.Killough / CNN:
Poll: Romney & Cain on top in Arizona

Discussion: Daily Kos, The Politico, Nice Deb, The Daily Caller and Gallup

Erik Wasson / The Hill:

Supercommittee Dems push for stimulus to be part of deficit deal — Democrats on the congressional supercommittee this week presented Republicans with a plan to cut the deficit that included billions of dollars in stimulus spending, aides told The Hill. — In a private meeting …

Discussion: The Politico, Weasel Zippers and National Review

Reuters:
Exclusive: Democrats seek up to $3 trillion savings

Discussion: PJ Media and Campaign 2012

The Huffington Post:
Medicare Eligibility Age Increase Not Part Of Dems' Super Committee Presentation

Discussion: ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*, Guardian and Daily Kos

Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Congressional Democrats offer $3 trillion debt deal

Discussion: Bloomberg, Hullabaloo, Say Anything and Shakesville

Jonathan Strong / Roll Call:
Using the Word ‘Obamacare’ for Political Gain

Discussion: The New Republic, Michelle Malkin, The Apothecary and Campaign 2012

A.Killough / CNN:
GOP rejects Dems offer in ‘super committee,’ negotiations ‘deadlocked’ over taxes

Discussion: Business Insider and Daily Kos

Kerry Wills / NY Daily News:

Occupy Wall Street protester who was pepper-sprayed finds romance with fellow demonstrator — Occupy Wall Street protester Kaylee Dedrick is still furious over getting pepper-sprayed by a cop - but the blinding sting wasn't all bad. — It sparked a romance with a fellow protester who came to her aid.

Discussion: Nation Now, Gothamist and JammieWearingFool

New York Post:
Rikers cons flood Zuccotti for free eats

Discussion: The Crawdad Hole, CBS News, City Room, Runnin' Scared, Weasel Zippers, Right Wing News, Say Anything, Reuters and Mediaite

Jana Winter / Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: ACORN Playing Behind Scenes Role in ‘Occupy’ Movement

Discussion: Guardian, The Crawdad Hole, Big Government, CANNONFIRE, Mediaite, Don Surber, The Gateway Pundit, Gothamist, JammieWearingFool, Weasel Zippers, The PJ Tatler and Hot Air

Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
When in doubt, blame ACORN

Discussion: Mediaite, Gothamist and Balloon Juice

San Francisco Chronicle:

Iraq vet in critical condition after Oakland protest — (10-26) 17:29 PDT OAKLAND — Protesters inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement plan to rally again in downtown Oakland at 6 p.m. tonight, with some saying they will try to retake the encampment outside City Hall that police dismantled early Tuesday.

Discussion: Informed Comment, Campaign 2012, Weasel Zippers, Pat Dollard, msnbc.com, American Power, Doug Ross, New York Times and Big Government

Adam Gabbatt / Guardian:

Occupy Oakland: Iraq war veteran in critical condition after police clashes — Scott Olsen, 24, in hospital with fractured skull and brain swelling after allegedly being hit by a police projectile in Oakland — An Iraq war veteran has a fractured skull and brain swelling after allegedly being hit by a police projectile.

Discussion: Hit & Run, OccupyWallSt News, Business Insider, Threat Level, The Raw Story, Occupy Together, US Politics, New York Magazine and Political Mojo

Jay Finneburgh / Indybay newswire:
Protester injured by Police projectile at Occupy Oakland march at city hall 10.25.11

Discussion: Guardian, Booman Tribune, Minnesota Independent, Telegraph and Balloon Juice

Daily Mail:

The thermal images that prove 90% of tents in the Occupy camp in London are left EMPTY overnight — These are the damning images that prove the anti-capitalist protest that has closed St Paul's Cathedral is all but deserted at night. — Footage from a thermal imaging camera taken late …

Discussion: Say Anything, americanthinker.com, Verum Serum and BizzyBlog

Swampland:

Topline Results of Oct. 20-25, 2011, CNN/TIME/ORC Poll — FLORIDA — BASED ON INTERVIEWS WITH 401 REGISTERED REPUBLICANS — SAMPLING ERROR: +/- 5 PERCENTAGE PTS. — If the Republican presidential primary were held today, please tell me which of the following people you would be most likely to support.

Discussion: Hotline On Call, The Atlantic Online, Rick Perry 2012 Campaign … and Campaign 2012

Alex Altman / Swampland:
CNN/TIME Poll: Romney Leads Republican Rivals in First Four Primary States

Discussion: Burkablog and Iowa Caucuses

Jason M. Volack / ABCNEWS: Ron Paul's Economic Plan Gets His Rivals Talking

Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:

Paul Ryan Is Living in a Fantasy Land Older Than Ayn Rand — Ladies and gentlemen, we present to you today's worst paragraph in political rhetoric, courtesy of Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Dickens), in an appearance at the Heritage Foundation, which must be like seeing The Beatles at The Cavern in Liverpool, back in the day.

Discussion: tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com, Grasping Reality …, New York Magazine and TBogg

Robert Cox / Talk of the Sound:

Chelsea Clinton Mulls Congressional Run from New York State; 18th District in Westchester County Considered Likely Choice — Talk of the Sound has learned that Chelsea Clinton may run for Congress next year. — Clinton has been approached by “the right people” in the New York Democratic Party, according to one source in Albany.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Towleroad News #gay and Crooks and Liars

Celeste Katz / NY Daily News: Team Lowey Squashes Chelsea Clinton Story (Updated x 4: Now With More Squashing)

Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:

Rubin dismisses Erickson's ‘anti-Semitic screed’ — RedState's and CNN's Erick Erickson wrote today, in response to my profile today of the Washington Post's Jennifer Rubin, that her politics might be better described as “Likud” than conservative, drawing a sharp response from Rubin to me this evening.

Discussion: The Politico, Weekly Standard, RedState, The Other McCain, American Power, American Spectator and FishbowlDC

Blogger Bob / The TSA Blog:

Inappropriate Note Author Identified and Removed From Screening — Earlier this week, a passenger found a highly inappropriate note scrawled on a “Notice of Inspection” that TSA places in checked bags if they are required to be searched. She tweeted a photo of what she found and we soon learned of the incident.

Discussion: Feministe, nation.foxnews.com, Hit & Run, Washington Post, CBS New York, Gawker, The Daily Caller, The Raw Story and New York Magazine

Financial Times:

EU reaches agreement on Greek bonds — European leaders reached a deal with Greek debtholders on Thursday morning that would see private investors take a 50 per cent cut in the face value of their bonds, a deep haircut that officials believe will reduce Greek debt levels to 120 per cent …

Discussion: naked capitalism and AMERICAN FUTURE

New York Times:
Europe Agrees to Basics of Plan to Resolve Euro Crisis

Discussion: BBC, Reuters, The Source and AMERICAN FUTURE

Paul Glastris / Washington Monthly:

What Happens in the Campaign Stays in the Campaign — Facebook Twitter Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Delicious — The 2012 presidential race is entering what might be called the “full public colonoscopy” phase, when the press really begins digging into every nook and cranny of the leading candidates' public …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice

Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:

Crony Capitalism Comes Home — Whenever I write about Occupy Wall Street, some readers ask me if the protesters really are half-naked Communists aiming to bring down the American economic system when they're not doing drugs or having sex in public. — The answer is no. That alarmist view …

Discussion: Prairie Weather and Balloon Juice

Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:

Gay troops to file suit challenging Defense of Marriage Act — Gay and lesbian service members and veterans plan to file suit Thursday challenging the constitutionality of the federal ban on gay marriage and federal policy that define a spouse as a person of the opposite sex.

Discussion: The Politico and Towleroad News #gay

Patrick Poole / PJ Media:

BREAKING: Homeland Security Adviser Allegedly Leaked Intel to Attack Rick Perry — PLAYING POLITICS WITH NATIONAL SECURITY? BREAKING: Homeland Security Adviser Allegedly Leaked Intel to Attack Rick Perry. — HOW'S THAT HOPEY-CHANGEY STUFF WORKIN' OUT FOR YA? (CONT'D): New Poll Finds a Deep Distrust of Government.

Discussion: UrbanGrounds, Atlas Shrugs and The Jawa Report

Dave Levinthal / The Politico:

Ex-FEC chief: Lift money limits — The United States should take a cue from the Commonwealth of Virginia — or the Cayman Islands, for that matter — and simply do away with limits on campaign contributions, former Federal Election Commission Chairman Michael Toner says.