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Zaid Jilani / ThinkProgress:
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan Says She Will Minimize Police Presence And That She Supports The Movement  —  After the first heavy-handed police crackdown on demonstrators in Oakland, Mayor Jean Quan wrote a statement on her Facebook page praising police for closing down the Occupy Oakland protest encampment.
Discussion: US Politics
Tim Mak / The Politico:
Gibbs: Obama gets ‘Occupy’ anxiety
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Daily Kos
Aimee Allison / City Brights:
Occupy Oakland: Mayor Quan Issues Contrite Statement after Police Crackdown
San Francisco Chronicle:
Iraq vet in critical condition after Oakland protest
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 …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Herman Cain, Outlier  —  Herman Cain, the Georgia businessman who has never held elected office, is tied for the lead in national polls of Republican voters — or perhaps even slightly ahead of Mitt Romney, as he was in Tuesday night's New York Times/CBS News poll.
Mj Lee / The Politico:
James Carville: Cain aide ‘drunk or stoned’  —  'If that guy wasn't drunk, I hadn't taken a drink in my life!'  Carville says.  AP Photo  —  James Carville says the Herman Cain adviser who raised eyebrows this week by puffing on a cigarette in a campaign video was either “drunk or stoned.”
Discussion: CNN and The Raw Story
Massimo Calabresi / Swampland:
Hillary Clinton and the Limits of Power  —  Hillary Clinton argues in our cover story this week that America is not so much in decline as adjusting to a world of increasingly diffuse power, where like-minded networked individuals, non-governmental organizations and other non-traditional global actors …
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Kim Geiger / Los Angeles Times:
Rick Perry may skip some debates  —  Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Texas Gov. Rick Perry argue during a GOP presidential debate.  (AP Photo/Chris Carlson / October 18, 2011)  —  After a series of poor debate performances in the early months of his presidential campaign …
Kevinliptak / CNN:
Rep. Steve King may stay on sidelines in Iowa race
Discussion: The Politico
A.Killough / CNN:
Perry may pass on debates
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis:
National Income and Product Accounts Gross Domestic Product, 3rd quarter 2011 (advance estimate)  —  Real gross domestic product — the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States — increased at an annual rate of 2.5 percent in the third quarter of 2011 …
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Phil Izzo / Real Time Economics:
Economists React: ‘Where Are the Recession Calls Now?’  —  Economists and others weigh in on the 2.5% growth in GDP at a seasonally adjusted annual rate.  —Broad based gains indeed with consumer spending, business investment, structures and residential investment up... Modest growth …
Shaila Dewan / New York Times:
Economic Growth in U.S., Though Still Modest, Speeds Up
Neil Irwin / Washington Post:
GDP: good expectations for growth
Discussion: Daily Kos and americanthinker.com
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Democrats are increasingly calling it a ‘Republican Congress’  —  President Obama and Democrats on Capitol Hill are increasingly referring to the Congress as “Republican” even though their party controls one-half of the unpopular institution.  —  Obama and his allies have started to deploy the phrase …
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Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House votes to repeal 3 percent withholding rule, blunting Obama
Discussion: CNN
Alex Leary / St. Petersburg Times:
Adviser: Connie Mack to enter U.S. Senate race
Seung Min Kim / The Politico:
Cantor: ‘Boom of activity’ in House
Discussion: Daily Kos
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Judge rejects Edwards attempt to have charges of illegal payoff dismissed  —  A North Carolina judge has rejected motions from former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) to have charges stemming from his cover-up of an extramarital affair dismissed, according to multiple media reports.
Discussion: The Politico and CNN
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Chris Seward / Raleigh News & Observer:
Judge won't dismiss case against former Sen. John Edwards
Mark Halperin / Time:
The Big Questions: By Mark Halperin  —  Is President Obama on the ropes?  —  If the election were held today, the Obama-Biden ticket would not win the 270 electoral votes required to hold the White House.  The coalition that helped elect the President—fired-up liberals, independents …
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog
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 …
James Pethokoukis / The Enterprise Blog:
7 reasons why Obama is wrong on income inequality  —  As if ordered up directly by the Obama White House and Occupy Wall Street, the Congressional Budget Office has produced a timely report looking at income inequality.  The CBO found that between between 1979 and 2007 …
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.
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.
Reuters:
Euro deal leaves much to do on rescue fund, Greek debt  —  (Reuters) - Euro zone leaders struck a last-minute deal to limit the damage from the currency bloc's debt crisis early on Thursday but are still far from finalizing plans to slash Greece's debt burden and strengthen their rescue fund.
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William K. Rashbaum / New York Times:
10 Arrested in $1 Billion L.I.R.R. Disability Scheme  —  Ten people, including a doctor and a former union president, were arrested early Thursday and charged in a major fraud scheme in which hundreds of Long Island Rail Road workers made false disability pension claims costing a federal agency …
Paul Krugman:
The Truth Has A Well-Known, Well, You Know  —  Greg Sargent takes us to Paul Ryan's latest speech, in which Ryan expresses outrage over what President Obama is saying: … Just for the record: why is this petty?  Why is it anything but a literal description of GOP proposals …
standupamericanow.org:
Dr. Terry Jones for President  —  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  —  MEDIA CONTACT: 352-371-2487 or 352-871-2680 (Stephanie Sapp) or info@standupamericanow.org  —  Announcing: Dr. Terry Jones for President  —  Our campaign promises or agenda:  —  1. Stop overspending immediately.
Washington Examiner:
Despite ‘ban,’ fat-cat lobbyists bankroll Obama  —  President Obama doesn't take campaign contributions from lobbyists — unless you count the owners and CEOs of lobbying firms, corporate vice presidents for government relations, or managing directors for public policy.
Discussion: americanthinker.com
Robert Frank / The Wealth Report:
Millionaires Support Warren Buffett's Tax on the Rich  —  Warren Buffett isn't the only rich guy who wants to higher taxes on the rich.  —  A new survey from Spectrem Group found that 68% of millionaires (those with investments of $1 million or more) support raising taxes on those with $1 million or more in income.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
 
 
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
Boehner rejects Dem proposal, says it's time ‘to get serious’
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Justice Scalia speaks for himself on death penalty, not the Catholic Church
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Occupy Portland fears it has lost up to $20,000 in donations
Lawrence Weschler / The Huffington Post:
A Guy Can Dream, Can't He?  —  Have you noticed how Hillary …
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Senators ask for full hearing on Iraq troop withdrawal
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Wisconsin Capitol to allow guns
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California high court rejects challenges to redistricting
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Voters Back Wall St. Protesters, Millionaire's Tax, Quinnipiac University New York State Poll Finds …
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