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9:40 PM ET, October 28, 2011

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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Huntsman: Romney's a ‘perfectly lubricated weather vane’  —  (CNN) - Jon Huntsman unleashed new attack lines on two of his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination Friday.  —  The former Utah governor called Mitt Romney a “perfectly lubricated weather vane” and Herman Cain …
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A.Killough / CNN:
Huntsman daughters spoof Cain's smoking ad  —  (CNN) - Earlier this week Herman Cain said Americans need a sense of humor, and on Friday, a few people took his words to heart: Jon Huntsman's daughters.  —  Responding to Cain's controversial web ad -where his chief-of-staff, Mark Block …
Discussion: Fox News, Gawker and The Raw Story
Neil King Jr / Washington Wire:
Weird Smoking Ad Boosts Cain's Cash Haul
Lisa Riley Roche / Deseret News:
Jon Huntsman Sr. says voters just need to get to know his son
Stephanie Condon / CBS News:
Google glitch suggests “Romney can't win”  —  It appears that Google's mysterious search algorithm has been making a suggestion that Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney may not appreciate.  —  When a Google user types the phrase “Romney can win” into the search engine …
Discussion: Mediaite, Weasel Zippers and Slate
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Brad Johnson / ThinkProgress:
Romney Flips To Denial: 'We Don't Know What's Causing Climate Change'  —  Speaking at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney reversed his earlier stance on climate change pollution and rejected man-made global warming.
Roger Simon / The Politico:
Exclusive: Bill Daley, unplugged  —  It is a sunny day at the White House with bright light streaming through the gauzy curtains that cover the patio doors and many windows of Bill Daley's corner office in the West Wing.  And so I try to find some underlying gloom.
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:   White House stands by chief of staff's remarks
Darren Samuelsohn / The Politico:
House panel set to subpoena W.H. for Solyndra docs
Discussion: The PJ Tatler, Daily Kos and CNN
Darren Samuelsohn / The Politico:
Solyndra program to be reviewed by White House
Discussion: Business Insider
myfoxny.com:
Fox 5 News Reporter Assaulted At OWS  —  MYFOXNY.COM - A protester, angered by the presence of a news crew inside Zuccotti Park Friday morning, threatened to stab Fox 5 News reporter John Huddy.  —  What has been an otherwise violence-free period during his six weeks covering …
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Gordon Lafer / The Nation:
Why Occupy Wall Street Has Left Washington Behind
cbpp.org:
Democrats Offer Significant Concessions  —  Plan Is to the Right of Bowles-Simpson and Gang of Six  —  The new deficit-reduction plan from a majority of Democrats on the congressional Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (the “supercommittee") marks a dramatic departure …
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David Dayen / Firedoglake:
CBPP Destroys Catfood Commission Dems' Plan for Deficit Reduction
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Off the Charts Blog
Aurelius / Pundit Press:
Occupy Madison Loses Permit Because Protesters were “Publicly Masturbating”  —  Once again, I feel the need to point out that members of the Tea Party never did anything like this.  —  Occupy Madison has temporarily been denied an extension in their protesting permit because members of the movement violated …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Hullabaloo
Robert Costa / National Review:
Cain Goes Big  —  Mark Block and Linda Hansen, Herman Cain's senior advisers, tell National Review Online that Cain will soon hold a series of “major town-hall meetings” in early primary states.  —  They predict that packing school auditoriums and conference halls with supporters will enable Cain …
Discussion: Daily Kos, CNN, GOP 12 and Business Insider
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Report uncovers DUI arrests, campaign suspension on Cain chief of staff
Associated Press:
Top Cain aide has checkered past
Adam Gabbatt / Guardian:
Scott Olsen ‘cannot talk’ after injury at Occupy Oakland protest  —  Iraq war veteran is believed to have sustained damage to speech centre of his brain in injury at Occupy protest on Tuesday  —  Scott Olsen, the Iraq war veteran who was seriously injured by a police projectile during a protest in Oakland …
Discussion: The Raw Story
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Morgen / Verum Serum:
Iraq War Veteran Injured at OWS Oakland Founder of IHateTheMarineCorps.com
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama struggling in Wisconsin  —  Barack Obama won a blow out victory in Wisconsin in 2008, but it's looking more and more like it will revert to its swing state status of 2000 and 2004 next year.  —  Obama continues to be unpopular in Wisconsin with only 44% of voters approving of him to 51% who disapprove.
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James Pindell / WMUR Political Scoop:
EXCLUSIVE: Romney Snatches Major Social Conservative Endorsement From Perry
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
TRENDING: Perry jokes about debate skills but won't confirm whether he'll skip out
Discussion: The Politico
Caitlin E. Curran / Gawker:
How Occupy Wall Street Cost Me My Job  —  Joining the Occupy Wall Street protests has its dangers.  You could get pepper-sprayed or end up in handcuffs.  Or, as Brooklyn-based journalist Caitlin Curran explains, your boss could see a photo of you holding up a sign at a protest and fire you the next day.
Reuters:
Bank of America revamping debit card fees  —  (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp, after receiving heavy public criticism for a planned $5 per-month debit card fee, is likely to give customers more ways to avoid the fee, a person familiar with the bank's plans said Friday.
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Robin Sidel / Wall Street Journal:
Big Banks Blink on New Card Fees
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
Paul Ryan, Defender Of The Safety Net  —  Fundraising letter that went out last night under the signature of Paul Ryan, Ayn Rand acolyte and proponent of pushing domestic discretionary spending to its lowest level ever:  —  What's fascinating about this is that it's not propaganda aimed at the center …
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Wall Street Journal:
The Divider vs. the Thinker
Natasha Vargas-Cooper / The Awl:
The Night Occupy Los Angeles Tore Itself In Two  —  Around 8 p.m. on Wednesday night, the 300 people who have been occupying the lawn of Los Angeles City Hall for the past three weeks split themselves into two hostile camps.  —  Occupy LA's decision-making body, the General Assembly …
Discussion: The Raw Story
New York Times:
Americans' Migration Patterns Shifting  —  LOS ANGELES — The continuing economic downturn has drastically altered the internal migration habits of Americans, turning the flood of migrants into the Sun Belt and out of states like New York, Massachusetts and California into a relative trickle, an analysis of recent federal data confirms.
Discussion: Via Meadia and Balloon Juice
Ruth Madoff / The Daily Beast:
Cain Campaign Hits the Brakes  —  After weeks of missteps, Herman Cain's strategists are slowing the pace to give their man a chance to focus.  Howard Kurtz on the downshift—and how Cain is defying political gravity.
Mackenzie Weinger / The Politico:
IG admits: There were no $16 muffins  —  There will be no more huffin and puffin about that $16 muffin.  —  On Friday, the Department of Justice inspector general apologized for claiming in a recent report that taxpayers had paid $16 per muffin at a recent department conference.
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Flier at Occupy Phoenix asks, “When should you shoot a cop?”  —  Hot Air has confirmed with the Arizona Department of Public Safety that fliers have been found at Occupy Phoenix instructing people on when to shoot police officers.  First reported by the Jon Justice show on 104.1 FM in Tucson …
 
 
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