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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 …
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Lisa Riley Roche / Deseret News:
Jon Huntsman Sr. says voters just need to get to know his son
Jon Huntsman Sr. says voters just need to get to know his son
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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
House panel set to subpoena W.H. for Solyndra docs
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Darren Samuelsohn / The Politico:
Solyndra program to be reviewed by White House
Solyndra program to be reviewed by White House
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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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Christina Boyle / NY Daily News:
Occupy Wall Street protesters stripped of their power, literally, by fire department and NYPD
Occupy Wall Street protesters stripped of their power, literally, by fire department and NYPD
Gordon Lafer / The Nation:
Why Occupy Wall Street Has Left Washington Behind
Why Occupy Wall Street Has Left Washington Behind
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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
George Will column on Mitt Romney: ‘Has conservatism come so far ... for THIS?’ — Playbook has a sneak peek at George F. Will's Sunday column, which fires a shot through the growing GOP establishment consensus that Mitt Romney would be an acceptable, electable nominee:
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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
CBPP Destroys Catfood Commission Dems' Plan for Deficit Reduction
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Brian Wingfield / Bloomberg:
Boehner Demands $2 Billion for Ohio Plant After Solyndra — House Speaker John Boehner attacked the Obama administration for financing failed solar-panel maker Solyndra LLC, saying government shouldn't pick winners and losers. That hasn't stopped him from demanding that the U.S. make a winner …
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Fox News:
White House Orders Review of Energy Department Loans in Wake of Solyndra Scandal
White House Orders Review of Energy Department Loans in Wake of Solyndra Scandal
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Michelle Malkin and The Daily Caller
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Another Obama fundraiser is investor in car company that won federal loan
Another Obama fundraiser is investor in car company that won federal loan
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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 …
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Report uncovers DUI arrests, campaign suspension on Cain chief of staff
Report uncovers DUI arrests, campaign suspension on Cain chief of staff
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Associated Press:
Top Cain aide has checkered past
Top Cain aide has checkered past
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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 …
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Morgen / Verum Serum:
Iraq War Veteran Injured at OWS Oakland Founder of IHateTheMarineCorps.com — Scott Olsen is the Marine Corps veteran critically injured at Occupy Oakland Tuesday night, during a confrontation between the protesters and the police. The latest news is good: his condition has been upgraded …
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Adam Gabbatt / Guardian:
Scott Olsen ‘cannot talk’ after injury at Occupy Oakland protest
Scott Olsen ‘cannot talk’ after injury at Occupy Oakland protest
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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.
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
Big Banks Blink on New Card Fees
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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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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.
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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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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.
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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 …
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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.
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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.
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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 …
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