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Jerry Bohnen / www.ktok.com:
Oklahoma Consultant Claims He Witnessed Cain Harassment  —  Predicts end of Cain Presidential campaign if woman is allowed to talk publicly.
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Attorney says Cain violated deal, allowing accuser to speak  —  The lawyer for one of the women who accused Herman Cain of sexual harassment said his client may get a chance to speak publicly about the allegations because the GOP presidential candidate violated the confidentiality agreement between the two.
Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Third worker says harassed by Cain  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A third former employee says she considered filing a workplace complaint over what she considered aggressive and unwanted behavior by Herman Cain when she worked for the presidential candidate in the 1990s.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Cain's noxious racial politics  —  Herman Cain risks losing his charm.  His initial appeal was as an optimistic, business-oriented outsider.  He ridiculed those African Americans who were herded into the Democratic Party by naked racial politics.  But now he sounds like Barack Obama's …
Rasmussen Reports:
South Carolina: Cain 33% Romney 23% Gingrich 15%  —  In South Carolina, businessman Herman Cain leads the GOP field with former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney ten points behind.  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is the only other candidate in double digits.
New York Times:
Cain Accuser Got a Year's Salary in Severance Pay  —  WASHINGTON — The National Restaurant Association gave $35,000 — a year's salary — in severance pay to a female staff member in the late 1990s after an encounter with Herman Cain, its chief executive at the time, made her uncomfortable working there …
Evan McMorris-Santoro / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012  —  Herman Cain: I Can't Prove It, But These Allegations Are Racist (VIDEO)  —  Herman Cain is pretty sure that the attacks on him coming this week are racist.  But he can't prove it.  —  It's just a sense he has.  And it's a growing theme from his friends.
Erick Erickson / RedState:
Regarding Herman Cain: It's Not Racism.  It's Opposition Research.  —  “Herman Cain had ten days to get in gear and prepare a response.  He did not do it.  Regardless of the facts or merit of the case, that's a problem.”  —  I have had fun with it too.  I think it is hilarious that the same …
Discussion: The Right Scoop
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Uh oh: Witness found to Cain incidents?  —  So far, neither of the two alleged complainants from Herman Cain's tenure at the National Restaurant Association have come forward publicly, although it appears at least one would like NRA to release her from her confidentiality agreement to do so.
Richard Miniter / National Security:
Cain Says Perry Camp Behind Sex Harassment Leak  —  Was the recent attack on Herman Cain's presidential campaign a professional hit job?  Absolutely, says Herman Cain.  And he says he knows just where to look for the guy who did it: At 815 Slaters Lane in Alexandria, Virginia …
Suzanne Garment / The Politico:
Cain reaction: Not by the book
Discussion: CNN and Althouse
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Cain gets testy with reporters
Opinionator:   Is Herman Cain Finished?
Steven Shepard / NationalJournal.com:
Obama Gets a Bump in New Quinnipiac Poll
Stephanie Condon / CBS News:
Herman Cain incorrectly suggests China doesn't have nuclear capability
Joel Herrick / Shanghaiist:
GOP Presidential candidate Herman Cain unaware China has nukes
First Read / msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Drip, drip, drip
Will Rahn / The Daily Caller:
NYC arrest records: Many Occupy Wall Street protesters live in luxury  —  Many “Occupy Wall Street” protesters arrested in New York City “occupy” more luxurious homes than their “99 percent” rhetoric might suggest, a Daily Caller investigation has found.  —  For each of the 984 Occupy Wall …
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Jonathan Lemire / NY Daily News:
Bloomberg strikes tougher tone on Occupy Wall Street  —  City may take “action” against protesters disrupting quality of life  —  NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg strikes his toughest tone yet against the Occupy Wall Street protesters.  —  Mayor Bloomberg struck a tougher tone …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Joel B. Pollak / Big Government:
NYPD Officer: Crime, Sexual Assault at #OccupyWallStreet ‘More Widespread Than Even They Think’
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Verum Serum
Russell Berman / The Hill:
‘Are you kidding me?’  Boehner says US not better off under Obama  —  It's safe to say Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) does not agree with President Obama's suggestion on Tuesday that Americans are better off now than they were when he took office.  —  “Are you kidding me?!”
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Adam Serwer / Political Mojo:
Four Senior Citizens Plotted Killing Spree At A Waffle House  —  Four senior citizens walk into a Waffle House planning to go on a killing spree in order to “save the Constitution.”  —  That's not the beginning of a joke, it's the scenario outlined by the FBI in a criminal complaint filed …
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Bruce Crumley / Global Spin:
Firebombed French Paper Is No Free Speech Martyr  —  A police officer stands in front of the headquarters of satiric French newspaper Charlie Hebdo, where a fire broke out overnight, November 2, 2011.  (Photo: Thibault Camus / AP)  —  Okay, so can we finally stop with the idiotic, divisive …
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Boston Herald:
Rick Perry's giddy speech raises eyebrows, questions  —  FORT WORTH, Texas — A spirited and giggling Texas Gov. Rick Perry showed up to deliver a speech in Manchester, N.H., on Friday and the resulting video became a YouTube hit Monday.  —  His campaign insists Perry was simply “being passionate …
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Geneva Sands-Sadowitz / The Hill:
Perry blames editing for viral ‘drunk’ video, said it was a ‘good speech’
New York Times:
Mr. Corzine's Big Bet  —  Why did Jon S. Corzine make the risky bets that have now plunged MF Global Holdings into bankruptcy court?  We don't know, but the likely explanations are disturbing.  —  Over the past year, most investors have been fleeing the sovereign debt of Spain, Italy and other euro-zone basket cases.
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Kevin Drum / Political Mojo:
A Conversation About Greece  —  Here's a cleaned-up version of a conversation I just had about Greece's sudden U-turn on the rescue deal negotiated just last week.  Enjoy.  —  Are the Greeks crazy?  —  No, they're just at the end of their tether.  Europe is asking them to adopt more austerity than they're willing to bear.
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Obama rips Republicans for vote on ‘In God We Trust’ motto  —  Obama rips Republicans for House vote on ‘In God We Trust’ motto  —  “I trust in God, but God wants to see us help ourselves by putting people to work,” Obama says....  Related: Obama uses D.C. bridge as backdrop
Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:
The One Question You Should Never Ask Chris Matthews  —  Chris Matthews reading a passage from his new book about John F. Kennedy  —  Be it known: Chris Matthews does not use a ghostwriter.  The “Hardball” host does all his own writing, and he resents the idea that anyone would ever think otherwise.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
For immediate release  —  Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in September indicates that economic growth strengthened somewhat in the third quarter, reflecting in part a reversal of the temporary factors that had weighed on growth earlier in the year.
Max Read / Gawker:
Texas Judge Beats Disabled Daughter on Video  —  Here's a video, recently uploaded to YouTube, showing a man whip his disabled daughter with a belt, apparently for downloading games and music.  The man is a Texas court-at-law judge named William Adams.  His daughter's name is Hillary.
Discussion: Mediaite, Above the Law and Feministe
Emma Hurd / Sky News:
Israel Considers Pre-Emptive Attack On Iran  —  Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu (L) is understood to be calling for military action against Iran  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to rally support in his cabinet for an attack on Iran, according to government sources.
 
 
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Tom Kington / Guardian:
Financial crisis forces Berlusconi to delay release of latest love song CD
Discussion: MarketBeat and New York Magazine
RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Obama Pushes Jobs Bill: God Wants To See Us Put People Back To Work
Discussion: The Greenroom and Sense of Events
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Lawmaker says ‘1 percent’ responsible for deadly West Virginia mine disaster
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Marc Lacey / New York Times:
Chairwoman of Arizona Redistricting Commission Ousted
Discussion: Indecision Forever and USA Today
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Pushing back against the GOP's ‘war on voting’
Tanya Somanader / ThinkProgress:
Gov. Barbour May Vote Against Mississippi's Personhood Abortion Ban: It ‘Concerns Me, I Have To Just Say It’
ABCNEWS:
Goldline Execs Charged With Fraud
Discussion: Political Mojo, Daily Kos and Mediaite
Phil Mattingly / Bloomberg:
Lawmakers to Propose Transaction Tax for Financial Firms Modeled on Europe
Jim Dwyer / New York Times:
Dismal Tale of Arrest for Tiniest of Crimes
 

 
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