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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.
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
TRENDING: Cain gets testy with reporters — Alexandria, Virginia (CNN) - All of the questions may be getting to Herman Cain. — The GOP presidential candidate was a bit touchy Wednesday when questioned by reporters about claims he sexually harassed two women in the late 1990's during …
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The Daily Caller, Balloon Juice and GOP 12
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Cain Not Able — We have the starchy guy — tall, handsome …
Cain Not Able — We have the starchy guy — tall, handsome …
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Erick Erickson / RedState:
Regarding Herman Cain: It's Not Racism. It's Opposition Research.
Regarding Herman Cain: It's Not Racism. It's Opposition Research.
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Uh oh: Witness found to Cain incidents?
Uh oh: Witness found to Cain incidents?
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American Spectator and GOP 12
First Read / msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Drip, drip, drip
First Thoughts: Drip, drip, drip
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Kurt Schlichter / New York Post:
Facts are optional — When you consider that, more than a decade ago …
Facts are optional — When you consider that, more than a decade ago …
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National Review, Feministe, Gawker, PointOfLaw Forum and New York Magazine
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 …
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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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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Obama: We're better off with my policies than four years ago
Obama: We're better off with my policies than four years ago
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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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David Jolly / New York Times:
Charlie Hebdo, French Magazine, Firebombed
Charlie Hebdo, French Magazine, Firebombed
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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.
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Steven Shepard / NationalJournal.com:
Obama Gets a Bump in New Quinnipiac Poll
Obama Gets a Bump in New Quinnipiac Poll
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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’
Perry blames editing for viral ‘drunk’ video, said it was a ‘good speech’
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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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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Greece — For those of us who find the Greece/Euro situation …
Greece — For those of us who find the Greece/Euro situation …
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Foreign Policy, Paul Krugman and AMERICAN FUTURE
Landon Thomas Jr / New York Times:
Plan to Leave Euro for Drachma Gains Support in Greece
Plan to Leave Euro for Drachma Gains Support in Greece
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Obama rips Republicans for vote on ‘In God We Trust’ motto — President Obama invoked God Wednesday as he criticized Congress for voting on commemorative coins and a resolution reaffirming “In God We Trust” as the national motto. — “That's not putting people back to work,” Obama said.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
House Republicans, keeping the faith
House Republicans, keeping the faith
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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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Max Abelson / Bloomberg:
Corzine Steak Dinner Speech Gave No Hint of ‘Doom’
Corzine Steak Dinner Speech Gave No Hint of ‘Doom’
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Mediaite, Above the Law and Feministe
Brian Beutler / tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMDC — Super Committee Pressed To Raise Medicare Eligibility Age — The Democratic co-chair of President Obama's fiscal commission now says Democrats should entertain an increase in the Medicare eligibility age — thanks in part to Obama's own health care law.