Top Items:
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 …
Discussion:
Washington Post, ThinkProgress, Washington Monthly, RealClearPolitics Video Log, msnbc.com, City Room, nation.foxnews.com, ABCNEWS, GOP 12, The Caucus, National Review, Business Insider, The Page, Marbury, New York Magazine, Guardian, The Politico, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Political Carnival, Daily Kos and Iowa Caucuses
RELATED:
Sandhya Somashekhar / Washington Post:
Herman Cain's accuser wants to tell her side of story, lawyer says — Win McNamee/GETTY IMAGES - Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain speaks at the National Press Club October 31, 2011 in Washington, DC. During a question and answer portion of the program, Cain called the accusations …
Discussion:
The Politico, Los Angeles Times, The Hill, Taegan Goddard's …, The Caucus, Patterico's Pontifications, National Review, 24Ahead, USA Today, Pat Dollard, American Thinker, ABCNEWS, Townhall.com, Ed Driscoll, Hot Air, American Power, Political Mojo, msnbc.com, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Page, Ballot Box, Liberal Values, The PJ Tatler, The Atlantic Online, Mediaite, Outside the Beltway, Salon.com, THEROOT.COM, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, BitsBlog, Business Insider, Guardian, americanthinker.com and CNN, more at Mediagazer »
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Cain Not Able — We have the starchy guy — tall, handsome, intelligent and rich, with a baronial estate — who's hard to warm up to. And we have the spontaneous guy, who's charming and easy to warm up to — until it turns out that he has an unsavory pattern with young women and a suspect relationship with facts.
Discussion:
The Moderate Voice, Daily Kos and Prairie Weather
The Huffington Post:
Ann Coulter On Herman Cain: ‘Our Blacks Are So Much Better Than Their Blacks’ (VIDEO) … Fox News , Herman Cain , Video , Ann Coulter , Ann Coulter Herman Cain , Ann Coulter Herman Cain Harassment , Ann Coulter Our Blacks , Ann Coulter Sean Hannity , Media News
Discussion:
Hullabaloo, Hot Air and NewsBusters.org blogs
Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:
Iowa yawns at Herman Cain allegations — MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa - While Herman Cain struggled for a second day in Washington to push back against sexual harassment allegations, the high political drama almost went unmentioned Tuesday in one of the most important courts of public opinion — Iowa.
Discussion:
The Page, TBogg, News Hounds and Washington Post
Associated Press:
Bachmann: GOP can't have nominee with ‘surprises’
Discussion:
Ballot Box, GOP 12 and Taegan Goddard's …
Evan McMorris-Santoro / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — Rand Paul On Cain Scandal: It's Getting …
Discussion:
National Review, Alas, a Blog, Salon.com, Daily Kos and Ballot Box
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 …
Discussion:
Betsy's Page, JammieWearingFool, Don Surber, OWS Exposed, Verum Serum and The Lonely Conservative
RELATED:
Azi Paybarah / Capital New York:
Bloomberg: ‘Plain and simple,’ Congress caused the mortgage crisis, not the banks
Jesse / CBS New York:
Milk Street Cafe Owner Sacks 21 Employees As Consequence Of Occupy Wall Street Demonstration
Discussion:
Right Wing News, The Gateway Pundit and UrbanGrounds
Noreen Malone / New York Magazine:
More and More Homeless People Are Sleeping at Occupy Wall Street Sites
Discussion:
New York Times, Weasel Zippers and National Review
New York Times:
Greek Cabinet Backs Call for Referendum on Debt Crisis — ATHENS — With the government teetering on the verge of collapse, the Greek cabinet offered its full support early Wednesday to Prime Minister George A. Papandreou for his surprise plan to call a referendum on the Greek financial crisis.
Discussion:
www.thetakeaway.org
RELATED:
Daniel Hannan / Telegraph:
Financial crisis: Eurocrats are terrified of democracy — Greece's prime minister George Papandreou is in the doghouse only because he dared to offer voters a choice. — Flames of fury: demonstrators protesting last month in Athens against austerity measures throw petrol bombs at riot police
Discussion:
Mish's Global Economic …, National Review, The Other McCain and blogs.telegraph.co.uk
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
News Analysis: Austerity Faces Political Test in Greek Turmoil
Discussion:
Eschaton
Tyler Cowen / Marginal Revolution:
Why is Greece turning down the “bailout”
Discussion:
The Atlantic Online, The Daily Dish, BBC, americanthinker.com, Political Mojo, Reuters and Wall Street Journal
Robert Kuttner / prospect.org/blog/beat-press:
Bravo Papandreou! — Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou …
Discussion:
New York Times, Campaign 2012 and The Agonist
Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
“Peace Through Strength, And Clarity:” Cain Says He Believes China May Have Nukes One Day In the Future — Update: Wait, Did He Just Misspeak? Did He Mean Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carriers? — I'm sure this is charming, or something. … That's actually cut a bit. The full quote from the PBS transcript:
Discussion:
The Mahablog, Mediaite, Online NewsHour and Riehl World View
RELATED:
Sam Youngman / Ballot Box:
Obama 'can't wait' to fight Romney — The funniest scene in the old hockey movie “Slap Shot” might be the one where the Hanson brothers start a fight with the other team before the game even starts. — Who knew that could be a parable for President Obama's reelection campaign?
RELATED:
Tina Korbe / Hot Air:
Rep. Schweikert to Obama: Stop buying your own books with taxpayer money, please
Discussion:
The Hill and Weasel Zippers
Dan Berman / The Politico:
Obama: I'll make the call on Keystone XL project
Discussion:
The Hill, CNN, ThinkProgress, Tar Sands Action and The Lonely Conservative
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
The Case Against David Brooks, Man of the Privileged Few — I don't think it's too strident to demand at this point that David Brooks be hauled up before a jury consisting of everyone else in America and forced to defend himself against several million counts of being an insufferable twat in a public place.
Discussion:
blogs.telegraph.co.uk, alicublog, Grasping Reality …, The Huffington Post and Balloon Juice
Steve Stoler / WFAA-TV:
Man arrested for child sex assault at Occupy Dallas camp — DALLAS — Dallas police have arrested a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a minor at the Occupy Dallas campsite downtown. — Richard Armstrong, 24, was charged with sexual assault of child and failure to register as a sex offender.
Discussion:
Weasel Zippers, The Lonely Conservative and The Gateway Pundit
RELATED:
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Another “Occupier” Raped, In Baltimore [With Update: Occupier Assaults 14-Year-Old Girl in Dallas]
Discussion:
OWS Exposed
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 …
Discussion:
Simply Left BehindThe …
RELATED:
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Perry wasn't drunk at speech, says host
Discussion:
ABC News, Boston Globe, Gawker, Towleroad News #gay and Wonkette
Don Walton / Lincoln Journal Star:
Nelson still pondering re-election decision — Sometime during the Christmas holiday season, Sen. Ben Nelson will make his decision. — Will he be a candidate for re-election next year or will he not? — “I'll sit down with my family to discuss the future,” Nelson said Tuesday during a telephone interview.
Discussion:
Ballot Box and Hotline On Call
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Campaign 2012: Welcome to the slugfest — Forget hope and change. President Obama's reelection campaign is going to be based on fear and loathing: fear of what a Republican takeover would mean, and loathing of whomever the Republican nominee turns out to be.
Discussion:
Booman Tribune, Bark Bark Woof Woof and Influence Alley
RELATED:
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Paul Ryan's Second Act
Discussion:
Mitt Romney Central, The Hill and The Spectacle Blog
Jim Dwyer / New York Times:
Dismal Tale of Arrest for Tiniest of Crimes — The arresting officer came by the cell, Samantha Zucker said, to make snide remarks about finding her with a friend in Riverside Park after its 1 a.m. closing. — For instance: — “He was telling me that I needed to get a new boyfriend …
Discussion:
Prairie Weather
Phil Mattingly / Bloomberg:
Lawmakers to Propose Transaction Tax for Financial Firms Modeled on Europe — Two U.S. lawmakers will introduce measures to impose a transaction tax on financial firms that resembles a proposal released by the European Union. — Senator Tom Harkin, an Iowa Democrat, and Representative Peter DeFazio …
Discussion:
The Enterprise Blog and The Gateway Pundit
BBC:
Attack on French satirical paper Charlie Hebdo — The attack on Charlie Hebdo comes a day after it named the prophet Muhammad as its “editor-in-chief” — The offices of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo have been destroyed by a petrol bomb, French police say.
Discussion:
Harry's Place, The Jawa Report, americanthinker.com and Biased BBC
End ICE Abuse / The Huffington Post:
Trauma Compounded: The Plight of LGBT Immigration Detainees — LGBT Rights , End ICE Abuse , LGBT Prisoners , Prison Rape Elimination Act , Immigration Detention , Immigration Reform , Prison Rape , Latino Voices News … The ACLU recently unveiled government documents obtained through …
Discussion:
ACLU
Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
US Marshals turned loose to collect $63,720.80 from Righthaven — Looks like it's time to turn out the lights on Righthaven. The US Marshal for the District of Nevada has just been authorized by a federal court to use “reasonable force” to seize $63,720.80 in cash and/or assets …
Discussion:
TalkLeft
Kim Severson / New York Times:
Southern Manners on Decline, Some Say — ATLANTA — One August night, two men walked into a popular restaurant attached to this city's fanciest shopping mall. They sat at the bar, ordered drinks and pondered the menu. Two women stood behind them. — A bartender asked if they would they mind offering their seats to the ladies.
Discussion:
Nashville Scene, Firedoglake and pandagon.net
Accounting Specialist Editor, Remote US — 
Senior Correspondent - Wealth, NY — 
Asia Credit Reporter, Seoul — 
Senior Editor, DC — 
Senior Social Media Specialist, NC — 
Associate Editor - Aviation, TN — 
Assistant Editor - Digital, NC — 
Video Producer - YouTube, NY — 
Senior Managing Ed. - Daily Desk — 
Content Managing Editor — 
Editor, MA — 
Team Editor - Breaking News, ON — 
Senior Reporter & Event Host, NY/CA — 
Associate Editor, Remote — 
Retail Reporter, MN — 
Senior Data Editor, DC — 
Managing Ed. - Berks County, PA — 
News Editor - UK, Remote — 
Staff Writer, TX — 
Multimedia Journalist, PA — 
Service Journalism Editor, CA — 
Content Director, Remote — 
Sports Reporter, ME — 
Los Angeles Issues Reporter, CA — 
Reporter - Middle East — 
Executive Editor, OR — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
Senior Media Editor — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Lexington County Reporter, SC — 
Reporter - Offshore Wind — 
General Assignment Reporter, FL — 
Staff Reporter, CA — 
Data Editor, NY — 
