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3:25 PM ET, November 3, 2011

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Richard Pollock / PJ Media:

BREAKING: PJM Sources Report Details of Alleged Cain Incident … Adding to the ongoing Herman Cain sexual harassment controversy, two sources have now confirmed to PJ Media that a female employee of the National Restaurant Association told associates she had been brought by Mr. Cain to his Crystal City …

Discussion: The Hill, National Review, New York Magazine, ABCNEWS, Patterico's Pontifications, Los Angeles Times, The Other McCain, CBS Washington, The Right Scoop, The PJ Tatler, Bloomberg, The Caucus, RedState and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Erick Erickson / Erick's blog:

The Herman Cain Campaign Is Stuck on Stupid — If I were allowed to use the word retarded these days, I'd use it to describe the Herman Cain campaign these days. But it is another word we've axed on the list for some legitimate reasons. Truth be told, I sometimes still use it and I think it might fit here.

Discussion: GOP 12, The Moderate Voice, Little Green Footballs, Washington Times, Guardian, ABCNEWS, The Daily Caller, American Spectator, New York Times and RedState

Daily Caller Productions / The Daily Caller:

TheDC exclusive interview with Herman Cain: ‘Guilty until proven innocent’ [VIDEO] — In an exclusive interview Wednesday evening with The Daily Caller's Ginni Thomas, GOP presidential front-runner Herman Cain talked about the political press corps' rush to judgment. “That is the D.C. culture,” Cain said.

Discussion: Washington Post, No More Mister Nice Blog, ABCNEWS, Political Mojo, msnbc.com, The Raw Story, New York Magazine, Indecision Forever, GOP 12 and CBS News

Jonathan Martin / The Politico:

Cain accuser got $45,000 — The woman who received the payout is the staffer who Cain has acknowledged formally lodged a complaint.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Los Angeles Times, The Caucus and Daily Kos

Bernie Goldberg / Fox News:

Cain Harassment Issue: Who Said What to Whom? — As questions multiply over the nature of sexual harassment claims made against Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain, finger-pointing and denials among top rivals are widening. — Meanwhile, one of the accuser's attorneys is seeking …

Discussion: The Daily Dish, Philly.com and The Reaction

William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Embarrassed and disgusted

Discussion: Riehl World View

New York Times:
Cain Says Perry Is Orchestrating a Smear Campaign

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Nate Silver / New York Times:

Is Obama Toast? Handicapping the 2012 Election — Americans are usually forgiving when they vote a man into the White House and he wants a second term. Of the last eight elected presidents, all but two — George H. W. Bush and Jimmy Carter — got their four more years.

Discussion: New York Magazine, The Page, Saint Petersblog, Questions and Observations, Don Surber, FiveThirtyEight, Business Insider, GOP 12 and americanthinker.com

David Weigel / Slate:

Boehner on Norquist, the “Random Person” … - The Three Reasons Republicans Are Fervently Defending Herman Cain - Bank of America Learns It Must Be More Subtle About Screwing Its Customers - Ruth Madoff's Nationwide Sympathy Tour: Does Anyone Feel Bad for Her?

Discussion: The Politico, Washington Monthly and Grasping Reality …

Ben Smith / Reuters:
Barack Obama's campaign style: Go negative, stay clean

Discussion: The Politico, The Hill and CNN

Fox News:
House Panel Votes to Subpoena White House for Solyndra Records

Discussion: Politicons and Althouse

Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
House Republicans make cross-party pitch to embolden debt ‘supercommittee’

Discussion: Political Mojo, Washington Monthly and Booman Tribune

Andrew Restuccia / The Hill:
House GOP votes to subpoena White House Solyndra documents

Discussion: PERRspectives, Weasel Zippers, Big Government and Agence France Presse

Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
House subpoenas White House for Solyndra documents

Discussion: Hot Air and The Gateway Pundit

San Francisco Chronicle:

Mercedes hits 2 Occupy Oakland protesters — (11-02) 21:35 PDT OAKLAND — A car struck two Occupy Oakland protesters tonight as they marched with a crowd along Broadway, and an angry mob surrounded the car as emergency workers tended to the injured. — The driver, who was not identified …

Associated Press:
Peaceful Occupy protests degenerate into chaos

Discussion: L.A. NOW, naked capitalism, Wake up America, The Greenroom, Atlas Shrugs, Power Line, Guardian and Michelle Malkin

Zaid Jilani / ThinkProgress:
Report: White Oakland Driver Hits Two Black Protesters With Car; Police Allow Man To Drive Off

Discussion: Campaign 2012

Malia Wollan / New York Times:
Protesters in Oakland Confront Police

Discussion: National Review

Malia Wollan / New York Times:
Oakland's Port Shuts Down as Protesters March on Waterfront

Discussion: NewsBusters.org blogs

BBC:

Greek crisis: Papandreou ‘to offer to resign’ — Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou is expected to offer his resignation within the next half-hour, sources in Athens have told the BBC. — Mr Papandreou will meet Greek President Karolos Papoulias immediately after an emergency cabinet meeting has finished.

Discussion: Reuters, Guardian, Wall Street Journal, Hot Air, Washington Post, Business Insider, Online NewsHour, The Source, ThinkProgress, Truthdig, The Lonely Conservative, rubber hose, Biased BBC, New York Times and Outside the Beltway

New York Times:
Greek Leader Calls Off Referendum on Bailout Plan

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Free exchange and Marginal Revolution

John Hudson / The Atlantic Wire:
Greek Referendum on Bailout Called Off

Discussion: Guardian, Washington Post, BBC, Vox Popoli and National Review

Kevinliptak / CNN:

More Americans supporting Occupy Wall Street — (CNN) - As Americans learn more about Occupy Wall Street, they are becoming more supportive of the movement's positions, according to a new poll from ORC International. — The survey, taken Oct. 28-31, shows more adult Americans saying …

Discussion: Firedoglake, The Mahablog, The Politico, Shakesville, rubber hose, The Enterprise Blog, Scared Monkeys, ThinkProgress, Metropolis, Daily Kos and nation.foxnews.com

Josh Kraushaar / 2012 Decoded:

Poll: Voters Viewing Occupy Wall St. Unfavorably — A sign that the Occupy Wall Street movement isn't the best long-term vehicle for Democrats to connect themselves with: A new Quinnipiac poll, showing a plurality of voters viewing the group unfavorably. — The poll, released today …

Discussion: Campaign 2012, The Atlantic Online, Washington Examiner, Don Surber, The Politico, The PJ Tatler, Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, Outside the Beltway, The Gateway Pundit, Business Insider, National Review and Instapundit

Peter Wallsten / Washington Post:

As governor, Romney worked to reassure liberals — Mitt Romney was firm and direct with the abortion rights advocates sitting in his office nine years ago, assuring the group that if elected Massachusetts governor, he would protect the state's abortion laws.

Discussion: ABCNEWS, Washington Monthly, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, New York Magazine, Hot Air, GOP 12, The PJ Tatler, The Spectacle Blog and UrbanGrounds

Ron Fournier / 2012 Decoded:
Mitt Romney's ‘Ever-Evolving Ideology’

Discussion: Time, Ben Smith's Blog and Saint Petersblog

Joseph Berger / New York Times:

Suit Against Photographer Seeks Re-creation of Wedding After Divorce — Of all the many things that make up a wedding, few are more important than the photographs. — Long after the last of the cake has grown stale and the tossed bouquet has wilted, the photos endure …

Discussion: Dealbreaker, Above the Law, Gawker, newsfeed.time.com, Outside the Beltway, New York Magazine and Runnin' Scared

Karoli / Crooks and Liars:

Michele Bachmann Owes President Obama An Apology — This little gem was dropped last Friday during Michele Bachmann's interview with Wolf Blitzer. I understand that politics involves a war of words, but Bachmann went too far on this. Way too far. — Here's the snippet …

Rasmussen Reports:

National Poll: Cain 26%, Romney 23%, Gingrich 14% — Georgia businessman Herman Cain, who continues to battle past allegations of sexual harassment, draws the most support nationally for the Republican nomination. — The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey …

Discussion: GOP 12, Don Surber and Hullabaloo

David Kocieniewski / New York Times:

Biggest Public Firms Paid Little U.S. Tax, Study Says — Warren E. Buffett, take note. It is not just a few wealthy individuals paying unusually low taxes to the federal government. Corporate America is not far behind. — A comprehensive study released on Thursday found that 280 …

Discussion: msnbc.com, Booman Tribune and No More Mister Nice Blog

Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress:
30 Major Corporations Paid No Income Taxes In The Last Three Years, While Making $160 Billion

Discussion: Washington Post and Washington Monthly

Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:

Polling the ‘sabotage’ question — To one degree or another, the “sabotage” question has been generating some debate for about a year now. It is, admittedly, a provocative subject: are Republicans trying to hurt the nation's economy on purpose, simply to undermine the Obama presidency?

Discussion: Saint Petersblog, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Washington Post, Political Mojo, Balloon Juice and Prairie Weather

James McWilliams / The Atlantic Online:

McFib: The Awful Conditions at McDonald's McRib Pork Supplier — The Humane Society has filed a complaint alleging that Smithfield Foods, McDonald's pork supplier, stuffs its pigs in tiny gestation crates — Perhaps you've heard the news: The McRib is back!

Discussion: newsfeed.time.com

Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:

Herman Cain campaign is an insult to my mother — On my first day at an all-white school in North Plainfield, N.J., and then again in Hazlet, N.J. and then again before I took off for college in Northfield, Minn., my mother delivered a lecture not unfamiliar to other kids of color (and women, for that matter).

Discussion: New York Times, Mediaite, The Politico, Daily Kos, The Hill, Weasel Zippers and Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I

David Beckworth / The New Republic:

Tight Budgets, Loose Money: Why Both Liberals and Conservatives Are Wrong About How to Fix the Economy — Both the left and the right have been consistently peddling the wrong prescriptions for our economy. Most liberals are focused on the need for additional fiscal stimulus …

Discussion: Business Insider, National Review and New York Times

Laura Stoecker / Daily Herald:

Hultgren ramping up offensive: Walsh cries foul play — Joe Walsh, left, chats with fellow freshman congressman Randy Hultgren in the hallway of the Cannon House Office Building in Washington D.C. last March. The two are gearing up for a bitter and costly primary race against one another.

Discussion: Ballot Box and Hotline On Call

CNN:

Texas judge confirms video of him beating daughter, says ‘I lost my temper’ — Dallas (CNN) — A Texas judge faces a police investigation and judicial probe after a video showing him beating his then-16-year-old disabled daughter was posted on the Internet.

Discussion: Guardian, ABCNEWS, Nation Now, The Raw Story, Law Blog, newsfeed.time.com, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Mediaite

Shirley Galdino / Flying Teapot:

Interview: Founder of group that ‘heals homosexuals’ out of the closet — Translation: Sérgio Viula — Founder of group that ‘heals homosexuals’ reveals: “Nobody quit being gay, there were relationships even within the group” — Nothing better than an example to rebuke …

Discussion: ThinkProgress and Towleroad News #gay