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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.
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The Moderate Voice, Little Green Footballs, ABCNEWS, New York Times, The Daily Caller, American Spectator and RedState
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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.
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ABCNEWS, Washington Post, Political Mojo, msnbc.com, New York Magazine, The Raw Story, Indecision Forever, GOP 12 and CBS News
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 …
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National Review, Guardian, The Right Scoop, Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg, The Other McCain, RedState, The Caucus and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Bernie Goldberg / Fox News:
Cain Harassment Issue: Who Said What to Whom?
Cain Harassment Issue: Who Said What to Whom?
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Philly.com and The Reaction
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Embarrassed and disgusted
Embarrassed and disgusted
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Riehl World View
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.
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Questions and Observations, The Page, Saint Petersblog, Don Surber, FiveThirtyEight, GOP 12, Business Insider and americanthinker.com
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 …
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Associated Press:
Peaceful Occupy protests degenerate into chaos
Peaceful Occupy protests degenerate into chaos
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L.A. NOW, Wake up America, naked capitalism, The Greenroom, msnbc.com, Atlas Shrugs, Power Line and Michelle Malkin
Zaid Jilani / ThinkProgress:
Report: White Oakland Driver Hits Two Black Protesters With Car; Police Allow Man To Drive Off
Report: White Oakland Driver Hits Two Black Protesters With Car; Police Allow Man To Drive Off
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Campaign 2012 and Guardian
Malia Wollan / New York Times:
Oakland's Port Shuts Down as Protesters March on Waterfront
Oakland's Port Shuts Down as Protesters March on Waterfront
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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.
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John Hudson / The Atlantic Wire:
Greek Referendum on Bailout Called Off — Update (11:30 a.m.): News that the bailout has been called off appears to be a relief to investors. “Stocks edged up in early trading Thursday as hopes grow that a plan to tackle the European debt crisis will survive,” reports the AP.
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Guardian, Washington Post, BBC, Vox Popoli and National Review
New York Times:
Greek Leader Calls Off Referendum on Bailout Plan — ATHENS — After a tumultuous day of political gamesmanship, Prime Minister George Papandreou called off his plan to hold a referendum on Greece's new loan deal with the European Union, withdrew his previous offers to resign …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Free exchange, FT Alphaville and Marginal Revolution
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 …
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Firedoglake, rubber hose, Metropolis, The Politico, ThinkProgress, Shakesville, Scared Monkeys, Daily Kos and nation.foxnews.com
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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 …
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?
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Washington Monthly
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
House Republicans make cross-party pitch to embolden debt ‘supercommittee’
House Republicans make cross-party pitch to embolden debt ‘supercommittee’
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Political Mojo, Washington Monthly and Booman Tribune
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.
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Washington Monthly, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, New York Magazine, GOP 12, Hot Air, The PJ Tatler, The Spectacle Blog and UrbanGrounds
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Ron Fournier / 2012 Decoded:
Mitt Romney's ‘Ever-Evolving Ideology’
Mitt Romney's ‘Ever-Evolving Ideology’
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Time, Ben Smith's Blog and Saint Petersblog
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
House subpoenas White House for Solyndra documents — GOP sees stonewalling across administration — Showing a growing frustration with the the Obama administration, congressional Republicans on Thursday authorized their second subpoena this week, demanding White House documents related to failed solar technology company Solyndra.
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Hot Air and The Gateway Pundit
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Ben Smith / Reuters:
Barack Obama's campaign style: Go negative, stay clean
Barack Obama's campaign style: Go negative, stay clean
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The Politico, The Hill and CNN
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 …
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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 …
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 …
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Booman Tribune and No More Mister Nice Blog
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Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress:
30 Major Corporations Paid No Income Taxes In The Last Three Years, While Making $160 Billion
30 Major Corporations Paid No Income Taxes In The Last Three Years, While Making $160 Billion
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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?
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Saint Petersblog, Washington Post, Political Mojo, Balloon Juice and Prairie Weather
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 …
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Business Insider, National Review and New York Times
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!
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).
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New York Times, Mediaite, The Politico, Daily Kos, The Hill and Opinionator
Chris Geidner / Poliglot:
Senate Committee Considers DOMA Repeal Bill, Moves Forward Out Gay Judicial Nominee — [Photo: Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy opens a business committee meeting to consider the Respect for Marriage Act, as well as several judicial nominations. (Photo by Chris Geidner.)]
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ThinkProgress and Towleroad News #gay
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.
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Guardian, ABCNEWS, Nation Now, The Raw Story, Law Blog, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, newsfeed.time.com and Mediaite
Jenny Sanford / The State:
A fresh face, a bold message, and a choice — History is filled with tales of newcomers running for political office or candidates who “don't have a chance” and are written off by the media. Yet sometimes such candidates connect or spark a fire among the electorate and then actually get the attention of the media.
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Washington Wire and msnbc.com
Nick Hopkins / Guardian:
British military steps up plans for Iran attack amid fresh nuclear fears — British officials consider contingency options to back up a possible US action as fears mount over Tehran's capability — Britain's armed forces are stepping up their contingency planning for potential military action …