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Jon Cohen / Washington Post:
Cain rises in Post-ABC poll despite scandal; most Republicans dismiss allegations — Businessman Herman Cain and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney are running nearly even atop the field of 2012 GOP presidential hopefuls, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows …
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Obama, Romney Tied Nationally and in Swing States — Romney fares better vs. Obama than Perry, Cain — PRINCETON, NJ — Registered voters nationally and in 12 key swing states are evenly divided in their preferences for president in the 2012 election between President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney.
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The Moderate Voice and GOP 12
Nia-Malika Henderson / Washington Post:
Cain camp considering legal action against Politico — A Herman Cain aide said Thursday that the Cain campaign is considering its legal options over the original Politico story, which revealed that the former head of the National Restaurant Association was accused of sexually harassing at least two women during his tenure in the 1990s.
The Politico:
Sources reveal new details about Cain allegation — The details put a woman's account even more sharply at odds with Cain's.
Jim Rutenberg / The Caucus:
Gloria Cain Won't Do Fox Appearance — Gloria Cain will not be appearing on the Fox News Channel on Friday night after all, a person close to the talks told the Caucus. — Ms. Cain had indicated to the network earlier in the week that she would appear on “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren” …
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The Politico:
Sources reveal new details about Cain allegation
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Hot Air, PJ Media and Washington Post
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Politico Is Tawdry — Rich, I continue to think the real story …
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TBogg, Pundit & Pundette and Washington Monthly
Kevinliptak / CNN:
Lawyer for Cain accuser hopes to release statement Friday
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The Other McCain and RedState
Jana Winter / Fox News:
ACORN Officials Scramble, Firing Workers and Shredding Documents, After Exposed as Players Behind Occupy Wall Street Protests — Officials with the revamped ACORN office in New York — operating as New York Communities for Change — have fired staff, shredded reams of documents and told workers …
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Journalism.org, Weasel Zippers, Betsy's Page, iOwnTheWorld.com and The Lonely Conservative
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The Huffington Post:
Elizabeth Warren Heckled By Tea Party Supporter
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Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
‘South Park’ mocks Occupy Wall Street, Michael Moore [VIDEO]
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Mediaite, OWS Exposed, Whiskey Fire, Hot Air, Hit & Run and Weasel Zippers
Timothy Egan / Opinionator:
Political Class Clowns — For a Republican Party that has spent the better part of its presidential campaign proving that most of its candidates are not smarter than a fifth grader, the real scandal around frontrunner-of-the-moment Herman Cain is not what he knows. It's what he doesn't know.
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No More Mister Nice Blog
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NY Daily News:
Mayor Bloomberg says White House candidates must believe in evolution, global warming — Says ‘mind-boggling’ some candidates don't believe science — 'We have presidential candidates who don't believe in science,' Bloomberg said — Belief in science should be a no-brainer …
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The Gateway Pundit, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Gawker
Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Cain Adviser Walks Back Perry Accusation
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New York Times and The Daily Dish
DealBook:
As Regulators Pressed Changes, Corzine Pushed Back, and Won — Months before MF Global teetered on the brink, federal regulators were seeking to rein in the types of risky trades that contributed to the firm's collapse. But they faced opposition from an influential opponent: Jon S. Corzine …
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The Confluence, New York Magazine and Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Oligarchy, American Style — Inequality is back in the news, largely thanks to Occupy Wall Street, but with an assist from the Congressional Budget Office. And you know what that means: It's time to roll out the obfuscators! — Anyone who has tracked this issue over time knows what I mean.
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Prairie Weather, Paul Krugman and Economist's View
Emily Goodin / The Hill:
Report: Ethics panel launches investigation into Rep. Richardson — The House Ethics Committee voted Thursday to launch an investigation into Rep. Laura Richardson (D-Calif.), according to a report. — The committee is looking into whether the three-term lawmaker pressured her congressional staff …
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Los Angeles Times
Henry K. Lee / San Francisco Chronicle:
Developer with shotgun scared off Oakland rioters — OAKLAND — Oakland developer Phil Tagami is used to working behind the scenes to broker some of the biggest deals in town. Late Wednesday, he was using different persuasive skills - holding a loaded shotgun to scare away rioters trying to get into a downtown building.
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Campaign 2012, Hot Air and Michelle Malkin
Kevin Fasick / New York Post:
Deranged homeless man goes on violent rampage in Zuccotti Park — This is the new face of Zuccotti Park! — A deranged homeless man who has been squatting among the Occupy Wall Street protesters in lower Manhattan went on a violent, early-morning rampage yesterday, cursing incoherently and kicking down tents.
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Power Line and The Gateway Pundit
Associated Press:
Biggest jump ever seen in global warming gases — WASHINGTON (AP) — The global output of heat-trapping carbon dioxide jumped by the biggest amount on record, the U.S. Department of Energy calculated, a sign of how feeble the world's efforts are at slowing man-made global warming.
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Right Wing News, ThinkProgress and Guardian
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Man charged for phone threats against Rep. Eric Cantor's family — The FBI charged a man on Thursday for allegedly threatening House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.). — The FBI said that Glendon Swift was charged for leaving threatening messages on Cantor's work voicemail in Richmond …
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The United States Department … and The Politico
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Nancy Cordes / CBS News:
Boehner: Debt deal will include new tax revenues — House Speaker John Boehner addressed one of the biggest sticking points for the 12 member Congressional “supercommittee” today, acknowledging that any bipartisan agreement will need to include some new tax revenue.
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Hot Air, Los Angeles Times, Weasel Zippers, National Review and The Lonely Conservative
Felix Salmon:
Bernanke can't solve our problems — Many thanks to Joe Weisenthal for throwing some much-needed cold water on the NGDP fandom which is currently sweeping the blogosphere. — I'm a fan of NGDP myself; I was one of the 37% of econobloggers who voted for it in the Kauffman survey this quarter.
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National Review
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Joe Weisenthal / Business Insider:
The Smartest People In Washington Are 100% Wrong About Stimulating The Economy
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National Review, The New Republic and The Atlantic Online
Robert Winnett / Telegraph:
Britain poised to provide billions for new rescue package as euro crisis deepens — Britain is poised to provide billions of pounds for a new global economic rescue package, prompted by concerns that the EU plan to save the euro will not be enough to stabilise the world economy.
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EconLog, Wall Street Journal and Guardian
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