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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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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.
The Politico:
Sources reveal new details about Cain allegation — Herman Cain flatly denies the most serious allegation facing him - that he made an unwanted sexual advance toward a female employee at a work event - but POLITICO has learned new details making clear there were urgent discussions …
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Hot Air and Washington Post
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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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
Richard Pollock / PJ Media:
PJM Sources Report Details of Alleged Cain Incident
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The Daily Caller, Los Angeles Times, The Moderate Voice, ABCNEWS, Booman Tribune, Ballot Box, The Lonely Conservative, FishbowlDC, RedState, neo-neocon, American Spectator, Gawker, The PJ Tatler, The Gateway Pundit, The Hill, Iowa Caucuses, The Right Scoop, The Other McCain, TBogg, Patterico's Pontifications, The Daily Dish, National Review, CBS News, New York Magazine, New York Times and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
David Weigel / Slate:
Cainaquiddick: Where Source-Based Journalism Goes to Die
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Los Angeles Times, Mediaite, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Caucus, National Review, RedState, Erick's blog and Taylor Marsh
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
The Huffington Post:
Elizabeth Warren Heckled By Tea Party Supporter … BROCKTON, Mass. — Moments into a speech before volunteers here Wednesday evening, Elizabeth Warren was interrupted by a Tea Party supporter who hurled a gender-based epithet at the Senate candidate. The man, who said he'd been unemployed …
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Sky Dancing, Firedoglake, Crooks and Liars, The Raw Story, Gawker, Feministing, Daily Kos, Salon, US Politics and Suburban Guerrilla
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Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
‘South Park’ mocks Occupy Wall Street, Michael Moore [VIDEO]
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Michelle Malkin, Mediaite, Hot Air, OWS Exposed, Whiskey Fire, Hit & Run and Weasel Zippers
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 and The Lonely Conservative
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
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
Chip Somodevilla / ABCNEWS:
Cain Shows Initial Resilience in the Face of Controversy — Herman Cain is showing initial resilience in the face of allegations of sexual impropriety: More than half of potential Republicans voters say the controversy is not serious, fewer than a quarter say it makes them less likely to support Cain …
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Taegan Goddard's …
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
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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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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The New Republic, National Review and The Atlantic Online
Evan Perez / Washington Wire:
Lawmakers Seek Information on ‘Fast And Furious’ Leaks — Lawmakers investigating a botched federal gun probe are pressing the Justice Department to provide information about media leaks discrediting a whistleblower who alerted Congress to investigative tactics that allowed firearms to be smuggled to Mexico.
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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New York Magazine and Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I
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
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
Mike McIntire / New York Times:
For Perry, Private Jets Have Been Key to Public Job — On a July morning in 2008, Gov. Rick Perry of Texas and several aides boarded a plane for Washington to lobby on ethanol use, an issue important to corn growers and livestock owners in his state. — The growers favored federal rules requiring …
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ABCNEWS, Wall Street Journal, The Caucus and New York Magazine
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