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2:40 AM ET, November 4, 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 …
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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  —  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 …
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 …
David Weigel / Slate:
Cainaquiddick: Where Source-Based Journalism Goes to Die … - 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?
Kevinliptak / CNN:
Lawyer for Cain accuser hopes to release statement Friday
Discussion: RedState
Justin Sink / The Hill:   Cain says Forbes concluded Perry camp was source of harassment leak
Kevinliptak / CNN:
TRENDING: Perry: Our campaign didn't have anything to do with it
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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Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
‘South Park’ mocks Occupy Wall Street, Michael Moore [VIDEO]  —  Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of Comedy Central's “South Park,” have a history of taking on politics in their animated series — even when it means mocking liberal causes.  On their Wednesday broadcast …
NY Daily News:
More than a dozen Occupy Wall Street protesters arrested outside Goldman Sachs
Discussion: OWS Exposed and JammieWearingFool
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 …
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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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Boehner calls anti-tax crusader Norquist ‘some random person’
Eric Kleefeld / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012  —  Pamela Geller: 'I Endorse Herman Cain.  What He Doesn't Know, We'll Teach Him'  —  Is this the kind of help Herman Cain is looking for this week?  —  Cain has now picked up a top endorsement from the right-wing blogosphere: Pamela Geller, the anti-Islam campaigner and Birther.
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Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Cain Adviser Walks Back Perry Accusation
Discussion: New York Times and The Daily Dish
Floyd Norris / New York Times:
Why Not Give Greeks Their Say?  —  The fundamental nature of European governance is about to change.  —  Either a large part of the Continent will move much closer to a federal government, with common fiscal policies and a substantial loss of sovereignty for many nations, or it will spin apart …
Discussion: Balkinization and Rod Dreher
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Felix Salmon:   Europe's doomed fate
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Mitt Romney: 'I've been as consistent as human beings can be'  —  Mitt Romney, under fire from all sides on the strength of his political convictions, said Thursday he has been as consistent as a person can be during his political career.  —  “I've been as consistent as human beings can be …
PewResearch.org:
The Generation Gap and the 2012 Election  —  Angry Silents, Disengaged Millennials  —  Not since 1972 has generation played such a significant role in voter preferences as it has in recent elections.  Younger people have voted substantially more Democratic in each election since 2004 …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Firedoglake
CTJ:
Corporate Taxpayers & Corporate Tax Dodgers, 2008-2010  —  NEW REPORT: 280 Most Profitable U.S. Corporations Shelter Half Their Profits from Taxes.  —  “These 280 corporations received a total of nearly $224 billion in tax subsidies,” said Robert McIntyre, Director at Citizens for Tax Justice and the report's lead author.
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Lee Fang / ThinkProgress:
Romney Campaign Memo: The Koch Brothers Are The ‘Financial Engine Of The Tea Party’  —  Mitt Romney speaking at a Koch summit in previous years; David Koch speaking at his own gala  —  Tomorrow, billionaire David Koch and presidential candidate Mitt Romney are set to speak …
Joe Weisenthal / Business Insider:
The Smartest People In Washington Are 100% Wrong About Stimulating The Economy  —  On the matter of fixing the economy, the Smart People In Washington have spoken!  —  In a new article at The New Republic, Ramesh Ponnuru and David Beckworth declare that both sides (left and right) are wrong.
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David Beckworth / The New Republic:
Tight Budgets, Loose Money: Why Both Liberals and Conservatives Are Wrong About How to Fix the Economy
Jim Siegel / The Columbus Dispatch:
New congressional map fails to get enough votes from Dems  —  House Speaker William G. Batchelder, R-Medina, put his map up for a vote today and warned earlier that, if Democrats did not provide the votes to suspend House rules and pass the map as an emergency measure, or do not work …
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 …
Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Gawker
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Accused militia members outside the profile  —  It was June 9, and Frederick Thomas believed he was meeting with a dealer in black market weapons at a Lavonia restaurant, according to FBI affidavits.  —  “I ain't worried about dying,” said the 73-year-old Thomas, the accused ringleader …
John Parkinson / ABCNEWS:
Caller Accused of Rep. Cantor-Kill Threat  —  ABC News' Pierre Thomas and John R. Parkinson report:  —  A Tennessee man is sitting in jail today for allegedly placing two threatening phone calls to the office of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor last week — “screaming, profanity-laden messages …
 
 
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Mike McIntire / New York Times:
For Perry, Use of Private Jets as Part of Job
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Joshua Holland / AlterNet:
OWS Oakland Takes Over City, Shutting Down One of the Biggest Ports in the Country …
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg:
Raj Rajaratnam Said to Be Assigned to Massachusetts Federal Medical Prison
Discussion: TalkLeft and DealBook
Kevinliptak / CNN:
Once GOP race settles, Huntsman likes his chances
Discussion: The Hill
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
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Josh Boak / The Politico:
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