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Catalina Camia / USA Today:
Woman: Herman Cain put hand up my skirt — Defense attorney Gloria Allred and her client, Sharon Bialek, held a news conference detailing inappropriate sexual behavior by GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain. Some of the highlights are below. We'll have more soon.
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The Caucus:
Accuser Details Lewd Behavior by Cain — Michael Appleton for The New York Times — Sharon Bialek, left, with her lawyer, Gloria Allred, at a news conference on Monday. — A Chicago woman alleged on Monday that Herman Cain grabbed her in a sexually aggressive way when she sought his help …
Tony Radar / RADAR:
New Woman Accusing Herman Cain Of Sexual Harassment Hires Gloria Allred — A new woman alleging sexual harassment by presidential hopeful Herman Cain will break her silence at a news conference with her powerhouse attorney Gloria Allred Monday afternoon in New York City, RadarOnline.com is exclusively reporting.
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Cain Ties Romney Atop GOP Field — Republicans tilt toward position that charges against Cain are not true — PRINCETON, NJ — Herman Cain now ties Mitt Romney as the leader for the GOP presidential nomination in USA Today/Gallup polling on Republican preferences conducted Nov. 2-6.
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Washington Monthly, Campaign 2012, Ballot Box, Washington Post, msnbc.com, Daily Kos, GOP 12, A plain blog about politics and The Hill
David Remnick / New Yorker:
DECLINE AND FALL — Sometime in the future, when a twenty-first-century Gibbon searches for a moment to use as a starting point for a chronicle of American decline, he or she might want to alight on the late-October and early-November days of 2011. Not that there is much to be gained …
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The Hill and Don Surber
Juana Summers / The Politico:
Sharon Bialek says Herman Cain made inappropriate advances — A woman who worked with Herman Cain in the 1990s says he made unwanted advances toward her when she sought his help looking for a new job. — The woman, Sharon Bialek, said she met Cain for dinner in the summer of 1997 …
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Poll: Romney, Cain tied, but there are red flags for both — WASHINGTON - Accusations of sexual harassment against Herman Cain haven't cost him his spot at the top of the Republican field in a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll. The former corporate CEO is tied with former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney at 21% each.
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The Atlantic Online, Taegan Goddard's … and Saint Petersblog
Michelle Malkin:
Circus Circus: Gloria Allred jumps on the Cain Train; Cain staff “welcomes” Allred to staff; Update: Accuser is Sharon Bialek; Allred snarks about Cain's “stimulus package” — What a way to kick off the week. At least we had an extra hour from Daylight Saving Time to prepare. — Yep: Gloria Allred is back.
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Allred: Cain offered client ‘his idea of a stimulus package’ — The Herman Cain scandal finally has a name and a face. — Superlawyer Gloria Allred introduced her client, Sharon Bialek, at a press conference in New York Monday afternoon, telling reporters that the woman formerly employed …
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American Spectator, The New Republic, No More Mister Nice Blog, Above the Law and Daily Kos
CNN:
Cain accuser says candidate groped her in 1997 — (CNN) - A woman who claimed Herman Cain sexually assaulted her in 1997 said Monday she hoped the Republican presidential candidate would come clean about other allegations of sexual misconduct. — Sharon Bialek said Cain reached under …
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The Atlantic Online, The Hill, Weasel Zippers and Booman Tribune
Business Insider:
CAIN ACCUSER: Herman Cain Grabbed My Head And Pushed It Toward His Crotch — Gloria Allred has introduced Herman Cain's fourth accuser, Sharon Bialek. — Here's the picture. — LIVE UPDATES: — Gloria Allred: “Instead of receiving help from Mr. Cain, he decided to provide her with his idea of a stimulus package.”
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The PJ Tatler, The Gateway Pundit and Shakesville
Pema Levy / American Prospect:
Cain's High Crimes, Not Misdemeanors
Mark Murray / msnbc.com:
NBC/WSJ poll: Cain allegations don't matter to majority of Republicans
NBC/WSJ poll: Cain allegations don't matter to majority of Republicans
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Crooks and Liars, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, CNN, Hot Air, Say Anything, Business Insider, USA Today and Saint Petersblog
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
39% Think Cain Allegations True, 24% False
39% Think Cain Allegations True, 24% False
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Taegan Goddard's … and Guardian
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
First woman goes public with harassment claim against Cain; Update: “Very similar,” says other accuser's lawyer
First woman goes public with harassment claim against Cain; Update: “Very similar,” says other accuser's lawyer
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Rational Irrationality, ABCNEWS, The Lonely Conservative, Mediaite, The PJ Tatler and Fire Andrea Mitchell!
CBS News:
Herman Cain favorability falls behind Romney after scandal, poll shows
Herman Cain favorability falls behind Romney after scandal, poll shows
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Hit & Run, CBS Washington and Verum Serum
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Wire:
WSJ/NBC Poll: Allegations Against Cain Don't Concern Most GOP Voters
WSJ/NBC Poll: Allegations Against Cain Don't Concern Most GOP Voters
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The Atlantic Online and 2012 Decoded
First Read / msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: One year out — One year out: NBC's battleground map, which shows the presidential race is shaping up to be VERY competitive... One year out: new NBC/WSJ poll is released at 6:30 pm ET... Previewing tomorrow's 2011 contests in Ohio, Virginia, Kentucky, and Mississippi …
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weaskamerica.com, Mediaite, Business Insider, Associated Press, Taegan Goddard's … and Jeff Mapes on Politics
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Zeke Miller / Business Insider:
Conservatives Launch ‘Not Mitt Romney’ Campaign, Warn Of Dire Consequences If Romney Is The GOP Nominee
Conservatives Launch ‘Not Mitt Romney’ Campaign, Warn Of Dire Consequences If Romney Is The GOP Nominee
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Not Mitt Romney, Des Moines Register, The PJ Tatler and The Daily Dish
Emmarie Huetteman / The Caucus:
An Aloof Romney in a Plane Encounter
An Aloof Romney in a Plane Encounter
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Indecision Forever, The Atlantic Online, Hot Air, Mediaite and Business Insider
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Independents and moderates agree: GOP deliberately sabotaging Obama's jobs policies — Ever since Obama began aggressively calling out the GOP for obstructing his jobs policies, insisting that Republicans are “putting party before country,” pundits have ominously warned that he risks alienating …
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American Prospect, Indecision Forever, Political Mojo, US Politics, The Hill, Daily Kos and Saint Petersblog
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
The growing acceptance of the ‘sabotage’ question
The growing acceptance of the ‘sabotage’ question
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New York Times, Washington Post, Brilliant at Breakfast and Daily Kos
Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
IAEA says foreign expertise has brought Iran to threshold of nuclear capability — Intelligence provided to U.N. nuclear officials shows that Iran's government has mastered the critical steps needed to build a nuclear weapon, receiving assistance from foreign scientists to overcome key technical hurdles …
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Alex Spillius / Telegraph:
Russia warns against Israeli air strike on Iran
Russia warns against Israeli air strike on Iran
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Don Surber, Business Insider and Reuters
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Here Comes the Sun — For decades the story of technology has been dominated, in the popular mind and to a large extent in reality, by computing and the things you can do with it. Moore's Law — in which the price of computing power falls roughly 50 percent every 18 months …
Rasmussen Reports:
36% Say Wall Street Protesters Represent Views of Mainstream America, 44% Disagree — Voters tend to view the Occupy Wall Street protesters negatively and regard their views as liberal and out of step with mainstream America. They're almost evenly divided over whether the protesters genuinely …
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Boston Herald, Hot Air, Weasel Zippers and Fire Andrea Mitchell!
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msnbc.com:
Victims speak out about North Carolina sterilization program, which targeted women, young girls and blacks — By Michelle Kessel and Jessica Hopper — Elaine Riddick was 13 years old when she got pregnant after being raped by a neighbor in Winfall, N.C., in 1967.
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Jezebel and Shakesville
Paul Krugman:
Wishful Thinking And The Road To Eurogeddon — Gavyn Davies has a very good piece today offering another way to think about the euromess. I say “another way to think” advisedly — his analysis of the basics is, as far as I can tell, identical to mine, but he offers a different angle …
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ThinkProgress and Political Mojo
Paul Campos / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
Living a lie — Joe Paterno issued a statement yesterday regarding the apparent fact that for 43 years Paterno's PSU program harbored a serial child rapist (Jerry Sandusky joined Paterno's staff in 1966 and was running football camps at PSU for ten-year-old boys as late as 2009). Here it is in full:
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
On electoral map, Obama still has routes to victory in 2012, despite low ratings — There's no question that President Obama faces one of the most challenging political environments in modern memory as he prepares to try to win a second term next November. — But with one year …
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
SB 5 headed for big defeat — Labor is poised for a big victory in Ohio Tuesday. PPP's final poll on Issue 2 finds 59% of voters plan to reject Senate Bill 5, with only 36% voting for approval. — What might be most remarkable about the 23 point margin in this poll is that it's exactly identical …
Jason O. Gilbert / The Huffington Post:
Waiting For The Cable Guy Cost U.S. Almost $40 Billion In 2010: Survey … Internet , Cable , Cable Companies , Cable Guys , Installation , Survey , Toa Technologies , Tv , Wait For Cable , Waiting For Cable , Zogby , Technology News — Waiting for the cable guy isn't just frustrating …
Jenny Anderson / New York Times:
National Study Finds Widespread Sexual Harassment of Students in Grades 7 to 12 — Nearly half of 7th to 12th graders experienced sexual harassment in the last school year, according to a study scheduled for release on Monday, with 87 percent of those who have been harassed reporting negative effects …
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Sky Dancing, Via Meadia, ThinkProgress, Althouse, Jezebel, Feministing and Prairie Weather
Daniel W. Drezner:
Nothing to see here... just the collapse of the euro... and maybe the entire global economic system — Hey, remember my last bloggingheads, when I went to the 1930s analogy to describe the current problems in the global political economy? Well, that was a few days ago, and my …
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Financial Times, The Daily Dish and Telegraph
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
Noam Chomsky Versus Me — I was a bit surprised to learn that while on vacation, Noam Chomsky took a shot at me during his Acceptance speech for the 2011 Sydney Peace Prize. I'm especially surprised to see the particular shot he took, since I actually took myself to be making a Chomskyish point at the time.
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A Tiny Revolution