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10:15 AM ET, November 7, 2011

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Steve Holland / Reuters:
Cain's support dips after sex accusations: poll  —  (Reuters) - Allegations that Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain sexually harassed women in the 1990s have begun to damage his bid for the White House, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.  —  The poll showed the percentage of Republicans …
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Top House Dem says Cain thought he was above presidential vetting process  —  Herman Cain saw himself above the presidential vetting process which is why he was “blindsided” by allegations that he sexually harassed two women, Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) said.  —  “Well, at the risk of sounding …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Washington Examiner:
Conservatives shouldn't play the race card, either
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Personal behavior seen as critical to how they cast ballot, say voters
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Leonard Pitts Jr / MiamiHerald.com:
Pious racial indignation over Cain's offenses
Discussion: Daily Kos
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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Susan Page / USA Today:
Bill Clinton sticks up for Rick Perry on immigration  —  Texas Gov. Rick Perry has an unexpected defender: Former president Bill Clinton.  —  In an interview with USA TODAY, Clinton said he didn't think much of the Republican field vying for the nomination against President Obama.
Discussion: GOP 12 and Weasel Zippers
Susan Page / USA Today:
Bill Clinton's back, with a plan to help the economy  —  A few dozen ideas, in fact, about ways large and small to get unemployed Americans back to work — from granting property tax breaks for investments that create jobs to painting every flat tar roof in U.S. cities white for the energy savings.
Discussion: The Politico
Niall Stanage / The Hill:   Romney is the Hillary Clinton of 2012
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 …
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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New York Times:
U.S. Hangs Back as Inspectors Prepare Report on Iran's Nuclear Program
Pew Research Center / PewResearch.org:
The Rising Age Gap in Economic Well-Being  —  The Old Prosper Relative to the Young  —  Older adults have made dramatic gains relative to younger adults in their economic well being during the past quarter century, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of data from two key U.S. Census sources.
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Tim Mak / The Politico:
Study: Record young-old wealth gap
Discussion: Hot Air
Associated Press:
US wealth gap between young and old is widest ever
James Pethokoukis / The Enterprise Blog:
Romney just dramatically raised the stakes vs. Obama  —  The Day of Reckoning is here, or will be in 2013.  The next president and Congress will need to make huge decisions about taxes and spending.  And those actions will help determine whether America's economic future will be one of a) …
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 …
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Head and Body Lice Outbreak Announced at #Occupy Portland Squatters Camp (Video)  —  Can we join?... Please, please, please!  —  A lice outbreak was announced at the #Occupy Portland squatters camp this weekend.  —  Head AND Body lice.  —  Hat Tip South Texian
Motoko Rich / New York Times:
A Hidden Toll as States Shift to Contract Workers  —  GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Like many states and local governments struggling to cut costs, Michigan hopes to replace some government employees with contract workers who will do the same job for less.  —  Ginny Townsend, 41 …
Discussion: The Agonist and Balloon Juice
New York Times:
The Next Fight Over Jobs  —  The way the job market is going, it will never be robust enough to bring down the unemployment rate, now at 9 percent, or 13.9 million people.  Monthly job growth has slowed to an average of just 90,000 new jobs a month over the past six months …
Jack Kelly / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
The big college scam  —  It's bad enough; the president's loan initiative will make it that much worse  —  The biggest consumer ripoff in America today — and the next economic bubble to burst — is higher education.  —  Tuition and fees at colleges and universities rose 439 percent between 1982 and 2007.
Chriss W. Street / Big Government:
The Municipal Bond Market Is Imploding  —  Moody's Credit Rating Service just announced the ominous trend that credit quality in the municipal bond market is falling at the fastest rate since the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008.  Data released showed that 5.3 times as many municipal bonds …
 
 
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The Gallup Organization / Gallup:
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CBS News:
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The Politico:
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 Earlier Items: 
Washington Examiner:
White House should stop fighting Solyndra subpoena
Washington Post:
Romney, seen as most electable, still struggles to break out of pack, poll shows
Discussion: msnbc.com, ABCNEWS and The Politico
Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
Wall Street's resurgent prosperity frustrates its claims, and Obama's
Neil Munro / The Daily Caller:
Rediscovered 2004 Senate ad shows Obama pitching similar rhetorical themes
Discussion: NO QUARTER
Matt DoBias / The Politico:
Ex-Pelosi aide's turnabout work
Discussion: US Politics
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Wall Street Journal:
More Retailers Attack at ‘Black Midnight’