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10:30 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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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.
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Top House Dem says Cain thought he was above presidential vetting process
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Personal behavior seen as critical to how they cast ballot, say voters
Discussion: Prairie Weather
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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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Romney is the Hillary Clinton of 2012  —  Mitt Romney could be the Hillary Clinton of 2012.  —  That may seem an ill portent, given that Clinton lost the nomination.  But being Clinton in 2012 might be better than being Clinton in 2008.  —  Ideologically disparate though the two politicians are …
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Washington Post:
Romney, seen as most electable, still struggles to break out of pack, poll shows  —  Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has a significant advantage over his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination in only one area — electability — and will approach the next round …
Caitlin Huey-Burns / Real Clear Politics:
Cain Holds Big Lead Over GOP Rivals in Iowa
Discussion: Hot Air and Say Anything
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 …
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Democrat leads in key Iowa race  —  The special election that will determine control of the Iowa State Senate on Tuesday is close, but it looks like Democrats will probably hold serve.  Democrat Liz Mathis leads Republican Cindy Golding 52-46 in our poll taken over the weekend.
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
SB 5 headed for big defeat
Eric Kleefeld / tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMDC  —  Poll: Ohio Set To Vote Big Against Kasich's Anti-Union Law
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
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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
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
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
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.
 
 
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Emily Babay / Washington Examiner:
Supreme Court to hear GPS surveillance case
Emmarie Huetteman / The Caucus:
An Aloof Romney in a Plane Encounter
Jenny Anderson / New York Times:
National Study Finds Widespread Sexual Harassment of Students in Grades 7 to 12
Discussion: Althouse, Jezebel and Prairie Weather
Suzanne Kapner / Wall Street Journal:
Credit Unions Poach Clients
The Gallup Organization / Gallup:
Democrats More Liberal, Less White Than in 2008
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Politico
Washington Examiner:
Conservatives shouldn't play the race card, either
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Brad Plumer / Washington Post:
Was ‘cash for clunkers’ a clunker?
Discussion: Eschaton
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency Expands War on Drugs
Discussion: Law Blog
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Associated Press:
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CBS News:
Jack Abramoff: The lobbyist's playbook
Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Raw Story
Washington Examiner:
White House should stop fighting Solyndra subpoena
Chriss W. Street / Big Government:
The Municipal Bond Market Is Imploding
Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
Wall Street's resurgent prosperity frustrates its claims, and Obama's
Matt DoBias / The Politico:
Ex-Pelosi aide's turnabout work
Discussion: US Politics
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VIDEO: Oakland Police Shoot Protester With Rubber Bullet As He Films Them
 

 
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
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