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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.
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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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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.
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The Hill, Wall Street Journal, Mediaite, Don Surber, The Gateway Pundit and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
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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Business Insider, Associated Press, The Hill, Jeff Mapes on Politics and Taegan Goddard's …
Grace Wyler / 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 Gateway Pundit, The PJ Tatler and Shakesville
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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Iowa Caucuses, New York Times, msnbc.com, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Rod Dreher
Susan Page / USA Today:
Poll: Romney, Cain tied, but there are red flags for both
Poll: Romney, Cain tied, but there are red flags for both
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Taegan Goddard's … and Saint Petersblog
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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2012 Decoded
Washington Post:
Romney, seen as most electable, still struggles to break out of pack, poll shows
Romney, seen as most electable, still struggles to break out of pack, poll shows
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Washington Monthly, The Boston Globe, Firedoglake, Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, American Prospect, msnbc.com, ABCNEWS and Saint Petersblog
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Clyburn: Cain thought he was ‘above’ presidential vetting process
Clyburn: Cain thought he was ‘above’ presidential vetting process
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CNN and Weasel Zippers
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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CNN, USA Today and Saint Petersblog
Justin Sink / The Hill:
New Cain accuser to discuss sexual harassment claims
New Cain accuser to discuss sexual harassment claims
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Ben Smith's Blog and The Other McCain
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Lawyer: 4th Cain accuser will speak publicly Monday
Lawyer: 4th Cain accuser will speak publicly Monday
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland
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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Political Mojo, US Politics, Daily Kos, Taegan Goddard's … and Saint Petersblog
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
The growing acceptance of the ‘sabotage’ question — The New York Times editorial board had a piece today on the importance of unemployment benefits, and made an observation in passing that stood out for me. — “Tragically,” the editorial said, “the more entrenched the jobs shortage becomes …
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New York Times, Washington Post, Daily Kos and Brilliant at Breakfast
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 …
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ThinkProgress, Washington Monthly, Dowser, Paul Krugman, JunkScience.com, The Confluence, Prairie Weather, Northern Reflections and Daily Kos
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 …
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Ben Smith's Blog, Outside the Beltway, Betsy's Page, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog and Saint Petersblog
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Jonathan Bernstein / A plain blog about politics:
Cranky Monday Blogging 2
Cranky Monday Blogging 2
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Outside the Beltway and Ben Smith's Blog
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 …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Democrat leads in key Iowa race
Democrat leads in key Iowa race
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Iowa Independent, Good As You, ThinkProgress and Joe. My. God.
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Michele Bachmann: ‘If Anyone Will Not Work, Neither Should He Eat’ — GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann promised to significantly lower funding to social safety net programs during a speech at the Family Research Council this morning, going so far as to suggest that people who can't work should not eat.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and Indecision Forever
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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Michele Bachmann calls some GOP opponents ‘frugal socialists’
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.
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The Politico, CNN and Weasel Zippers
New York Post:
Occupy until ‘2025’! — Now they want to Occupy the Future. — Determined Occupy Wall Street demonstrators have vowed they're not leaving Zuccotti Park anytime soon, and their online agenda suggests they mean business — with events scheduled through Oct. 26, 2025.
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Weasel Zippers
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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
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 …
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:
Zeke Miller / Business Insider:
Conservatives Launch ‘Not Mitt Romney’ Campaign, Warn Of Dire Consequences If Romney Is The GOP Nominee — A coalition of conservatives have launched a campaign against Republican front-runner Mitt Romney's candidacy to prevent him from becoming the GOP nominee next year.
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Des Moines Register, Not Mitt Romney, The PJ Tatler and The Daily Dish
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Down to the wire on Personhood Amendment — It looks like the race to watch in Mississippi on Tuesday night will be the state's proposed ‘Personhood Amendment,’ which would make the state's laws regarding abortion and birth control the strictest of any state in the country.
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CBS News, Washington Monthly, The Maddow Blog, Political Mojo, Hullabaloo, Indecision Forever, The Raw Story and Daily Kos
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 …
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The Agonist and Balloon Juice
Reid Wilson / NationalJournal.com:
Name and Shame? Obama May Go Public with Lawmakers' Funding Requests — Draft White House memo would require federal agencies to reveal special funding requests from members of Congress. — In a move that could escalate hostilities with Congress, President Obama may be planning to use …
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Sunlight Foundation Blog and Washington Monthly
ABC 7 Eyewitness News:
Protester hangs from Tappan Zee Bridge with sign — ROCKLAND COUNTY (WABC) — A protester was seen hanging some 75 feet down from the Tappan Zee Bridge Monday morning. — The protester was sitting on a sign suspended from the bottom of a ladder hanging from the span.
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Michelle Malkin