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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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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.
The Caucus:
Accuser Details Lewd Behavior by Cain  —  Michael Appleton for The New York Times  —  Sharon Bialek spoke at a press conference detailing her accusations against Herman Cain.  —  A Chicago woman alleged on Monday that Herman Cain grabbed her in a sexually aggressive way when she sought …
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 …
Discussion: Don Surber and msnbc.com
CNN:
BREAKING: 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 …
Discussion: Booman Tribune and The Hill
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.
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.”
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Shakesville
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 …
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 …
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.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Pema Levy / American Prospect:   Cain's High Crimes, Not Misdemeanors
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Romney is the Hillary Clinton of 2012
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Clyburn: Cain thought he was ‘above’ presidential vetting process
Discussion: CNN and Weasel Zippers
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Lawyer: 4th Cain accuser will speak publicly Monday
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Wire:
WSJ/NBC Poll: Allegations Against Cain Don't Concern Most GOP Voters
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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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 …
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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Jonathan Bernstein / A plain blog about politics:
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Richard Fry / Pew Social & Demographic Trends:
The Rising Age Gap in Economic Well-Being  —  The Rising Age Gap in  —  Economic Well-Being  —  Households headed by older adults have made dramatic gains relative to those headed by younger adults in economic well-being over the past quarter century, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of government data.
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Pew Research Center / PewResearch.org:
The Rising Age Gap in Economic Well-Being
Discussion: The Politico, Say Anything and Hot Air
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.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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CBS News:
Poll: Occupiers fare better than Wall St.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Verum Serum
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
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:
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
When Republicans literally ignore the economy  —  Rep. Robert Dold, a Republican freshman representing part of the north side of Chicago, sent an email message to constituents yesterday.  “I want to hear your thoughts on the important issues facing our nation today,” the congressman wrote.
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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