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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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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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Don Surber
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.
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, No More Mister Nice Blog, Booman Tribune and The Hill
Pema Levy / American Prospect:
Cain's High Crimes, Not Misdemeanors — Minutes ago, Sharon Bialek, one of the four women who alleged Herman Cain sexually harassed her, came forward in a press conference to recount what happened. In short, after losing her job at the National Restaurant Association in 1997 …
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
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
Poll: Romney, Cain tied, but there are red flags for both
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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Allred: Cain offered client ‘his idea of a stimulus package’
Allred: Cain offered client ‘his idea of a stimulus package’
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The New Republic, Above the Law and Daily Kos
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, Fire Andrea Mitchell! and The Daily Caller
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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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
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
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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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
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
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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
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, Business Insider, Associated Press, The Hill, Taegan Goddard's … and Jeff Mapes on Politics
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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:
Cranky Monday Blogging 2
Cranky Monday Blogging 2
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Outside the Beltway and Ben Smith's Blog
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, Reuters and Business Insider
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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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 …
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:
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, Telegraph and Political Mojo
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
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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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
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Judge blocks graphic images on cigarette packages — WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge on Monday blocked a federal requirement that would have begun forcing tobacco companies next year to put graphic images including dead and diseased smokers on their cigarette packages.
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Say Anything, Hot Air and Gothamist