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1:20 AM ET, November 9, 2011

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A Second Accuser Goes Public Against Cain — Karen Kraushaar, one of the two women who settled sexual harassment claims against Herman Cain with the National Restaurant Association, spoke publicly for the first time on Tuesday about her allegations against him.

Discussion: The Daily Dish, The Gateway Pundit, The Atlantic Online, CBS News, Hot Air, Swampland, Video Cafe blogs, Daily Kos, The Other McCain, The Loyal Opposition, Wonkette, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, The Hill, CNN, Outside the Beltway, National Review and The Daily Caller

Jonathan Martin / Reuters:

Karen Kraushaar, second Cain accuser wants ‘joint press conference’ — A second woman — Karen Kraushaar, a communications official at the Treasury Department - has come forward to identify herself as a woman who says she was sexually harassed by Herman Cain.

Discussion: CNN, National Review, The Politico, Washington Wire, Naked Politics, msnbc.com, The PJ Tatler, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Little Green Footballs

Allahpundit / Hot Air:

Mark Block: Did you know that the son of Cain's accuser works for Politico? — I did not know that. He's, er ... not thinking of Josh Kraushaar, is he? … Josh Kraushaar is tweeting in disbelief tonight: … Could a man who accused Rick Perry on national television of a “despicable” …

Discussion: RealClearPolitics Video Log, The Right Scoop, The Moderate Voice, Fire Andrea Mitchell! and White House Dossier

Maggie Haberman / The Politico:

Cain aide wrongly insists they've ‘confirmed’ accuser's son works for POLITICO — Herman Cain campaign manager Mark Block, in an appearance with Sean Hannity on Fox News just now, insisted that a relative of the second woman to publicly accuse the candidate of sexual harassment in the 1990s works at POLITICO.

Discussion: Business Insider, Mediaite and The Lonely Conservative

The Daily:

Another Cain accuser only doing right thing, family and friends say — Herman Cain claims sexual harassment accusations threatening to derail his presidential campaign are a smear campaign. But friends and family of one accuser say she is a principled and dedicated professional who was only trying …

New York Post:

Jobless & shameless gal going for gold — Gold diggers — unite! — Sharon Bialek is 50, out of work and, according to one who knows her, she's a smooth operator living way above her means. From the look of her heavily painted face, she's also soon to be in acute need of a new tub of eyeliner.

Discussion: Reuters, The Right Scoop, National Review, The Politico, ABCNEWS, Slate, CNN, The Strata-Sphere, Daily Kos, No More Mister Nice Blog, Hot Air, Political Mojo, Ben Smith's Blog, The Gateway Pundit and WLS-TV

Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Cain's Image Showing Signs of Decline Amid Allegations

Discussion: The Atlantic Online, The Moderate Voice, The Hill and Connecting.the.Dots

Michael Sneed / Chicago Sun Times:
Witness: Cain accuser hugged him during Tea Party meeting a month ago

New York Times:
Herman Cain Denies Harassment Charges; Second Woman Speaks Out

Discussion: Washington Post, Strange Bedfellows, The Caucus, Valley Fever, Outside the Beltway and ABCNEWS, more at Mediagazer »

The Politico:
For Herman Cain, two named accusers; one flat denial

Discussion: CNN, Political Mojo, ABCNEWS and The Iowa Republican

Aaron Blake / Washington Post:

Anti-abortion ‘personhood’ amendment fails in Mississippi — A constitutional amendment that would have defined a fertilized egg as a person failed on the ballot in Mississippi on Tuesday, dealing the so-called “personhood” movement another blow. — Amendment 26 supporter Sandy Comer puts …

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Hot Air and Liberal Values

Michael A. Memoli / Los Angeles Times:

Mississippi voters reject controversial ‘personhood’ initiative — Women hold signs opposing Amendment 26 outside polls in Oxford, Miss. (Bruce Newman / AP/Oxford Eagle / November 8, 2011) — A controversial Mississippi ballot measure that would have defined human life as beginning at fertilization was defeated Tuesday.

Discussion: TalkLeft, Jezebel and ECHIDNE of the snakes

Emily Wagster Pettus / Associated Press:
Miss. defeats life-at-fertilization ballot prop

Discussion: Little Green Footballs and The Huffington Post

Ginger Gibson / The Politico:
Election results 2011: Democrats fare well

Discussion: CNN

Kay Steiger / The Atlantic Online:
What Happens If the Mississippi Personhood Amendment Passes?

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Hotline On Call and Florida Independent

Associated Press:

Ohio Voters Reject Republican-Backed Union Limits — COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The state's new collective bargaining law was defeated Tuesday after an expensive union-backed campaign that pitted firefighters, police officers and teachers against the Republican establishment.

Discussion: The Politico, Big Government, Ballot Box, The Gateway Pundit and Taylor Marsh

WXIX-TV:

AP: Ohio voters reject Issue 2 — According to the Associated Press, Ohio voters have rejected Issue 2, the collective bargaining bill. — Issue 2 was formerly known as Senate Bill 5 and would have limited the collective bargaining abilities of 350,000 unionized public workers.

Discussion: ThinkProgress

Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Labor bets it all on Ohio

Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog, Daily Kos and The Daily Caller

Jeff Biggers / The Huffington Post:

Arizona Topples Senate President Russell Pearce, SB 1070 Immigration Law Architect, in Historic Recall Vote — Arizona , Jan Brewer , President Obama , Tea Party , Jerry Lewis , Randy Parraz , Citizens For a Better Arizona , Immigration Reform , Russell Pearce , Sb 1070 , Politics News

Discussion: Little Green Footballs, Hotline On Call, Mercury Rising and Political Mojo

David S. Addington / The Heritage Foundation:

Obama Couldn't Wait: His New Christmas Tree Tax — President Obama's Agriculture Department today announced that it will impose a new 15-cent charge on all fresh Christmas trees—the Christmas Tree Tax—to support a new Federal program to improve the image and marketing of Christmas trees.

Discussion: Michelle Malkin, Ed Driscoll, Hot Air, GayPatriot, The Gateway Pundit, The Jawa Report, Weasel Zippers, The Lonely Conservative and Fire Andrea Mitchell!

Brain-Terminal.com Full Feed:

My Heavily-Edited Video of a Good-Natured Stroll Amongst the Occupiers of Zuccotti Park, Which is a Few Blocks North and Slightly to the West of Wall Street in New York City — Occupy Wall Street — Recently, I brought a camera and a few multiple-choice questions to Zuccotti Park …

Discussion: Ed Driscoll, Hot Air and The Gateway Pundit

Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Hobbyist Photographer Describes Assault in Zuccotti Park

Discussion: The Impolitic and Verum Serum

Wall Street Journal:
Protesters' Dilemma: Less Space to Occupy

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, The Informer, City Room and Althouse

Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:

Republicans offer tax deal to break debt impasse; Democrats dismiss it — Congressional Republicans have offered to increase tax revenue by nearly $300 billion over the next decade through an overhaul of the tax code, a significant concession aimed at breaking a long-standing impasse in negotiations over the federal debt.

Discussion: Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, ThinkProgress, Political Mojo and Prairie Weather

Brian Beutler / tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMDC — Why The Super Committee Is Heading For Super Catastrophe

Discussion: Washington Post, The Huffington Post, Campaign 2012, Firedoglake, Shakesville, Washington Monthly and Daily Kos

Michael O'Malley / Metro:

Election worker bites voter's nose outside Cleveland polling place — CLEVELAND, Ohio — A poll monitor working for the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, assaulted a voter at a polling place in Cleveland at midday Tuesday, sending the voter to a hospital.

Ellen McGregor / WEWS-TV:
Voter in Cuyahoga County says he was bitten on the nose by poll worker

Discussion: Indecision Forever and Saint Petersblog

Patrick B. Pexton / Washington Post:

Post Roast: Jennifer Rubin's retweet — Is a news organization responsible for what its journalists put out on Twitter? And what if those journalists are opinion writers? Those questions came up in October when The Post's Right Turn opinion blogger, Jennifer Rubin, retweeted a controversial tweet …

Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog, ThinkProgress and Balloon Juice

Lee Fang / ThinkProgress:

GOP Rep. Joe Walsh Melts Down, Screams At Constituents: ‘Dont Blame Banks!...I Am Tired Of Hearing That Crap!’ — Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) erupts at a constituent who asked about the bank lobby — Freshman Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) is known for his anti-Obama rhetoric on cable television and his inability to pay his child support payments.

Discussion: Open Congress and The Raw Story

Alexis Madrigal / The Atlantic Online:

How to Track the Huge Storm Bearing Down on Alaska — Alaskans are awaiting the landfall of a storm that may end larger than any on record in the area. Imagine a blizzard with near hurricane-force winds. The storm is tracking for a direct strike on Nome.

David Catanese / The Politico:

Beshear wins in Ky., Bryant in Miss. — Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear cruised to a second term over Republican David Williams Tuesday in a win that offers Democrats a 2012 template for how to run in a dismal economic environment. — The answer: outraise and outspend, define and discredit …

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, Suburban Guerrilla and Zandar Versus The Stupid

Kevinliptak / CNN: Beshear easily wins re-election in Kentucky

Bill Mears / CNN:

Health care law held constitutional in latest appeals court ruling — Washington (CNN) — The sweeping health care reform law championed by President Barack Obama was upheld as constitutional by another federal appeals court Tuesday. — The decision is not part of a half-dozen other appeals pending at the Supreme Court.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, White House.gov Blog, Crooks and Liars, Political Mojo, Reuters and The PJ Tatler

Reuters:
Appeals court backs Obama healthcare law

Discussion: Swampland, Wall Street Journal, Hot Air and The Enterprise Blog

Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:

Daley's Demotion: How Washington Elites Got Obama Wrong — Bill Daley. — Hiring Bill Daley as chief of staff may not have been the biggest mistake of President Obama's first term, but it was surely the most obvious one. Now he appears to be reversing it.

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, Campaign 2012, The League of Ordinary …, Brad DeLong, msnbc.com and National Review

Kevinliptak / CNN:

First on CNN: GOP senator says Cain should quit if allegations are true — Washington (CNN) - Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski told CNN on Tuesday she is “concerned” that the most recent charge of sexual harassment against Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain “is not an isolated incident” …

Discussion: Ballot Box, The Moderate Voice, ABCNEWS, Weasel Zippers, Washington Monthly, Iowa Caucuses, National Review and Washington Wire

CNN:
Cain to address new claim of sexual misconduct

Discussion: The Atlantic Wire, The Jawa Report, Balloon Juice, Addicting Info and Mediaite

David Brooks / New York Times:

The Serious One — In the Marx Brothers movie that is the Republican presidential race, Mitt Romney is Zeppo. He doesn't spin out one-liners. He's not the rambunctious one. He's just the earnest, good-looking guy who wants to be appreciated. — But Romney continues to run an impressive presidential campaign.