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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Perry implodes; Update: Campaign is over, says top fundraiser — Via Business Insider. A few choice quotes. Larry Sabato: … Rich Lowry: … Mona Charen: … He's down to 4.9 percent now on InTrade; before the debate he was at 9.3 percent.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
In the Perry camp, sad — A prominent Perry supporter emails: — Original Message— From: — Sent: Wed 11/9/2011 9:21 PM — To: Ben Smith — Subject: i'm sad — stuck a fork in himself — can't decide which is worse Dean scream or Perry oops — bourbon for me, i think
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American Prospect, New York Magazine, Iowa Caucuses, The Raw Story and US Politics
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Is Perry Toast? — Almost immediately after what will probably be remembered as the Bill Buckner moment of primary debates, when Texas Gov. Rick Perry literally forgot which governmental agencies he would cut and concluded his answer with a sheepish “Oops,” Mr. Perry's stock on the betting market Intrade dropped in half.
Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
When Rick Perry Remembered: How His ‘Oops’ Was Supposed To Sound — ABC's Michael Falcone and Arlette Saenz report: — In the post-"oops" world, it's worth recalling a few times when Rick Perry's memory did not fail him like it did on live television at Wednesday's night's presidential debate in Michigan.
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Most Brutal Debate Video and Tweets Ever
Most Brutal Debate Video and Tweets Ever
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Say Anything
The Politico:
Romney rivals continue to implode
Romney rivals continue to implode
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msnbc.com, The New Republic, The Mahablog, Daily Kos, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, CNN and Ballot Box
Mike Paluska / CBS Atlanta 46:
Investigator: Herman Cain innocent of sexual advances — Private investigator TJ Ward said presidential hopeful Herman Cain was not lying at a news conference on Tuesday in Phoenix. — Cain denied making any sexual actions towards Sharon Bialek and vowed to take a polygraph test if necessary to prove his innocence.
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Anti-Cain hoax exposed — Yesterday I saw a lengthy thread at Memeorandum about a “HermanCainPAC” website which had a large cover story calling Karen Kraushaar an “ugly bitch.” Here's the screenshot: — The website looked real, with a donate page and so on.
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Daily Kos, The Gateway Pundit and Indecision Forever
A.Killough / CNN:
First on CNN: Kraushaar won't do news conference without other accusers
First on CNN: Kraushaar won't do news conference without other accusers
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Ann Coulter / Official:
DAVID AXELROD'S PATTERN OF SEXUAL MISBEHAVIOR
DAVID AXELROD'S PATTERN OF SEXUAL MISBEHAVIOR
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The Other McCain, American Spectator and Herman Cain PAC
Nate Schweber / New York Times:
Penn State Students Clash With Police in Unrest After Announcement — STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — After top Penn State officials announced that they had fired Joe Paterno on Wednesday night, thousands of students stormed the downtown area to display their anger and frustration, chanting the former coach's name …
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Mark Viera / New York Times:
Penn State Coach Joe Paterno Is Fired — STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Graham B. Spanier, one of the longest-serving and highest-paid university presidents in the nation, who has helped raise the academic profile of Penn State during his tenure, stepped down Wednesday night in the wake …
Quinnipiac University:
Obama, Romney Tied In Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Quinnipiac University Swing State Poll Finds; Cain, Romney Duel For Gop Lead In All Three States — One year before the presidential election, President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney are running neck and neck in Florida …
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Washington Post, WEWS-TV, Don Surber, Hot Air, Riptide 2.0, The Politico, Naked Politics, GOP 12, The Strata-Sphere and Taegan Goddard's …
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Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
REMINDER: Cain's ‘Princess Nancy’ Remark Not An Isolated Incident
REMINDER: Cain's ‘Princess Nancy’ Remark Not An Isolated Incident
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Daily Kos, Runnin' Scared, Washington Post, Naked Politics and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
John Whitesides / Reuters:
Cain escapes serious damage in Republican debate
Cain escapes serious damage in Republican debate
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The Enterprise Blog and Riehl World View
James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
Ford. Quayle. Stockdale. Now, Poor Rick Perry — In the long annals of presidential-campaign debating, there had until this evening been three famous-disaster moments: — 1) 1976, Gerald Ford and Poland. This one wasn't quite fair. Ford was trying to make a reasonable point …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
The ‘oops’ heard 'round the world
The ‘oops’ heard 'round the world
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The Politico, Washington Post, The Maddow Blog and The Hinterland Gazette
Seung Min Kim / The Politico:
Senate Dems move to repeal DOMA — Senate Democrats and backers of gay marriage won a key victory Thursday in their quest to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act, but it's unclear where it will go next. — The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 10-8 along party lines in favor for the Respect …
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Respect For Marriage Act
Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Respect For Marriage Act
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Good As You and Towleroad News #gay
Anne E. Kornblut / Washington Post:
Reggie Love, Obama ‘body man,’ to leave White House by year's end — Reggie Love, a key member of the Obama entourage, is planning to leave the White House by the end of the year, people close to the administration said. — Love, 30, is a popular, gregarious figure in the White House.
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The Caucus, ABCNEWS, The Page, National Review and Gawker
Matt Krupnick / Mercury News:
Police arrest UC Berkeley students, professor over Occupy camp — BERKELEY — Moving quickly to quell a protest on the site where the Free Speech Movement was born, UC Berkeley police in riot gear on Wednesday tore down tents and arrested at least seven people who had established an Occupy Cal camp.
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Jordan Bach-Lombardo / The Daily Californian:
Live Blog: Nov. 9 Day of Action at UC Berkeley
Live Blog: Nov. 9 Day of Action at UC Berkeley
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ThinkProgress, The Atlantic Online and L.A. NOW
The Page:
CNBC's “Your Money, Your Vote: The Republican Presidential Debate” Live from Oakland University in Rochester, MI ... BARTIROMO: And good evening, everyone. I'm Maria Bartiromo. — HARWOOD: I'm John Hardwood. — And welcome to CNBC's Republican Presidential Debate.
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Brendan Sasso / The Hill:
Senate votes down measure that would have overturned net-neutrality rules — The Senate rejected a bid to repeal the Federal Communications Commission's net-neutrality rules on Thursday. — The measure passed the House in April, but failed in the Senate on a vote of 52 to 46.
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Justin Sink / Ballot Box:
Group launches super PAC to aid Gingrich — Solutions 2012, a new super PAC supporting Newt Gingrich's gradually improving presidential campaign, launched Wednesday night during the GOP debate. — “We're going to go into the states and rally the activists, and build the organization Newt needs …
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Ben Smith's Blog and Taylor Marsh
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Obama Back to Even With “Generic” Republican Candidate — Independents now evenly split after previously favoring the Republican — PRINCETON, NJ — President Obama now essentially ties, 43% to 42%, a “generic” Republican candidate when U.S. registered voters are asked whom they are more likely …
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Hot Air, Business Insider, ThinkProgress, The Daily Dish, Daily Kos and The Page