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Alexander Burns / Reuters:
Rick Perry crashes, Cain cheered at GOP debate  —  ROCHESTER, Mich. - The Rick Perry comeback hit a potentially disastrous snag Wednesday night, as the Texas governor again froze on the debate stage — this time, while attempting to list three federal agencies he'd eliminate as president.
Zeke Miller / Business Insider:
PERRY DEBATE DISASTER: This Is The Moment That Officially Killed His Campaign — For Good  —  At today's CNBC debate Texas Gov. Rick Perry was asked a question about his tax and spending plan — but completely blew an otherwise strong answer by looking like a complete fool.
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Perry struggles to name third government agency he promised to close  —  Rick Perry promised during Wednesday's GOP debate to close three government agencies when he became president — but he couldn't name all three.  —  The Texas governor repeatedly failed to name the third agency after multiple attempts …
Discussion: CNN
ESPN:
Joe Paterno, Graham Spanier out  —  Both football coach Joe Paterno and president Graham Spanier are out at Penn State in the wake of a disturbing child sex abuse scandal involving a former assistant coach.  —  Paterno said in a statement Wednesday he would retire after the season …
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Scared Monkeys
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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 …
Sports Illustrated:
The Penn State scandal echoes a hockey horror
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Personal Foul at Penn State
Discussion: Mediaite, Don Surber and Althouse
Herman Cain PAC:
Herman Cain Accuser Karen Kraushaar works for Obama and she's ugly  —  Ew, gross!  Who the hell does this ugly b1tch think she's fooling?  —  Just to be clear, Karen Kraushaar is the one on the left.  —  Via The Daily...
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David Weigel / Slate:
Mark Block: Schmuck or Liar?
David French / National Review:
The Fundamental Injustice of Old Allegations
Discussion: ABCNEWS, The Other McCain and GOP 12
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama up big in Ohio  —  One person who should be feeling particularly good about last night's election results in Ohio is Barack Obama.  On our weekend poll, which got the final result of Issue 2 correct to within a point, Obama led all of his Republican opponents in the state by margins ranging from 9-17 points.
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Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Debate crowd cheers Cain in face of sexual harassment claims
Discussion: CNN
Richard Adams / Guardian:
GOP debate in Michigan - as it happened
Rasmussen Reports:
Florida Primary: Cain 30%, Romney 24%, Gingrich 19%
Discussion: Riptide 2.0 and Hot Air
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Gingrich Rises in Polls But Has Major Obstacles to Nomination
Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Cain placed Google ads alongside scandal-related search results
Discussion: CNN
Paul Krugman:
This Is The Way The Euro Ends  —  This is the way the euro ends.  —  This is the way the euro ends.  —  Not with a bang but with bunga-bunga.  —  Seriously, with Italian 10-years now well above 7 percent, we're now in territory where all the vicious circles get into gear …
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Martin Wolf / Financial Times:
Thinking through the unthinkable
Discussion: Finance
John Quiggin / New York Times:
Euro Crisis's Enabler: The Central Bank
Discussion: Firedoglake and Washington Post
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Obama Administration to Delay New 15-Cent Christmas Tree ‘Fee’  —  The U.S. Department of Agriculture is going to delay implementation and revisit a proposed new 15 cent fee on fresh-cut Christmas trees, sources tell ABC News.  The fee, requested by the National Christmas Tree Association in 2009 …
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Urban Infidel:
Occupy Wall Street: Zucotti Square Day 53 & Counting - The Crazy Has Set In  —  So much has been said about this movement, it has no discernible point, it smells, it's violent, it has rapes, arson, assault, vandalism, theft and psychotics running the place along with a growing rap sheet, so I wasn't sure what else I could find.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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Conn Carroll / Campaign 2012:
NLRB lawyer: “We screwed up the U.S. economy”  —  New documents obtained by Judicial Watch show acting National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Lafe Solomon joking that the NLRB's suit against Boeing would kill jobs in South Carolina.  Commenting on a Planet Labor article whose headline …
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Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Senator threatened labor board before Boeing complaint
Discussion: The Politico
Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America:
Bully: Limbaugh Repeatedly Attacks Cain Accuser's 13-Year-Old Son  —  Using the power of his top-rated, nationally syndicated Clear Channel radio show, Rush Limbaugh on Tuesday repeatedly turned his AM wrath on a schoolboy and portrayed the 13 year-old as a villain in the Herman Cain sexual harassment saga.
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Jim Newell / Gawker:
Insane Congressman Joe Walsh Screams at His Constituents
Discussion: Mediaite and Indecision Forever
Mike / Rortybomb:
What Can We Say About President Obama's Economic Performance in Early 2010?  —  There's an argument that we should look less to President Obama for the success or failure of the economy in this Great Recession - especially with the lack of movement on unemployment - and more to Congress …
Discussion: Angry Bear
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Craig Whitlockand Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
Remains of war dead dumped in landfill  —  The Dover Air Force Base mortuary for years disposed of some dead troops' body parts by burning them and dumping the ashes in a Virginia landfill, a practice that officials have since abandoned in favor of burying the remains at sea.
Discussion: ABCNEWS, Pat Dollard and Mediaite
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Dem lawmaker would be fine with supercommittee failure, automatic cuts  —  A Democratic legislator said it would be fine with him if the supercommittee failed to reach agreement and steep, automatic cuts to domestic and defense spending happened.  —  “I hope that they cannot reach an agreement …
Lee Fang / ThinkProgress:
Koch Brother Front Group Americans For Prosperity Pushes Smear Campaign Against Me  —  Levi Russell, Americans for Prosperity Director of Public Affairs, contributed to a blog post calling Lee a “liar.”  Russell, however, erroneously quoted the conversation and has refused to issue a correction.
 
 
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Alex Alvarez / Mediaite:
CNBC Debate Anchor Challenges Herman Cain Over ‘Princess Nancy’ Comment Given Recent Scandal
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Chris Rock, the Obama supporter
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