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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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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.
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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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lehighvalleylive.com:
Penn State President Graham Spanier will quit or be fired today in wake of Sandusky charges, source says — Penn State University President Graham Spanier will either resign or be voted out by the end of today, a source close to the board of trustees told The Express-Times.
Sports Illustrated:
The Penn State scandal echoes a hockey horror
The Penn State scandal echoes a hockey horror
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Rod Dreher, Salon.com, The Huffington Post and Ed Driscoll
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Personal Foul at Penn State
Personal Foul at Penn State
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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 Neiwert / Crooks and Liars:
UPDATED: Male Persuasion: HOAX Herman Cain Website Calls One of His Accusers an ‘Ugly Bitch’
UPDATED: Male Persuasion: HOAX Herman Cain Website Calls One of His Accusers an ‘Ugly Bitch’
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Daily Kos and Booman Tribune
David Weigel / Slate:
Mark Block: Schmuck or Liar?
Mark Block: Schmuck or Liar?
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Salon.com, Hot Air and The Daily Dish, more at Mediagazer »
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Attorney: 2 named accusers could hold joint press conference
Attorney: 2 named accusers could hold joint press conference
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Washington Post, Law Blog, CNN, Daily Kos and Hot Air
David French / National Review:
The Fundamental Injustice of Old Allegations
The Fundamental Injustice of Old Allegations
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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
Debate crowd cheers Cain in face of sexual harassment claims
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CNN
Richard Adams / Guardian:
GOP debate in Michigan - as it happened
GOP debate in Michigan - as it happened
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Liberal Values, Maggie's Notebook, Gawker and Wonkette
Rasmussen Reports:
Florida Primary: Cain 30%, Romney 24%, Gingrich 19%
Florida Primary: Cain 30%, Romney 24%, Gingrich 19%
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Republicans Believe Romney Most Likely to Win Nomination
Republicans Believe Romney Most Likely to Win Nomination
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msnbc.com, Firedoglake, PJ Media, The Daily Caller and American Power
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Gingrich Rises in Polls But Has Major Obstacles to Nomination
Gingrich Rises in Polls But Has Major Obstacles to Nomination
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Hot Air, New York Magazine, Public Policy Polling and NO QUARTER
Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Cain placed Google ads alongside scandal-related search results
Cain placed Google ads alongside scandal-related search results
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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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John Quiggin / New York Times:
Euro Crisis's Enabler: The Central Bank
Euro Crisis's Enabler: The Central Bank
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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.
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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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Weasel Zippers, The PJ Tatler and The Lonely Conservative
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Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Senator threatened labor board before Boeing complaint
Senator threatened labor board before Boeing complaint
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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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No More Mister Nice Blog
Lee Fang / ThinkProgress:
Rep. Joe Walsh Explains His 'Don't Blame Banks' Rant: I ‘Was Working On An Empty Stomach’ — Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) screams at a constituent — Yesterday, ThinkProgress reported on a testy exchange between Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) and a group of his constituents during a meeting.
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Jim Newell / Gawker:
Insane Congressman Joe Walsh Screams at His Constituents
Insane Congressman Joe Walsh Screams at His Constituents
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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 …
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Angry Bear
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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Shrinking the presidency back down to size
Shrinking the presidency back down to size
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A plain blog about politics, Business Insider, The League of Ordinary … and American Times
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.
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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 …
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Capital New York, Hot Air, Pat Dollard, Weasel Zippers and Fire Andrea Mitchell!
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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The Moderate Voice, The Raw Story and Americans for Prosperity