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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Gingrich takes the lead — Newt Gingrich has taken the lead in PPP's national polling. He's at 28% to 25% for Herman Cain and 18% for Mitt Romney. The rest of the Republican field is increasingly looking like a bunch of also rans: Rick Perry is at 6%, Michele Bachmann and Ron Paul at 5% …
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Karoli / Crooks and Liars:
Herman Cain's Brain Fart — I'm not sure how to describe this. I've seen it described on Twitter as Herman Cain out-Rick Perrying Rick Perry, but it goes so much deeper than that. — In this interview, Herman Cain is asked a relatively simple question — at least, to the extent …
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
CNN Poll: Gingrich soars, Cain drops — Washington (CNN) - A new national survey of Republicans indicates that it's basically all tied up between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich in the race for the GOP presidential nomination, with Gingrich on the rise and businessman Herman Cain falling due …
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Byron York / Campaign 2012:
Cain sinks in major realignment of GOP race — A new CNN poll shows that former frontrunner Herman Cain has fallen to third place in the Republican presidential race. According to the survey, Mitt Romney remains in the lead, although just barely, with 24 percent support.
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Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Views on Herman Cain Increasingly Negative
Views on Herman Cain Increasingly Negative
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Journalistdee / CNN:
What's behind Gingrich's jump in the polls
What's behind Gingrich's jump in the polls
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Eric Kleefeld / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — New National Polls Show Newt Leading In GOP Race (Yes, Really)
TPM2012 — New National Polls Show Newt Leading In GOP Race (Yes, Really)
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msnbc.com:
Jerry Sandusky to Bob Costas in exclusive ‘Rock Center’ interview: 'I shouldn't have showered with those kids.' — By Jessica Hopper — UPDATED: Former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky admitted to showering and horsing around with young boys, but said he is not a pedophile …
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Charles P. PiercePOSTED / Grantland:
The Brutal Truth About Penn State — The problem can't be solved by prayer or piety — and it's far more widespread than we think — “But you, when you pray, go into your inner chamber and, locking the door, pray there in hiding to your Father ...” — It was midway through the pregame prayer session that the gorge hit high tide.
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Sean Newell / Deadspin:
Judge Who Set Unsecured Bail For Jerry Sandusky Is A Second Mile Volunteer [UPDATE]
Judge Who Set Unsecured Bail For Jerry Sandusky Is A Second Mile Volunteer [UPDATE]
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Michael Klopman / The Huffington Post:
Jerry Sandusky Interview: Ex-Penn State Coach Talks About Children To NBC In 1987 (VIDEO)
Jerry Sandusky Interview: Ex-Penn State Coach Talks About Children To NBC In 1987 (VIDEO)
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Don Walker / JSOnline:
Cain stumbles on Libya question — Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain, in the midst of a Midwestern campaign swing, stumbled Monday when answering a question about whether he agreed or disagreed with President Barack Obama's approach to handling the Libyan crisis.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Brutal: Cain blanks on Libya, supports collective bargaining for public employee unions — You won't believe me until you click play but this is much worse than Perry's brain lock at the debate last week. Perry lost his train of thought; Cain doesn't have a train at all here …
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Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
Cain Continues Being Very Authentic
Cain Continues Being Very Authentic
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Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Dems fear Obama will lose the case — Democrats on Capitol Hill are worried that the Supreme Court will rule against President Obama's healthcare reform law. — Over the last couple weeks, congressional Democrats have told The Hill that the law faces danger in the hands of the Supreme Court …
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court sets 5 1/2-hour hearing on health care (FINAL) — FINAL UPDATE at 11:09 a.m. A separate post, coming shortly, will provide further analysis of the grants. (It is posted above this.) — Setting the stage for a historic constitutional confrontation over federal power …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justices to Hear Health Care Case as Race Heats Up
Justices to Hear Health Care Case as Race Heats Up
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Jesse J. Holland / Associated Press:
Supreme Court: Pre-election health care showdown
Supreme Court: Pre-election health care showdown
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Obama golfs with friend who was arrested in prostitution sting — President Obama golfed on Monday with his long-time friend Robert Titcomb, who in May plead no contest to soliciting a prostitute, according to the White House pool report. — “The president's fourball at the Mamala Bay Golf Course includes …
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Andrea Seabrook / NPR:
On Capitol Hill, Rand's ‘Atlas’ Can't Be Shrugged Off … Ayn Rand is best known for her novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. The ideas behind them — her philosophy — have sunk so deeply into our political thought, most people don't even recognize them as her ideas anymore.
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FRBSF:
Future Recession Risks: An Update … Gathering storms across the Atlantic threaten a U.S. economy not yet recovered from the last recession. The September Economic Outlook from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) indicates that growth prospects have significantly dimmed …
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Ann Saphir / Reuters:
Chance of 2012 U.S. recession tops 50 percent: Fed paper
Chance of 2012 U.S. recession tops 50 percent: Fed paper
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Catalina Camia / USA Today:
Ex-boyfriend of Cain accuser backs her story — Dr. Victor Zuckerman said today he backs ex-girlfriend Sharon Bialek's allegation that Herman Cain “touched her in an inappropriate manner.” — Zuckerman, a pediatrician, came forward after Cain last week denied knowing Bialek.
Howard Beck / New York Times:
Players Reject N.B.A. Offer and Opt to Disband Union — Faced with a deal it could not accept, and a negotiating process that had reached a dead end, the National Basketball Players Association elected to disband Monday afternoon, thrusting the N.B.A. into chaos.
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Noelle Crombie / Oregonian:
Occupy Portland: Parks employees get first look at deserted Chapman and Lownsdale squares — A dozen city employees today plan to finish clearing Chapman and Lownsdale squares of debris and trash so engineers and horticulture experts can survey damage to the parks' structures and trees.
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RealClearPolitics Video Log:
CNN Reporter Asks Obama: Are GOP Candidates “Uninformed, Out Of Touch, Or Irresponsible?” — “Last night at the Republican debate, some of the hopefuls, they hope to get your job, they defended the practice of waterboarding which is a practice you banned in 2009.
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Chris Francescani / Reuters:
Protesters hope to shut down New York's Wall Street — (Reuters) - Protesters hope to shut down Wall Street on Thursday — home to the New York Stock Exchange — by holding a street carnival to mark the two-month anniversary of their campaign against economic inequality.
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Bill Carter / New York Times:
Chelsea Clinton to Report for NBC — NBC is to announce on Monday morning that it has hired Chelsea Clinton to become a full-time special correspondent for NBC News. — The appointment is immediate. Ms. Clinton will show up at the news division offices oon Monday morning, said Steve Capus …
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Boston News, Weather & Sports:
Local professor: Collecting care packages for troops is ‘shameful’ — (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - A Suffolk University law professor will not collect items for United States troops overseas and thinks it is “shameful” to do so. — Law professor Michael Avery sent a five-paragraph e-mail …
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Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo:
Why Is China Building These Gigantic Structures In the Middle of the Desert? (Updated) — This is crazy. New photos have appeared in Google Maps showing unidentified titanic structures in the middle of the Chinese desert. The first one is an intricate network of what appears to be huge metallic stripes.
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Mackenzie Weinger / The Politico:
Bill O'Reilly: ‘Enemies’ trying to hurt my book — Bill O'Reilly strongly defended his best-selling “Killing Lincoln” book on Monday after a Ford's Theatre bookstore refused to sell it because of alleged historical inaccuracies. — The Fox News host told POLITICO that the attack on his book …
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