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Rasmussen Reports:
Iowa: Gingrich 32%, Romney 19%, Cain 13% — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has already picked up steam among Republican primary voters nationwide, and now he jumps to the front of the GOP pack among caucus-goers in Iowa. — The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey …
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A.Killough / CNN:
Gingrich contrasts tea party, ‘Occupy’ protesters — (CNN) - As hundreds of “Occupy” demonstrators across the country take to the streets on the movement's so-called “Day of Action,” GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich came out in full support of cities cracking down on the protesters.
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The Politico and The Hill
New York Post:
Protesters cause mayhem across city ahead of B'klyn Bridge march, 177 arrested — Anti-Wall Street protesters clashed with cops throughout the day as they continued the mayhem by mounting an afternoon assault on New Yorkers that included swarming subway stations and the Brooklyn Bridge.
Richard S. Dunham / Rick Perry 2012 Campaign …:
Perry funds dry up after gaffes and dip in polls — 2,994 — WASHINGTON — Texas Gov. Rick Perry's campaign fundraising has gone into a tailspin as a result of poor debate performances and plunging poll numbers, jeopardizing his position as the best-funded Republican presidential candidate of 2012.
CBS New York:
OWS Protesters Chant ‘Follow Those Kids!’ As Small Children Try To Go To School On Wall Street — NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — They were caught in the middle of madness. — Some grade school students were forced to walk a gauntlet of screaming “Occupy Wall Street” protesters just to get to school on Thursday.
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Weasel Zippers, Don Surber, Hot Air and The Jawa Report
A.Killough / CNN:
Santorum: Republicans ‘ignore some realities’ on economy
Santorum: Republicans ‘ignore some realities’ on economy
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The Politico, Ballot Box, Weasel Zippers and ABCNEWS
news.iastate.edu:
Cain top choice in new ISU/Gazette/KCRG Poll, but voters have not made up their minds
Cain top choice in new ISU/Gazette/KCRG Poll, but voters have not made up their minds
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Washington Post, Hot Air, KCRG-TV, Business Insider, Taegan Goddard's … and The Brody File
Ann Coulter / Townhall.com:
If Not Romney, Who? If Not Now, When
If Not Romney, Who? If Not Now, When
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Herman Cain Cancels Interview After Making Unusual Requests [UPDATE] … 2012 Election , Herman Cain , Newspapers , Video , Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , Hermain Cain 2012 , The Backstory , Union Leader , Media News — UPDATE: The Cain campaign has now canceled its interview with the Union Leader …
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Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
The Herman Cain Meltdown — The hits keep on coming for the businessman and onetime GOP front-runner, who seems determined to go down in flames — The Herman Cain implosion is under way. — Once the Republican front-runner, Cain now seems to be self-destructing before our very eyes.
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Los Angeles Times
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Herman Cain: ‘Who knows every detail of every country on the planet?’ — That's the rhetorical question Herman Cain asked a crowd in Nashua this afternoon, POLITICO's Reid Epstein emails. — Cain trotted out the line in a riff about his now-infamous Libya answer.
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Eric Kleefeld / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM SLIDESHOW: Meet The 2012 GOPers — Herman Cain
TPM SLIDESHOW: Meet The 2012 GOPers — Herman Cain
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Laura Weisman / Rick Perry 2012 Campaign for President:
Cain ducks N.H. interview, says we need ‘a leader, not a reader’
Cain ducks N.H. interview, says we need ‘a leader, not a reader’
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Outside the Beltway
John / Verum Serum:
Occupy San Diego Has A Moment of Solidarity for the White House Shooter...Wait, What? — Click here to view the embedded video. — I understand a moment of silence for the White House, but why would you offer a moment of solidarity, i.e. unity, with the shooter?
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Mediaite, RedState, The PJ Tatler and Sister Toldjah
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Man Charged With Trying to Assassinate Obama
Man Charged With Trying to Assassinate Obama
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THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS and Balloon Juice
Joe Mandak / Associated Press:
Idaho man charged with trying to assassinate Obama
Idaho man charged with trying to assassinate Obama
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Guardian, THEROOT.COM and The Political Carnival
Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez charged with attempted assassination of Obama
Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez charged with attempted assassination of Obama
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Runnin' Scared and The Daily What
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Man charged with trying to assassinate President Obama
Man charged with trying to assassinate President Obama
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The Hill
Jonathan Bernstein / Washington Post:
Obama never secretly killed the public option. It's a myth. — Did Obama secretly kill the public option? — The question is still an important one for many liberals. The claim lives on to this day, and is still seen as perhaps the clearest evidence from Obama's first term …
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Booman Tribune, Campaign Stops, TalkLeft and The Mahablog
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Jonathan Bernstein / A plain blog about politics:
The NYT Should Be Ashamed of Itself (Again) — Drew Westen is the Worst Thing in the New York Times. Hands down. — Yes, I have a running item complaining about Matt Bai, but as I've said he also, at least when he's reporting, has serious value added: he's actually quite good at the reporting side …
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Washington Monthly, American Prospect and Matt Glassman
Metro:
Before leaving governor's office in 2006, Mitt Romney's staff eliminated e-mail records — Ex-governor's aides say they did nothing wrong — Just before Mitt Romney left the Massachusetts governor's office and first ran for president, 11 of his top aides purchased their state-issued computer hard drives …
Kevinliptak / CNN:
Secret Service confirms Cain protection — Washington (CNN) - Presidential candidate Herman Cain will receive protection from the United States Secret Service, the agency confirms to CNN. — Cain will be the first candidate in the race for the Republican presidential nomination …
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Associated Press and Business Insider
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Carlos Lozano / L.A. NOW:
Prop. 8 sponsors are legally entitled to defend measure, court rules — The California Supreme Court decided Thursday that the sponsors of Proposition 8 and other ballot measures are entitled to defend them in court when the state refuses to do so, a ruling likely to spur federal courts …
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Hillary Chabot / Boston Herald:
Elizabeth Warren won't sign off on Occupy Harvard — U.S. Senate hopeful and Harvard Law prof Elizabeth Warren, who has claimed she laid the “intellectual foundation” for the Occupy Wall Street movement, is jilting the anti-corporate proteges in her own Ivy League yard, refusing to sign a petition in support of Occupy Harvard.
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Weasel Zippers, The Lonely Conservative, Hot Air and Verum Serum
Kevinliptak / CNN:
Bachmann gives students a 101 on issues, then gets lectured — Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) - With the air of a college instructor, Michele Bachmann essentially gave college students a Conservative 101 on the economy, national and foreign affairs and other important issues on Thursday in Iowa.
Felix Salmon:
Charts of the day, corporate income-tax edition — This is a chart of corporate income tax as a percentage of total corporate profits, and it's the main thing you should bear in mind when people start saying that the US corporate income tax is too high. And while you're at it …
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Political Mojo, Fortune and Marginal Revolution
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Nancy Pelosi declines debate challenge, mocks Rick Perry — Nancy Pelosi rebuffed Rick Perry's debate challenge this morning, POLITICO's Jake Sherman reports, giving three reasons for her decision:
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
What Republicans Were Talking About a Quarter Century Ago — Old C-Span footage reveals a party trying to find a constituency beyond whites, grappling with changing cultural mores, and fearing the media — On C-Span there's an impressive archive of old videos that are as boring as you'd expect …
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