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Gingrich On Top Of GOP Pack As Cain Fades, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Romney Ties Obama In One-On-One Matchup — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich more than doubles his share of the Republican presidential vote to lead the presidential pack with 26 percent and in a head …
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Paul Begala / The Daily Beast:
Newt Gingrich Would Be a Godsend to the Democrats — What's next? The Santorum Surge? The Huntsman Hiccup? Why Newt Gingrich would be a godsend to the Democrats. — What are we to make of the ascension of Newt Gingrich? — Perhaps the day has finally, belatedly …
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A.Killough / CNN:
Gingrich at top of pack for first time in CNN polling — Washington (CNN) - Newt Gingrich tops the list in the race for the GOP nomination, according to a new national survey. — And a CNN/ORC International Poll released on the eve of a CNN presidential debate focusing heavily …
Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
Gingrich Announces National Security Team — Former CIA director R. James Woolsey and Robert McFarlane, national security adviser to President Reagan, have joined Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign as members of his national security advisory team. — They're the best known of the 10 men …
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Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Defense spending likely to dominate next GOP presidential debate
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Dominic Holden / The Stranger …:
Pregnant Woman Blasted with Pepper Spray by SPD Says She Miscarried (Updated) — Posted at 3:55 p.m. and updated below with an interview with Jennifer Fox. — One of Occupy Seattle's outspoken activists who blogs under the name Ian Awesome has a post up this afternoon about the pregnant woman …
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Max Read / Gawker:
'It's a Food Product, Essentially': Fox News Starts Spinning Pepper Spray Cops — Tonight, Fox News hosts Bill O'Reilly and Megyn Kelly got to talking about a UC Davis police officer's appalling use of pepper spray on nonviolent protesters over the weekend. Guess what direction the conversation took!
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ThinkProgress, New America Media, Firedoglake, Angry Black Lady Chronicles and The Stranger …
Frances Martel / Mediaite:
Michael Moore: UC Davis Pepper Spray Incident ‘Resonates’ With The World Like Tienanmen Square
Ian Awesome / OneAngryQueer:
Pregnant Occupier Alleges Police Brutality Resulted In Miscarriage
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New York Times, Booman Tribune, The Atlantic Online and City Room
Josh Dorner / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: First Romney TV Ad Falsely Presents McCain Campaign Quote As Obama's — The Romney campaign's very first television ad, released this evening, dishonestly presents a 2008 McCain campaign quote as the words of President Obama. The ad features a voice-over of Obama saying …
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CNN:
Democrats say new Romney ad distorts Obama's words
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Ashley Parker / The Caucus:
Romney's First Television Ad Attacks Obama on Economy
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Ashley Parker / New York Times:
Romney Heats Up Campaign in New Hampshire With an Ad Attacking Obama
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The Caucus and ThinkProgress
New York Post:
They didn't fail - they succeeded in doing nothing — The “supercommittee” has failed, or so we're told. This group of six Democrats and six Republicans from the House and Senate couldn't come up with $1.5 trillion in spending cuts and tax hikes to circumvent automatic draconian cuts to federal spending …
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Pundit & Pundette
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Supercommittee failure gives parties election ammunition
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The Politico
Katherine Fung / The Huffington Post:
Fox News Viewers Know Less Than People Who Don't Watch Any News: Study … Fox News , Fox News Fairleigh Dickinson , Fox News Less Informed , Fox News Less Informed Study , Fox News Study , Fox News Viewers , Fox News Viewers Know Less , Fox News Viewers Less Informed , Media News
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David Taintor / tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMDC — The poll — which asked New Jerseyans where they find news …
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Sarah Palin Got Scolded by Roger Ailes for Not Announcing Her Non-Candidacy on Fox News — Sarah Palin's announcement that she wouldn't run for president disappointed her legions of admirers — but it infuriated Roger Ailes. The Fox News chief wasn't angry about the decision itself.
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Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS:
Inside Obama Campaign Headquarters: Confident Urgency and an Empty Keg — ABC News' Devin Dwyer and Michael Falcone report: — CHICAGO - On a recent Friday afternoon, the 2012-themed ping pong, foosball, and air hockey tables sit idle inside President Obama's 50,000-square-foot re-election headquarters.
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Doug Stanglin / USA Today:
Poll: ‘Occupy’ movement fails to capture Americans' interest — A new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll shows that the “Occupy” movement has failed to capture the attention of a majority of Americans, indicating either ambivalence toward it or lack of interest. — The poll finds that 56% of Americans surveyed …
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Support for “Occupy” Unchanged, but More Criticize Approach
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Firedoglake, Hot Air, The Raw Story and Campaign 2012
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Rush: First Lady Booed for ‘Uppityism’ — On Sunday, First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden visited Homestead Miami speedway to serve as ceremonial grand marshals of the Ford 400, where some in the crowd booed them. — The White House downplayed the incident today …
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Rush Limbaugh, NewsBusters.org and US Politics
Joel Gehrke / Campaign 2012:
German press irked by US, pushes WH on debt — In an apparent suggestion of United States hypocrisy on debt issues, a journalist in the German media challenged White House Press Secretary Jay Carney on the role of the United States in responding to the European debt crisis.
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The White House, The Gateway Pundit and Doug Ross
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The consequences of presidential weakness — One thing that Republicans and Democrats seem able to agree upon is that President Obama's shocking absence from any part in the supercommittee talks nearly assured its failure. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) blames Obama.
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americanthinker.com, Betsy's Page, GayPatriot and The Hill
Sean Higgins / Capital Hill:
Ex-Solyndra Staff To Get $13,000 Each In TAA Federal Aid — The Labor Department today announced that it had approved Trade Adjustment Assistance for the former employees of the bankrupt solar panel maker Solyndra. — That means all of the firm's 1,100 ex-employees are eligible for federal aid packages …
Peter Lattman / DealBook:
Foreclosure Firm Steven J. Baum to Close Down — A law firm that had become a lightning rod in the controversy over mortgage-foreclosure practices has shut down, costing 89 employees their jobs. — The Steven J. Baum P.C. law firm, which has offices in Amherst, N.Y., and Westbury on Long Island …
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HousingWire, Law Blog, Angry Black Lady Chronicles and Balloon Juice
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Kyle Leighton / tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com:
SLIDESHOW: The Homeless-themed Halloween Party
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Gawker and Talking Points Memo
Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
As Layoffs Rise, Stock Buybacks Consume Cash — When Pfizer cut its research budget this year and laid off 1,100 employees, it was not because the company needed to save money. — In fact, the drug maker had so much cash left over, it decided to buy back an additional $5 billion worth …
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