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12:45 PM ET, November 22, 2011

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Steven Hayward / Power Line:
OWS Following the Woodstock to Altamont Trajectory
Frances Martel / Mediaite:   Michael Moore: UC Davis Pepper Spray Incident ‘Resonates’ With The World Like Tienanmen Square
Elizabeth Flock / Washington Post:
Occupy march from Zuccotti Park to D.C.: My trip with the protesters
Quinnipiac University:
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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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Gingrich and Romney seesaw in SC, NH  —  There's no doubt the Newt Gingrich surge is real, and it's apparently spreading to South Carolina - with new private polling showing the former House Speaker leading Mitt Romney and Herman Cain, another southerner, by a 2-to-1 margin.
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 …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
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 …
Charles Riley / CNNMoney.com:
Gingrich: CBO a ‘reactionary socialist institution’
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
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Two Moons  —  In 1951, Samuel Lubell invented the concept of the political solar system.  At any moment, he wrote, there is a Sun Party (the majority party, which drives the agenda) and a Moon Party (the minority party, which shines by reflecting the solar rays).
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
The ‘third force’ Brooks has been waiting for
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Kate Linthicum / Los Angeles Times:
Occupy L.A. receives offer to decamp  —  Protesters could get downtown office space and farmland if they leave City Hall.  —  Jim Lafferty, who has been negotiating with city officials on behalf of Occupy L.A., addresses protesters.  (Robert Lachman, Los Angeles Times / November 21, 2011)
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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 …
Discussion: Gawker, Mediaite and The Stranger …
CNBC:
Economic Growth Just 2%, Well Below Earlier Estimate  —  The U.S. economy grew more slowly than previously estimated in the third quarter, but weak inventory accumulation amid sturdy consumer spending supported views output would pick up in the current quarter.
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Daniel Indiviglio / The Atlantic Online:
Growth Revised Down to 2%—Should We Be Worried?
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.
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Toomey: Dems Rejected Compromise, Demanded $1 Trillion Tax Hike  —  On November 7, Republican senator Pat Toomey proposed a compromise on taxes to members of the supercommittee tasked with cutting the deficit.  “There was a moment there, a 24-hour period, when several Democrats expressed …
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.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Doug Ross
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The White House:
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney, 11/21/2011
Discussion: Campaign 2012
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.
Discussion: Jammie Wearing Fools
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 …
Discussion: Pundit & Pundette
Harry Reid / USA Today:
Republicans never found the courage  —  The American people are tired of their elected leaders listening to the extreme voices in their party instead of the voices of reason.  I am disappointed that Republicans never found the courage to ignore Tea Party extremists and millionaire lobbyists …
Dan Fitzpatrick / Wall Street Journal:
BofA Warned to Get Stronger  —  Bank of America Corp.'s board has been told that the company could face a public enforcement action if regulators aren't satisfied with recent steps taken to strengthen the bank, said people familiar with the situation.  —  The nation's second-largest lender …
Byron York / Campaign 2012:
Perry: I would impose no-fly zone over Syria  —  In an appearance on Fox News Monday evening, Texas Gov. Rick Perry said he would impose a unilateral U.S. no-fly zone over Syria in an effort to force regime change there.  —  Perry's statement came in response to questions from columnist Charles Krauthammer …
 
 
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