memeorandum: Romney's First Television Ad Attacks Obama on Economy (Ashley Parker/The Caucus)

11:45 AM ET, November 22, 2011

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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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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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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

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.

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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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Charles Riley / CNNMoney.com:
Gingrich: CBO a ‘reactionary socialist institution’

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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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A.Killough / CNN:
Gingrich at top of pack for first time in CNN polling

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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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Steven Hayward / Power Line:

OWS Following the Woodstock to Altamont Trajectory — Numerous observers have pointed out how the media and liberals (sorry for the redundancy) lavished sympathy on Occupy Wall Street until it became untenable to continue, after which they began to airbrush their previous encomia.

Discussion: NewsBusters.org blogs and Ed Driscoll

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

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Ian Awesome / OneAngryQueer:
Pregnant Occupier Alleges Police Brutality Resulted In Miscarriage

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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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Tina Dupuy / The Atlantic Online:
The Occupy Movement's Woman Problem

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Katherine Fung / The Huffington Post:

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David Taintor / tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMDC — The poll — which asked New Jerseyans where they find news …

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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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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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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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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

The White House:
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney, 11/21/2011

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Stephen Gray / PinkNews.co.uk:

Minister confirms UK will redirect aid, not cut it, for human rights violations — Andrew Mitchell said the policy had been wrongly reported as a threat to cut aid — The government has confirmed plans to redirect aid away from overseas governments who fail to recognise human rights …

Discussion: ThinkProgress and Joe. My. God.

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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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 …

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Michelangelo Signorile / The Huffington Post:

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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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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 …

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