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11:50 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 …
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.
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
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’
CNN:
Democrats say new Romney ad distorts Obama's words
A.Killough / CNN:
Gingrich at top of pack for first time in CNN polling
Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Defense spending likely to dominate next GOP presidential debate
Discussion: CNN
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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.
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
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: Mediaite, Gawker and The Stranger …
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).
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.
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.
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
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.
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 …
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 …
Michelangelo Signorile / The Huffington Post:
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Discussion: Poliglot
 
 
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Associated Press:
Ex-Blagojevich fundraiser Rezko to be sentenced, after 2008 trial exposed pay-to-play culture
Discussion: TalkLeft and LobbyComply
New York Times:
Separating You and Me?  4.74 Degrees  —  The world is even smaller than you thought.
Byron York / Campaign 2012:
Perry: I would impose no-fly zone over Syria
Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
As Layoffs Rise, Stock Buybacks Consume Cash
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Buffett-Ducking Billionaires Avoid Reporting Cash Gains to IRS
Bernie Becker / The Hill:
GOP presidential field in DC as Obama touts jobs plan in Granite State
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The consequences of presidential weakness
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Rush: First Lady Booed for ‘Uppityism’
Sarah Kliff / Washington Post:
No, Congress did not declare pizza a vegetable
 

 
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