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7:00 PM ET, November 28, 2011

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Dale Russell / MyFox Atlanta:
Georgia Woman Claims 13-Year Affair with Herman Cain  —  Ginger White's exclusive interview with the I-Team  —  ATLANTA, Ga. - An Atlanta businesswoman is breaking her silence, claiming she has been involved in a 13-year-long affair with Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain.
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Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Herman Cain Breaks News Of His Own New Accusation Live On CNN  —  Viewers of CNN's The Situation Room this afternoon may have noticed that something sort of strange happened at the end of the first of two segments in which Wolf Blitzer interviewed former GOP frontrunner Herman Cain.
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
BREAKING: Woman says she and Cain had 13-year affair; Cain denies accusation  —  ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) - An Atlanta businesswoman accused GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain of having had an affair with her that lasted 13 years, an Atlanta television station reported Monday.
Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Ginger White accuses Herman Cain of a 13-year affair  —  A Georgia woman says she and Herman Cain engaged in a 13-year affair, but the presidential candidate issued a preemptive denial on Monday.  —  In an interview with the local Fox affiliate in Atlanta, Ginger White said she met Cain …
Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Gingrich Says He's ‘Conservative Alternative’ to Romney  —  Newt Gingrich, who not long ago was urging his fellow Republican candidates to avoid tearing one another apart in pursuit of the party's presidential nomination, took a new approach on Monday by explicitly declaring …
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Zaid Jilani / ThinkProgress:
Union Leader Declined To Endorse Romney Because He ‘Represents The One Percent’  —  In a sign of the growing impact the 99 Percent Movement is having, New Hampshire Union Leader publisher Joe McQuaid explained today on Fox News that his paper endorsed Newt Gingrich rather than Mitt Romney …
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Wire:
Romney, Obama Camps Step Up Attacks  —  Five weeks before the first primary election votes are cast, the race for the White House took on the tone of a general election Monday, with GOP candidate Mitt Romney and allies of President Barack Obama trading barbs and attack advertisements.
Discussion: MyFox Atlanta
Charles Franklin / Polls And Votes:
Recognition and Favorability of GOP2012 Candidates
Kevinliptak / CNN:
Gingrich nabs high-profile endorsement in South Carolina
Discussion: Moe Lane
Peter Fenn / Pundits Blog:
Mitt Romney: A weathervane in a hurricane
Discussion: New York Times, CNN and Iowa Caucuses
Mark Blumenthal / The Huffington Post:
Newt Gingrich Campaign Struggles With Organization, Power Outsiders Poll Shows
Kevinliptak / CNN:
Barney Frank not seeking re-election in 2012  —  Washington (CNN) - Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank, a prominent 16-term liberal Democrat and arch-enemy of political conservatives nationwide, will announce Monday he does not intend to seek re-election in 2012, according to a statement from Frank's office.
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Boston Globe:
Barney Frank not to seek reelection in 2012  —  On April 20, 2010, US Representative Barney Frank, then chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, struck the gavel during a hearing on the Lehman Brothers collapse  —  US Representative Barney Frank, the state's highest profile congressman …
Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
Race to Replace Frank Could Be Competitive
Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:   Barney Frank Will Not Run Again—So Which Dem Will Run Financial Services?
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Frank: Gingrich against Obama ‘best thing’ for Dems since Goldwater
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
Bloomberg:
Secret Fed Loans Gave U.S. Banks Undisclosed $13B  —  The Federal Reserve and the big banks fought for more than two years to keep details of the largest bailout in U.S. history a secret.  Now, the rest of the world can see what it was missing.  —  The Fed didn't tell anyone which banks …
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Paul Krugman:
Mission Not Accomplished  —  Matt Yglesias and Kevin Drum …
Discussion: Eschaton
Yossi Melman / Reuters:
Report: Explosion rocks Iran city of Isfahan, home to key nuclear facility  —  Semi-official Fars news agency says blast heard distinctly in several parts of the western Iran city; a uranium conversion plant near Isfahan went online in 2004.  —  An explosion rocked the western Iranian city …
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Thomas B. Edsall / Campaign Stops:
The Future of the Obama Coalition  —  For decades, Democrats have suffered continuous and increasingly severe losses among white voters.  But preparations by Democratic operatives for the 2012 election make it clear for the first time that the party will explicitly abandon the white working class.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Inequality: A winning issue for Dems in 2012  —  It's become an article of faith among Republicans, and even some neutral commentators: By embracing the larger message of Occupy Wall Street, and by pushing issues of income inequality and tax fairness to the fore, Democrats risk alienating swing voters …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Campaign 2012
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
DNC to Romney: There you go again - Steve Schwarzman backs Mitt - POLITICO behind-the-scenes eBook on 2012 debuts Wed.: The old Newsweek project, IN REAL TIME — NYT debunks dumb law  —  Good Monday morning.  BRUTAL VIDEO: The DNC, working to define Mitt Romney even before Republicans have a nominee …
Discussion: Metro, CNN, The Caucus and The Daily Caller
Colleen Owens / Big Government:
Richmond City Audits Local Tea Party After Standoff with Mayor  —  Two weeks after the Richmond Tea Party delivered an invoice to Richmond Mayor Dwight Jones for costs incurred for previous rallies, we received a letter from the City of Richmond formally stating that the city is auditing our Tea Party.
Discussion: Sister Toldjah and The PJ Tatler
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Kos / Daily Kos:
Congress is close to destroying the internet (no hyperbole)  —  Big Pharma and the recording and movie industries are on the verge of passing a bill that could very well destroy the social web, including Daily Kos.  —  This is no hyperbole.  Watch the video above.
Zaid Jilani / ThinkProgress:
Why We Occupy: Visualizing The 2012 Federal Discretionary Budget  —  One reason so many people have taken to the streets as part of the 99 Percent Movement is because of the country's lopsided priorities.  The following graphic shows the makeup of federal discretionary spending in the Fiscal Year 2012 budget.
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
The Race-IQ ‘Blackout’  —  Andrew asserts that “pc egalitarianism” is strangling research into IQ.  To buttress this observation he points to a piece in Alternet that basically asserts the same.  The piece contains no numbers to back up the claim, and quotes only one scientist to evidence this scourge of manners.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Things to Tax  —  The supercommittee was a superdud — and we should be glad.  Nonetheless, at some point we'll have to rein in budget deficits.  And when we do, here's a thought: How about making increased revenue an important part of the deal?  —  And I don't just mean a return to Clinton-era tax rates.
 
 
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Jayson Littman / The Huffington Post:
Wanted: Orthodox Rabbis to Sign Anti-Gay Declaration
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Marie Diamond / ThinkProgress:
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Mark Leon Goldberg / UN Dispatch:
Syria Human Rights Abuses: Worse Than You Think
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Game Changer: Roemer-Lieberman!?
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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Divided moderates will be conquered
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Bill Clinton: Hillary to Play ‘Major Role’ After She Leaves Obama Administration
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