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Robert Costa / National Review:
BREAKING: Cain ‘Reassessing’ Candidacy — In a conference call this morning, Herman Cain told his senior staff that he is “reassessing” whether to remain in the race. He will make his final decision “over the next several days.” — UPDATE: National Review was on the call. It lasted five minutes.
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Michael Levenson / Boston Globe:
Jon Huntsman: Herman Cain should consider dropping out over latest sexual allegation — Jon Huntsman said today that the continuing sexual allegations against Herman Cain have become a major distraction in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, and Cain should consider dropping out.
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CNN, The Hill and Los Angeles Times
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Report: Cain “reassessing” whether to stay in race
Report: Cain “reassessing” whether to stay in race
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Moderate Voice and CNN
Jason Noble / Iowa Caucuses:
Michele Bachmann offers take on Herman Cain controversy in Iowa radio interview
Michele Bachmann offers take on Herman Cain controversy in Iowa radio interview
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Ballot Box, Mediaite, New York Magazine, Talking Points Memo and Washington Post
Susan Saulny / New York Times:
Cain Accused of Affair by Ginger White
Cain Accused of Affair by Ginger White
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ThinkProgress, Hotline On Call, The Other McCain, Feministe, Iowa Caucuses, Washington Monthly, msnbc.com, Wonkette, CNN and The Reaction, more at Mediagazer »
Richard Teitelbaum / Bloomberg:
How Paulson Gave Hedge Funds Advance Word — Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson stepped off the elevator into the Third Avenue offices of hedge fund Eton Park Capital Management LP in Manhattan. It was July 21, 2008, and market fears were mounting. Four months earlier …
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BBC:
Iran protesters storm UK embassy in Tehran — Militant students are said to have removed the British flag, burnt it and replaced it with Iran's flag. State TV showed youths smashing embassy windows. — The move comes after Iran resolved to reduce ties following the UK's decision to impose further sanctions on it.
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Robin Pomeroy / Reuters:
Iranian protesters storm British embassy
Iranian protesters storm British embassy
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New York Times, Wizbang, Pat Dollard and Gates of Vienna
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Romney's Fading Popularity — You want to know the biggest reason Mitt Romney hasn't surged at any point in the Republican Presidential race this year? It's because the more GOP primary voters across the country have been exposed to him, the less they've liked him.
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GOP 12, DownWithTyranny!, Taylor Marsh and The Daily Dish
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Gingrich still rising — Last night we went into the field in Florida and Montana- we'll have the results of those polls out tomorrow after another night of calls but the early indications are that Newt Gingrich will have a double digit lead in both states- he has not peaked yet and is still on an upward curve.
Walter C. Jones / The Augusta Chronicle:
Gingrich takes lead in SC poll
Gingrich takes lead in SC poll
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Hot Air, No More Mister Nice Blog, Ballot Box, GOP 12 and National Review
Tim Mak / The Politico:
Ann Coulter bleeped on ‘Morning Joe’ — Ann Coulter was bleeped on MSNBC's “Morning Joe” show on Monday but the censoring didn't work and the conservative pundit could be heard using some words not fit for TV. — Coulter appeared to make the comments when talking about deceased Democratic …
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Mj Lee / The Politico:
Chris Christie: President Obama's just a ‘bystander’ — Gov. Chris Christie on Monday tore into President Barack Obama in the aftermath of the supercommittee's failure to reach an agreement on debt reduction last week, asking the president, “What the hell are we paying you for?”
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Christie rips Obama over deficit talks: ‘What the hell are we paying you for?’
Christie rips Obama over deficit talks: ‘What the hell are we paying you for?’
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Bob Owens, The Gateway Pundit, Shakesville and americanthinker.com
Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress:
Newt Gingrich: 'I Call On The President To Repudiate The Concept Of The 99 And The 1′ — 2012 GOP presidential contender Newt Gingrich today, during an event in South Carolina, said that he repudiates the very idea behind the Occupy Wall Street movement — that the economy should work for everyone …
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Roll Call, The Raw Story, Towleroad News #gay and Right Wing Watch
Josh Lederman / The Hill:
Retirements hit Dem aspirations for a House takeover in 2012 — Rep. Barney Frank's (D-Mass.) announcement Monday that he won't seek reelection — coming on the heels of Rep. Charles Gonzalez's (D-Texas) weekend announcement to the same effect — threw another stumbling block in the way of Democrats …
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CNN, Moe Lane, The Politico and HotAirPundit
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Paul Bedard / US News:
Obama's Job Approval Drops Below Carter's — President Obama's slow ride down Gallup's daily presidential job approval index has finally passed below Jimmy Carter, earning Obama the worst job approval rating of any president at this stage of his term in modern political history.
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Jammie Wearing Fools, Pat Dollard, The Gateway Pundit and Weasel Zippers
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Obama Approval Remains at 43% Through Thanksgiving Week
Obama Approval Remains at 43% Through Thanksgiving Week
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Firedoglake, No More Mister Nice Blog, Weasel Zippers, LifeNews.com, The Hill, Campaign 2012 and HotAirPundit
Federal Trade Commission:
Facebook Settles FTC Charges That It Deceived Consumers By Failing To Keep Privacy Promises — The social networking service Facebook has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived consumers by telling them they could keep their information on Facebook private …
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Mark Zuckerberg / Facebook Blog:
Our Commitment to the Facebook Community
Our Commitment to the Facebook Community
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Financial analyst: Consequences of failure to extend payroll tax cut would be dire — What if a top analyst at a major financial firm predicted that failure to pass the payroll tax cut extension would lead to a big drop in that firm's growth forecast? Would that impact the debate at all?
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Washington Monthly and US Politics
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Senate Democrats Propose Extending Payroll Tax Cut
Senate Democrats Propose Extending Payroll Tax Cut
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Nicholas Ballasy / The Daily Caller:
Exclusive: Obama in 2006: I ‘stole’ book title ‘Audacity of Hope’ from Rev. Wright, ‘my pastor’ [VIDEO] — Video obtained exclusively by The Daily Caller shows Illinois Senator Barack Obama, then campaigning for Democrats before the 2006 midterm elections, praising Reverend Jeremiah Wright …
Hoover Institution:
Curing the Unemployment Blues — by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force) — Deregulation is our last, best hope. — One of the enduring faiths of modern progressive thought is that omniscient policy makers …
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Ricochet Conversations Feed, TBogg and Whiskey Fire
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Failing to appreciate the GOP's extremism — Michael Gerson, the conservative Washington Post columnist and former Bush speechwriter, is willing to concede that Mitt Romney took President Obama out of context last week. Gerson, however, is not especially troubled by Romney's dishonesty.
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New York Magazine and Washington Post
Megan Carpentier / The Raw Story:
10 things the iPhone Siri will help you get instead of an abortion — Ask the Siri, the new iPhone 4 assistant, where to get an abortion, and, if you happen to be in Washington, D.C., she won't direct you to the Planned Parenthood on 16th St, NW. Instead, she'll suggest you pay a visit …
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Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
More Now Disagree with Tea Party - Even in Tea Party Districts — Since the 2010 midterm elections, the Tea Party has not only lost support nationwide, but also in the congressional districts represented by members of the House Tea Party Caucus. And this year, the image of the Republican Party …
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David Taintor / tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMDC — Newspapers really are a bummer, aren't they? Always informing readers of news from far-away places, of local legislatures and even governors, like Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who it turns out couldn't care less. — “I don't read newspapers in the state of Ohio,” Kasich said Monday at a college in Columbus.
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