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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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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Report: Cain “reassessing” whether to stay in race — Herman Cain told members of his staff that he is “reassessing” his decision to remain in the race for the Republican presidential nomination following new allegations that he conducted a 13-year-long affair with an Atlanta businesswoman.
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Jason Noble / Iowa Caucuses:
Michele Bachmann offers take on Herman Cain controversy in Iowa radio interview — Michele Bachmann weighed in on breaking news concerning rival presidential candidate Herman Cain, took a few shots at incumbent President Barack Obama and reflected on a long-ago visit to Israel during …
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Michael Levenson / Boston Globe:
Jon Huntsman: Herman Cain should consider dropping out over latest sexual allegation
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Susan Saulny / New York Times:
Cain Accused of Affair by Ginger White
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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
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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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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
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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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Russell Berman / The Hill:
Hoyer: Dems can retake House after retirements of Frank, other Dems
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Karl Rove / Fox News:
Congress Will Be a Better Place When Barney Frank Is Gone
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Investor's Business Daily:
Loved by media, Barney Frank Helped Cause Financial Crisis
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David Firestone / The Loyal Opposition:
Barney Frank, Moderate
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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?’ — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie ripped President Obama for the failure of the debt supercommittee calling the president “a bystander in the Oval Office” in comments Monday. — “I was angry this weekend …
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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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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Obama Approval Remains at 43% Through Thanksgiving Week
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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
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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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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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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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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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Josiah Ryan / The Hill:
Sens. Paul, McCain clash over terrorist detainee amendment — Republican Sens. Rand Paul (Ky.) and John McCain (Ariz.) battled on the Senate floor Tuesday over a proposed amendment to the pending defense authorization bill that could allow American citizens who are suspected of terrorism to be denied a civilian trial.
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