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5:10 PM ET, November 30, 2011

Top Items:

Gingrich Gave Push to Clients, Not Just Ideas — Newt Gingrich is adamant that he is not a lobbyist, but rather a visionary who traffics in ideas, not influence. But in the eight years since he started his health care consultancy, he has made millions of dollars while helping companies promote …

Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog, The Hill, The Loyal Opposition, msnbc.com, Wonkette, Campaign 2012, PERRspectives, Business Insider, ABCNEWS, Taylor Marsh, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Caucus, Prairie Weather, Indecision Forever, The Buzz Florida Politics Feed, White House Dossier and National Review

Gschwarzcnn / CNN:

TRENDING: While defending himself, Perry steps in it again — (CNN) - Rick Perry sought to defend a recent gaffe in an interview Wednesday, but in the same appearance made another. — On Tuesday, the Republican presidential candidate incorrectly said the voting age in the U.S. is 21 instead …

Discussion: Little Green Footballs and iOwnTheWorld.com

Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:

Gingrich up big in Florida and Montana — Newt Gingrich's momentum is continuing to build, and he now leads Mitt Romney by over 25 points in both Florida and Montana. — In Florida Gingrich is at 47% to 17% for Romney, 15% for Herman Cain, 5% for Ron Paul, 4% for Michele Bachmann …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, ABCNEWS, Hot Air, Taegan Goddard's …, CBS Miami, Campaign 2012 and The Buzz Florida Politics Feed

Jim Geraghty / National Review:

Newt Gingrich Said What? — Recalling a speech where Newt Gingrich proposed abolishing tenure at state universities, I decided to go through the news archives for other examples of bold, intriguing ideas that went nowhere. There is no doubt that Newt Gingrich is one of the most creative and energetic thinkers in the Republican Party.

Discussion: The Spectacle Blog, RedState and The Daily Caller

Washington Examiner:
Conservatives should think twice about Newt

Discussion: The Spectacle Blog and Instapundit

Jonathan Easley / Ballot Box:
Another poll shows Gingrich up big in Florida

Discussion: CNN

Walter C. Jones / Florida Times Union:
Poll: Newt Gingrich soars in Florida

Discussion: The Impolitic, Hot Air, Ballot Box and Orlando Sentinel

Emily Schultheis / Ben Smith's Blog:
Registration or not, Gingrich was a lobbyist

Discussion: Campaign 2012 and ABCNEWS

Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Political Memo: Presidential Candidates Make Fewer In-Person Appearances

Discussion: The Caucus

Amanda Gaines / WMAL 105.9 FM/AM 630:
LISTEN: GOP Rep. Allen West Calls Cain a ‘Distracter’ in Republican Race

Discussion: Washington Wire and Riptide 2.0

Jonathan Martin / Reuters:

Herman Cain's campaign a study in ineptitude — Herman Cain is in the midst of “reassessing” whether to continue his 2012 bid, but its legacy is already settled: His campaign will go down as one of the most hapless and bumbling operations in modern presidential politics …

Discussion: CNN, A plain blog about politics, The Daily Caller, Little Green Footballs, The Politico, American Prospect, Cincinnati.com, Daily Kos, Daniel W. Drezner, Washington Post, Taylor Marsh, The Strata-Sphere, Balloon Juice, Zandar Versus The Stupid, Metro and ABCNEWS

Mary Lu Carnevale / Washington Wire:

Herman Cain Pushes Ahead With Campaign — Herman Cain said Wednesday that he was “reassessing” and “re-evaluating” his presidential campaign, after a Georgia woman said Monday she had a 13-year affair with the married GOP candidate. … When an ABC News reporter asked after a rally in West Chester …

Discussion: ABCNEWS and MyFox Atlanta

ABCNEWS:

Herman Cain Would Not Make a ‘Good President,’ Ginger White Says — Ginger White, who says she was involved in a 13 or 14 year “on and off” affair with Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain, today told me she does not think he is fit to be president.

Discussion: Iowa Caucuses, The Hill, Los Angeles Times, Jack & Jill Politics, Runnin' Scared, Business Insider, National Review, NewsBusters.org blogs and The Raw Story

A.Killough / CNN:
Cain to CNN: ‘A decision in the next several days’

Discussion: The Hill, Weasel Zippers and Daily Kos

Chip Somodevilla / ABCNEWS:
Herman Cain: ‘They Are Trying to Do Character Assassination On Me’

Discussion: The Caucus, Reuters, Daily Kos and Washington Post

Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Huntsman calls latest Cain accusation ‘bimbo eruption’

Discussion: Boston Herald and ECHIDNE of the snakes

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:

For release at 8:00 a.m. EST — The Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan, the European Central Bank, the Federal Reserve, and the Swiss National Bank are today announcing coordinated actions to enhance their capacity to provide liquidity support to the global financial system.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, New York Magazine, Guardian, Freakonomics, Swampland, Questions and Observations, Felix Salmon, naked capitalism, msnbc.com, Calculated Risk and Michelle Malkin

Binyamin Appelbaum / New York Times:

Central Banks Take Joint Action to Ease Debt Crisis — WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve moved Wednesday with other major central banks to buttress financial markets by increasing the availability of dollars outside the United States, reflecting growing concern about the fallout of the European debt crisis.

Discussion: Business Insider, Real Time Economics, The Enterprise Blog, Reuters, TalkLeft, Modeled Behavior, Prairie Weather, The Atlantic Online, Gothamist and Eschaton

Publications:
Coordinated central bank action to address pressures in global money markets

Discussion: The Big Picture, FT Alphaville and Real Time Economics

Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:

Here's to Potty-Mouthing, and the Real Lesson for All of Us — It is very clear that Emma Sullivan of Shawnee Mission East High School is a late-charging entrant for Person of the Year at the blog here. If there was ever any doubt, it was erased when Ruth Marcus, an “opinion writer” …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, No More Mister Nice Blog, Balloon Juice and Eschaton

Glenn Greenwald / Salon:

Ruth Marcus reveals another journalistic value — The Post columnist demands an apology from a high school student for harshly criticizing her governor — Yesterday, The New York Times' Roger Cohen displayed a core value of American political journalism — love of government secrecy …

Discussion: Booman Tribune, Lawyers, Guns & Money, TalkLeft, Balloon Juice, The Atlantic Online, Washington Post and AlterNet

TheAustralian:

A second Iranian nuclear facility has exploded, as diplomatic tensions rise between the West and Tehran — SHEERA FRENKEL - … AN IRANIAN nuclear facility has been hit by a huge explosion, the second such blast in a month, prompting speculation that Tehran's military and atomic sites are under attack.

Discussion: National Review, Global Guerrillas, Michael Totten, Israel Matzav and Yourish.com

Scott Wong / The Politico:

Fed salary freeze to cover payroll tax cut? — Senate Republicans are coalescing around a plan that would continue the current salary freeze for all federal workers and lawmakers to pay for an extension of the payroll tax cut favored by President Barack Obama and other Democrats, a GOP senator told POLITICO on Wednesday.

Discussion: The Enterprise Blog and Daily Kos

Russell Berman / The Hill: GOP leaders to rank and file: Don't blow our advantage on taxes

Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The Morning Plum — * Obama's reelection challenge …

Discussion: msnbc.com, New York Times, A plain blog about politics, Washington Monthly and Political Mojo

Richard Cowan / Reuters:
U.S. Republicans back payroll tax cut extension

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, The Right Sphere, Washington Post, Washington Monthly, Daily Kos, Political Mojo, US Politics, Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Loyal Opposition

Hunter Walker / PolitickerNY:

Mayor Bloomberg: ‘I Have My Own Army’ — In a speech at MIT last night to discuss the packed sweepstakes to build a tech campus in New York City, Mayor Bloomberg said he prefers City Hall to the White House. Almost immediately after Mayor Bloomberg dampened recent speculation he's eyeing a White House bid …

Discussion: Gothamist, Runnin' Scared, Weasel Zippers, Hit & Run, Taegan Goddard's …, The Raw Story, Wonkette, Gawker, New York Magazine, EconomicPolicyJournal.com and Jammie Wearing Fools

Ryan Young / WSB-TV:

Movers, deputies refuse to evict 103-year-old woman — ATLANTA, Ga. — A 103-year-old woman and her 83-year-old daughter were just moments from being evicted from their home Tuesday, when sheriff's deputies and the moving company hired by the bank decided not to go through with the action.

Discussion: The Raw Story and Gawker

Zaid Jilani / ThinkProgress: Movers And Sheriff's Deputies Refuse Bank's Order To Evict 103-Year-Old Atlanta Woman

Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:

Netanyahu Government Suggests Israelis Avoid Marrying American Jews — The Netanyahu government's Ministry of Immigrant Absorption is sponsoring advertisements in at least five American communities that warn Israeli expatriates that they will lose their identities if they don't return home.

Discussion: Gawker, Balloon Juice, Tablet Magazine, Ben Smith's Blog, Angry Black Lady Chronicles, The Daily Dish and Business Insider

Mark Hemingway / Weekly Standard:

Obama Admin Seals Records of Murdered Border Patrol Agent Implicated in Fast and Furious — And to think that Attorney General Eric Holder is getting testy about congressional calls for his resignation. After all, the Justice Department has nothing to hide, right?

Discussion: Power Line, Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, Atlas Shrugs, The Gateway Pundit and The Daily Caller

William Lajeunesse / Fox News:
‘Fast and Furious’ Whistleblowers Struggle Six Months After Testifying Against ATF Program

Discussion: Bob Owens, Fox News Insider and Nice Deb

Joe Eskenazi / The Snitch:

Happy Meal Ban: McDonald's Outsmarts San Francisco — On Thursday, Dec. 1, the city's de facto ban of the Happy Meal commences. San Francisco has accomplished what the Hamburglar could not. Or has it? — In order to include a toy with a meal, restaurants must now comply with city-generated nutritional standards.

Discussion: Hit & Run, Sense of Events, Weasel Zippers, Wake up America and KQED News Fix

Tiffany Hsu / Money & Company:
Toys with McDonald's Happy Meals will cost a dime in San Francisco

Discussion: MyFox Atlanta

Shelby Grad / L.A. NOW:

Villaraigosa: Children living at Occupy L.A. sparked eviction order — Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said he decided it was time to evict Occupy L.A. protesters from the City Hall lawn after learning that there were children staying there. — Given the smattering of assaults and other incidents reported …

Discussion: The Informer, NBC Los Angeles, Guardian, ThinkProgress, msnbc.com, Balloon Juice, KQED News Fix and Opinion L.A., more at Mediagazer »

Reuters:
Police dismantle anti-Wall Street's LA camp

Discussion: Associated Press, L.A. NOW, Philly.com, Facebook, Weasel Zippers, Occupy Los Angeles, Wake up America, The Gateway Pundit, The Politico, americanthinker.com and Truthdig

kff.org:

Kaiser Health Tracking Poll — November 2011 — The November Health Tracking Poll takes a closer look at public opinion and knowledge about specific provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). Findings include: — After taking a negative turn in October …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Firedoglake, Liberal Values, ABCNEWS and Swampland