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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 …
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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.
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Washington Post, Runnin' Scared, Mediaite, Business Insider and The Raw Story
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Herman Cain's exit may be coming soon
Herman Cain's exit may be coming soon
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The Other McCain, The Impolitic, Wall Street Journal, UrbanGrounds, ABCNEWS, Wizbang, The Politico and Daily Kos
ABCNEWS:
Herman Cain: 'No Way He's Dropping Out,' Says Campaign Manager
Herman Cain: 'No Way He's Dropping Out,' Says Campaign Manager
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The Hill, Los Angeles Times, The Political Carnival and National Review
Jonathan Easley / Ballot Box:
Cain accuser says he's not fit to be president
Cain accuser says he's not fit to be president
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The Gateway Pundit
Laura Reddy / ABCNEWS:
Former Business Partner: Ginger White Never Mentioned Herman Cain
Former Business Partner: Ginger White Never Mentioned Herman Cain
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NewsBusters.org blogs and Gothamist
New York Times:
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 …
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Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Gingrich, Romney Outstrip Paul in Popularity Within the GOP — Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney are maintaining broad popularity in the Republican Party, both far outstripping GOP rival Ron Paul in basic favorability. But among independents - crucial swing voters in the general election - the advantage is Romney's.
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GOP 12, The Page and Outside the Beltway
Walter C. Jones / Florida Times Union:
Poll: Newt Gingrich soars in Florida — ATLANTA - Newt Gingrich is the current favorite in Florida's Jan. 31 Republican presidential primary, picking up supporters who fled Herman Cain to claim 41 percent in a poll conducted Tuesday night for the Florida Times-Union.
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Ballot Box and Orlando Sentinel
Jennifer Haberkorn / The Politico:
Gingrich and Romney: Same health plan, different candidate
Gingrich and Romney: Same health plan, different candidate
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Associated Press, ABCNEWS and ThinkProgress
Ben Adler / thenation.com/blogs/163272:
Why Conservatives Like Newt Gingrich
Why Conservatives Like Newt Gingrich
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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.
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Ben Smith's Blog, Balloon Juice, Tablet Magazine and Business Insider
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 …
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TalkLeft, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Atlantic Online and AlterNet
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Emma Sullivan's potty-mouthed tweet has a lesson for all of us
Emma Sullivan's potty-mouthed tweet has a lesson for all of us
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Booman Tribune, Balloon Juice, The Atlantic Online and ThinkProgress
Philly.com:
Police clear Occupy encampment, dozens arrested — Police swarmed around City Hall and rousted Occupy Philadelphia protesters from their encampment overnight, more than two days after a deadline passed for them to leave. — The occupiers responded by roaming around Center City …
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L.A. NOW, Nation Now, Booman Tribune, Balloon Juice and Jammie Wearing Fools
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Reuters:
Police dismantle anti-Wall Street's LA camp
Police dismantle anti-Wall Street's LA camp
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The Politico, americanthinker.com and Facebook
Associated Press:
Police in LA, Philly raid Occupy camps
Police in LA, Philly raid Occupy camps
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Fox News, Weasel Zippers and Althouse
Simone Wilson / The Informer:
Occupy L.A. Eviction: Is LAPD Restricting Coverage With Last-Minute ‘Pool Media’?
Occupy L.A. Eviction: Is LAPD Restricting Coverage With Last-Minute ‘Pool Media’?
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L.A. NOW, Runnin' Scared, Poynter, The BRAD BLOG and Firedoglake, more at Mediagazer »
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.
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Binyamin Appelbaum / New York Times:
Central Banks Take Joint Action to Ease Debt Crisis
Central Banks Take Joint Action to Ease Debt Crisis
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The Atlantic Online, The Enterprise Blog, Reuters, Business Insider, Real Time Economics, Modeled Behavior and Eschaton
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Obama won't change automatic spending cuts — President Barack Obama isn't open to renegotiating the spending cuts triggered by the supercommittee's failure to reach a deficit-reduction deal even as some Democrats float the possibility, White House press secretary Jay Carney said Wednesday.
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Loren Thompson / blogs.forbes.com/lorenthompson:
Why Defense Cuts Could Doom Obama's Re-election Bid
Why Defense Cuts Could Doom Obama's Re-election Bid
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Hot Air, Democratic Strategist and Speakeasy
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.
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Sense of Events, Hit & Run and Weasel Zippers
Mike Beaudet / MyFox Boston:
Teacher was a porn star — BOSTON (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - Kevin Hogan is an English teacher and crew coach at a top-rated Massachusetts public high school, but he brings some unusual experience to the job: until recently, he was starring in pornographic movies.
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The Huffington Post, Towleroad News #gay and Joe. My. God.
Nile Gardiner / The Heritage Foundation:
Does Obama Know the Difference between Great Britain and England? — It is gratifying to see President Barack Obama condemn the disgraceful storming of the British Embassy in Tehran by thugs acting at the behest of the Iranian regime. After all, Obama has been notoriously slow in the past …
Naftali Bendavid / Wall Street Journal:
GOP Set to Back Payroll-Tax Cut — Republican leaders said Tuesday they would join Democrats in supporting an extension of the 2011 payroll-tax cut despite some reluctance within the GOP, virtually assuring that American wage-earners will continue to receive the benefit next year.
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Firedoglake, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Washington Monthly, Bloomberg, Campaign 2012, The White House, msnbc.com, ABCNEWS and Calculated Risk
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Richard Cowan / Reuters:
U.S. Republicans back payroll tax cut extension
U.S. Republicans back payroll tax cut extension
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Washington Post, Washington Monthly, The Right Sphere, Daily Kos, The Loyal Opposition and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Marc Caputo / Naked Politics:
Bret Baier Q&A shows why Mitt Romney shies away from media asking about his record — Mitt Romney has received his share of grief for ducking reporters, with fellow Republican opponent Jon Huntsman releasing a “Scared Mittless” web ad that poked fun at the candidate's penchant for avoiding the news media.
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msnbc.com, Mediaite, The Caucus and The Daily Caller
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
DNC blasts ABC's Tapper on stimulus
DNC blasts ABC's Tapper on stimulus
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Democratic National Committee, Weasel Zippers, NewsBusters.org blogs and ABCNEWS
Neil Munro / The Daily Caller:
Holder lashes out at The Daily Caller while refusing to address growing calls for his resignation — Embattled Attorney General Eric Holder today demanded The Daily Caller stop publishing articles about the growing calls in Congress for his resignation because of the failed Operation Fast and Furious gun-walking program.
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Michelle Malkin, Hot Air, iOwnTheWorld.com, The Sundries Shack, Right Wing News, Big Journalism, Nice Deb, Bob Owens and Atlas Shrugs
Kimberly Kindy / Washington Post:
Despite earmark ban, lawmakers try to give money to hundreds of pet projects — Members of the House and the Senate attempted to pack hundreds of special spending provisions into at least 10 bills in the summer and fall, less than a year after congressional leaders declared a moratorium on earmarks, congressional records show.
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Questions and Observations, The Heritage Foundation, The Hill and Prairie Weather
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
The Receding Democratic Majority? — Obama has a “path to 270.” Republicans hope he makes it even farther. — Back in 2002, John Judis and Ruy Teixeira published a book titled “The Emerging Democratic Majority,” in which they argued that demographic trends were the Democrats' friends …
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Brookings Institute, Samizdata.net and Democratic Strategist
Robert Draper / New York Times:
Building a Better Mitt Romney-Bot — “Your story about dust regulation captures my interest,” Mitt Romney said to the farmer, sounding as if he actually meant it. It was a late October afternoon in Treynor, Iowa, the setting for one of those campaign meta-events at which a presidential candidate enjoys …
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Iowa Caucuses, Hotline On Call and The Caucus