memeorandum: Group calls for Bush arrest (Byron Tau/The Politico)

2:50 AM ET, December 2, 2011

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Gingrich Tells ABC News: 'I'm Going to Be The Nominee' — WEST DES MOINES, IOWA — A very confident New Gingrich asserted to ABC News Thursday afternoon that he will be the Republican presidential nominee. — “I'm going to be the nominee,” the former Speaker told ABC News.

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Hot Air, TigerHawk, MyFox Boston, The Daily Caller, The Hill, The Moderate Voice, The Other McCain, Gawker, Guardian and Indecision Forever

Nick Kalman / Fox News:

Newt: Poor Children Have “No Habits of Working” — GOP hopeful Newt Gingrich defended his stance against certain child labor laws during a campaign stop in Iowa Thursday, saying that children born into poverty aren't accustomed to working unless it involves crime.

Discussion: MyFox Atlanta and The Lonely Conservative

Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:

Newt Gingrich's disgusting remarks about ‘really poor children’ — Newt Gingrich, the know-it-all former Speaker of the House who now rides atop the polls for the Republican nomination for president, has been shooting his mouth off lately. He called himself a celebrity who makes $60,000 a speech.

Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:

Florida shows perils of Gingrich for GOP — If the Newt surge persists over the next few months the biggest winner is going to be Barack Obama. We can see that pretty clearly in our newest Florida poll. — If Mitt Romney's the Republican nominee, Obama's in a lot of trouble in the Sunshine State.

Discussion: his vorpal sword, Indecision Forever, Hot Air, GOP 12 and Campaign 2012

Jonathan Easley / The Hill:

Gingrich: Poor kids have bad work habits 'unless it's illegal' — GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said Thursday that “really poor children” have bad work habits and no knowledge of how to make an income “unless it's illegal.” — Doubling down on his argument that children …

Discussion: DISSENTING JUSTICE and Daily Kos

Jonathan Weisman / Washington Wire:
Chris Christie Slams Newt Gingrich

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Nmcalvanah / Florida Democracy 2012:
Christie: Gingrich Has Never Run Anything

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Opinion L.A., Los Angeles Times and Hot Air

John Gizzi / Human Events:
Top Romney Aide Calls Gingrich Evil

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Dylan Byers / Ben Smith's Blog:
Fox's temptation: Newt

Discussion: Washington Post and Business Insider

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Gingrich's hand ‘always six inches from the self-destruct button’

Discussion: The Politico, GOP 12, National Review and msnbc.com

Morgen / Verum Serum:
Unearthed: Gingrich Makes the Case for GSE's on Freddie Mac's Web Site in 2007/2008

Discussion: judicialwatch.org, Ed Driscoll, Campaign 2012, The Right Scoop, The Other McCain, The Lonely Conservative and National Review

Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:
Mitt Romney preps Newt Gingrich attack

Erin McPike / Real Clear Politics:
Gingrich Instructs Team Not to Attack Romney

Discussion: GOP 12

John DiStaso / unionleader.com:

Cain: Wife didn't know about friendship, ‘financial assistance’ to Ginger White — MANCHESTER - Herman Cain acknowledged Thursday that he repeatedly gave Ginger White money to help her with “month-to-month bills and expenses” without telling his wife. — In fact, the embattled presidential candidate …

Discussion: Hot Air, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, C-SPAN, Business Insider, Washington Wire, Mediaite, UrbanGrounds, ABCNEWS, MyFox Atlanta, Outside the Beltway, Little Green Footballs, The Right Scoop, American Power, New York Times, Daily Kos and Iowa Caucuses

Shannon McCaffrey / Associated Press:

For Herman Cain, the campaign all but over — ATLANTA (AP) — Herman Cain is still campaigning for president. But by most measures, his White House bid is all but over. — His standing in polls is cratering. Supporters are wavering if not fleeing. Fundraising is suffering.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Weasel Zippers and Los Angeles Times

Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:

Herman Cain sets Monday decision deadline — Herman Cain said Thursday night he'll decide by Monday whether he continues or suspends his campaign for president, as the Atlanta woman who claimed to have had a 13-year affair with him described the relationship as “a sexual affair.”

Discussion: CNN

CNN:
Cain's wife not aware of friendship with Ginger White

Discussion: The Politico

msnbc.com:
Cain gave affair accuser money without wife's consent

Discussion: Mediaite, Balloon Juice and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Byron Tau / The Politico:

Group calls for Bush arrest — Amnesty International is calling for the arrest of former President George W. Bush while he is travelling overseas in Africa. — The human rights group issued a statement Thursday calling for the governments of Ethiopia, Tanzania or Zambia to take the former president into custody.

Discussion: Agence France Presse, americanthinker.com, The Gateway Pundit, CNN and ThinkProgress

Judson Berger / Fox News:
Amnesty International Under Fire for Demanding Bush's Arrest During Trip to Africa

Discussion: Weasel Zippers

Wall Street Journal:

Google Eyes Amazon on Shipping — In a potential strike against Amazon.com Inc., Google Inc. is in talks with major retailers and shippers to create a service that lets consumers shop for goods on the Web and receive orders within a day for a low fee, according to people familiar with the matter.

Discussion: Digits, TechCrunch, New York Times, The Verge, Money & Company and AllThingsD, more at Techmeme »

John E. Kramer / ij.org:

Cancer Patients Win Bone Marrow Legal Fight Against U.S. Attorney General — Cancer Patients in California and Elsewhere May Now Offer Modest Compensation for Bone Marrow Donors — Nearly 3,000 Americans Die Each Year Waiting to Find a Bone Marrow Donor Match, Minorities Hit Hardest by Lack of Donors

Discussion: PointOfLaw Forum

Associated Press:
Court says some bone marrow donors can be paid, overturning law that made compensation a crime

Discussion: Hit & Run, EconLog and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Keenan Steiner / Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group:

Another renewable energy loan recipient hires lobbyists, has fundraising ties to Obama — Abound Solar, another participant in the Department of Energy's loan guarantee program, which is facing scrutiny, has hired Washington lobbyists because of that attention, a company spokesperson said.

Discussion: OpenSecrets.org, Campaign 2012 and Weasel Zippers

Andrew Restuccia / The Hill: Rep. Ryan: Calculate the true cost of Energy Dept. loan guarantees

Rahm Emanuel / NBC Chicago:
Emanuel ‘Will Testify’ in Solyndra Scandal

Discussion: The Hill and The Politico

Chris Moody / Yahoo! News:

How Republicans are being taught to talk about Occupy Wall Street — ORLANDO, Fla. — The Republican Governor's Association met this week in Florida to give GOP state executives a chance to rejuvenate, strategize and team-build. But during a plenary session on Wednesday, one question kept coming up …

Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:

Ex-Governor Bill Richardson Is Said to Be Under Investigation — PHOENIX — Bill Richardson, the former governor of New Mexico who ran for president in 2008, is being investigated by a federal grand jury for possible violations of campaign finance laws, according to people with knowledge of the inquiry.

CBS Washington:

New Gun Company Advertisement Compares Obama to Hitler, Stalin — WASHINGTON, D.C. (CBS Washington) — A gun company advertisement that warns of impending gun control compares President Obama to Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin. — The USAAmmo ad shows side-by-side pictures of Obama with Hitler …

Discussion: American Glob

Nick Hanauer / Bloomberg:

Raise Taxes on Rich to Reward True Job Creators: Nick Hanauer — It is a tenet of American economic beliefs, and an article of faith for Republicans that is seldom contested by Democrats: If taxes are raised on the rich, job creation will stop. — Trouble is, sometimes the things that we know to be true are dead wrong.

Discussion: Business Insider, Hullabaloo, ThinkProgress, Daily Kos and Political Mojo

Pew Hispanic Center:

Unauthorized Immigrants: Length of Residency, Patterns of Parenthood — OVERVIEW — Nearly two-thirds of the 10.2 million unauthorized adult immigrants in the United States have lived in this country for at least 10 years and nearly half are parents of minor children …

Discussion: The Caucus, Navel Gazing, Hot Air, Univision News Tumblr, ABCNEWS, Political Mojo, Reuters and Hit & Run

Tom Krisher / Associated Press:

APNewsBreak: GM willing to buy back Volts … NEW YORK (AP) — General Motors will buy Chevrolet Volts back from any owner who is afraid the electric cars will catch fire, the company's CEO said Thursday. — In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, CEO Dan Akerson insisted …

Discussion: The Heritage Foundation, Weasel Zippers, JunkScience.com and The Atlantic Online

Maggie Haberman / The Politico:

Rick Perry 2012 video: 'I'm Rick Perry and...what's that line again?' — Rick Perry is heading to Jay Leno's couch tonight, and he's making the most of it - airing this campaign ad in Iowa, in which he takes on his own “oops” moment from the CNBC debate in which he couldn't remember the third agency he'd cut …

Discussion: CNN, Los Angeles Times, msnbc.com, The Caucus, Florida Democracy 2012, Sister Toldjah and Business Insider

Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:

Modest Rise in Number Saying There Is ‘Solid Evidence’ of Global Warming — More Moderate Republicans See Evidence of Warming — OVERVIEW — The percentage of Americans who say there is solid evidence of global warming has increased modestly over the past two years.

Discussion: Guardian, Reuters and The Hill

Dan Froomkin / The Huffington Post:

Suskind's Confidence Men Raises Questions About Obama's Credibility — Barack Obama , Larry Summers , Bill Daley , Gene Sperling , Peter Orszag , Robert Rubin , Tim Geithner , White House Economic Team , Confidence Men , Jack Lew , Ron Suskind , Politics News

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, Verum Serum and CNN