memeorandum: Iowa Poll: Newt Gingrich leads three-candidate race in Iowa (Jennifer Jacobs/Iowa Caucuses)

1:25 AM ET, December 4, 2011

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Jennifer Jacobs / Iowa Caucuses:

Iowa Poll: Newt Gingrich leads three-candidate race in Iowa — Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich appears at a news conference before a tea party rally in New York today. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) — Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich has carved out a clear lead …

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The Caucus:

Herman Cain Suspends His Presidential Campaign — Former presidential candidate Herman Cain and his wife Gloria arrived at a campaign event in Atlanta. — ATLANTA — An unapologetic and defiant Herman Cain suspended his presidential campaign on Saturday, pledging that he “would not go away …

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Kevinliptak / CNN:

Paul campaign calls Trump debate ‘wildly inappropriate’ — (CNN) - At least two Republican presidential hopefuls are declining to participate in a debate moderated by real estate mogul Donald Trump. — Texas Rep. Ron Paul and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman will both skip the debate, citing concerns about the seriousness of the event.

Discussion: The Politico, Hot Air, iOwnTheWorld.com, Outside the Beltway, Gothamist, Harry's Place and Newshoggers.com

George F. Will / Washington Post:

Romney and Gingrich, from bad to worse — Republicans are more conservative than at any time since their 1980 dismay about another floundering president. They are more ideologically homogenous than ever in 156 years of competing for the presidency. They anticipated choosing between Mitt Romney …

Discussion: M.JOSEPH SHEPPARD'S …, Booman Tribune, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Pundit & Pundette and National Review

Emily Schultheis / The Politico:

GOP hopefuls keep it friendly at Huckabee forum — The presidential race began Saturday with Herman Cain's dramatic, theatrical exit from the contest, but it ended with a substantive and subdued discussion of constitutional issues at Mike Huckabee's presidential forum.

Discussion: 2012 Election Central

Andrew Malcolm / Investor's Business Daily:

Is Ron Paul about to win Iowa? He surges past Romney into 2d behind Gingrich — Elderly, iconoclastic Rep. Ron Paul, the longtime champion of meaningless straw polls, is now doing it where it counts in the ongoing struggle for the Republican presidential nomination.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Ballot Box and M.JOSEPH SHEPPARD'S …

Kevinliptak / CNN:
Romney campaign flexes muscle in New Hampshire

Discussion: The Politico

Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
One month before Iowa, GOP field wide open

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John Hinderaker / Power Line:

The Moral of the Herman Cain Story — So Herman Cain is out; no surprise there. There is, I think, a moral to be drawn from his demise. Cain was a hit with Republican voters because of his relentless focus on the economy. He didn't get personal in his attacks on the Obama administration …

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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:

What Herman Cain meant — In a campaign chock full of unbelievable storylines, none was more remarkable than the rise of Herman Cain. — Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain bowed out of the 2012 presidential race on Saturday in Atlanta. (AP Photo/ Richard Shiro) …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, The BRAD BLOG and Washington Monthly

NationalJournal.com:
Cain Reaches Out to Rivals

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Susan Saulny / New York Times:
Herman Cain Suspends His Campaign

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Dean Schabner Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
‘Plan B’: Herman Cain Says He's Suspending Campaign

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The Right Scoop:
Full Speech: Herman Cain drops out of the race for president

Discussion: The Caucus and Sister Toldjah

James Oliphant / Los Angeles Times:
Herman Cain drops out of presidential race

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Krissah Thompson / Washington Post:
Herman Cain suspends his campaign for 2012 GOP presidential nomination

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Peter Schroeder / Ballot Box:
Cain suspends campaign, vows to work from outside the race

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The Politico:
Decision day for Herman Cain

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CNN:
Cain suspends presidential bid

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Kevinliptak / CNN:
BREAKING: Cain suspends presidential bid

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Nicholas Hirshon / NY Daily News:

85-year-old woman may sue TSA after being strip searched at JFK Airport — ‘I really look like a terrorist,’ 110-pound Long Island grandmother says — Lenore Zimmerman, 85, shows injury she says came during strip search by security at JFK Airport. — An 85-year-old Long Island grandmother …

Discussion: National Review, msnbc.com, LewRockwell.com Blog and Israel Matzav

Shelby Grad / L.A. NOW:

Some Occupy L.A. arrestees feel traumatized, might seek therapy — Most of the roughly 300 Occupy L.A. protesters were released from jail by Friday evening, with some immediately speaking out on the police raid that cleared their camp. — One speaker suggested that some of those arrested might need therapy.

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Weasel Zippers, Jammie Wearing Fools and Don Surber

Shelby Grad / L.A. NOW:
LAPD undercover cops infiltrated Occupy camp before raid, source says

Discussion: The Informer, Prairie Weather and MyFox Atlanta

Ross Douthat / New York Times:

The Decadent Left — IN the days when Tea Party activists were crowding town hall meetings and Glenn Beck's fans were thronging the Washington Mall, a kind of existential despair settled over the American left. The country was mired in an economic crisis that most left-wingers believed …

Discussion: Corey Robin and TBogg

Zaid Jilani / ThinkProgress:
Occupy Richmond Stands Up For Local Tea Party Group

Discussion: Big Government and Reuters

Ynetnews:

‘Jew-hate stems from conflict’ — US ambassador in Belgium provides controversial explanation for Muslim anti-Semitism — BRUSSELS - Growing global anti-Semitism is linked to Israel's policy towards the Palestinians, the American ambassador to Belgium told stunned Jewish conference attendants in Brussels earlier this week.

Discussion: Weekly Standard, The Gateway Pundit, Atlas Shrugs, Weasel Zippers, Israel Matzav, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Israpundit

Arizona Daily Star:

Initiative would let illegal immigrants work in Calif. legally — SACRAMENTO, Calif.-Nearly 1 million undocumented immigrants could live and work openly in California with little or no fear of deportation under an initiative unveiled Friday by a state legislator and others.

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