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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 …

Discussion: The Reaction, Washington Monthly, Business Insider, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Impolitic, US Politics and Balloon Juice

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 …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Ballot Box, msnbc.com, The Caucus, Los Angeles Times, Taegan Goddard's …, M.JOSEPH SHEPPARD'S …, Business Insider, Daily Kos and National Review

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

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 …

Discussion: Erick's blog

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

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: Washington Monthly, The Moderate Voice and The BRAD BLOG

The Politico:

The return of Bad Newt Gingrich — Longtime Gingrich watchers see clear signs that ‘Good Newt’ is at war with ‘Bad Newt.’ — WEST DES MOINES - Bad Newt's coming back. — The all-too-familiar character from the 1990s has only peeked out in public a handful of times so far.

Discussion: neo-neocon, Iowa Caucuses, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Moderate Voice and Ben Smith's Blog

NationalJournal.com:

Cain Reaches Out to Rivals — GOP presidential contender to announce plans at campaign headquarters in Georgia. — In the hours before he made his planned midday announcement about the future of his presidential campaign, Republican candidate Herman Cain reached out to some of his rivals.

Discussion: Big Government, The Atlantic Online and Michelle Malkin

Dean Schabner Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:

‘Plan B’: Herman Cain Says He's Suspending Campaign — Herman Cain announced today that he is suspending his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, because of “the continued hurt” caused by claims of sexual harassment and a 13-year extramarital affair that he called …

Discussion: msnbc.com, Washington Monthly, ThinkProgress and Patterico's Pontifications

Kevinliptak / CNN:
Romney campaign flexes muscle in New Hampshire

Discussion: Ballot Box and The Politico

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

Discussion: Rod Dreher, Truthdig and Wonkette

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

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

Discussion: BizzyBlog, Towleroad News #gay, Wake up America and Vox Popoli

Kathleen Parker / Washington Post:
Why Republicans like Newt Gingrich

Discussion: The Daily Dish, New York Times, No More Mister Nice Blog, Daily Kos, The Politico and Prairie Weather

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

Discussion: Reuters, CNN and Los Angeles Times

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

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Hit & Run, UrbanGrounds, The Other McCain, Conservatives4Palin and The Lonely Conservative

The Politico:
Decision day for Herman Cain

Discussion: Politics, CNN, The Other McCain, Hot Air, The Spectacle Blog, Outside the Beltway and unionleader.com

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

Discussion: The Politico and CNN

CNN:
Cain suspends presidential bid

Discussion: THEROOT.COM and Florida Democracy 2012

Kevinliptak / CNN:
BREAKING: Cain suspends presidential bid

Discussion: Weasel Zippers

The Caucus:
In Atlanta, Waiting for Herman Cain's Decision

Discussion: Rasmussen Reports, Sister Toldjah, Hot Air and Los Angeles Times

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: Guardian, The Informer, Prairie Weather and MyFox Atlanta

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, LewRockwell.com Blog, msnbc.com and Israel Matzav

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.

Discussion: Questions and Observations, 24Ahead, Weasel Zippers and Wizbang

Jamie Klatell / The Hill:

Obama: Congress 'shouldn't go home' until tax cut is extended — Congress needs to pass an extension to the payroll tax cut and shouldn't adjourn until they do, President Obama said in his weekly address. — “Both parties came together to cut payroll taxes for the typical middle-class family …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit