memeorandum: Cain Surges, Nearly Ties Romney for Lead in GOP Preferences (Lydia Saad/Gallup)

11:25 PM ET, October 10, 2011

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Conservatives launch “We are the 53 percent” to criticize 99 percenters — Conservative activists have created a Tumblr called “We are the 53 percent” that's meant to be a counterpunch to the viral “We are the 99 percent” site that's become a prominent symbol for the Occupy Wall Street movement.

Discussion: Balloon Juice, Grasping Reality … and Suburban Guerrilla

Michael Howard Saul / Metropolis:

Bloomberg: Occupy Wall Street Can Stay Indefinitely … Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Monday that he'll allow the Wall Street protesters to stay indefinitely, provided they abide by the law, marking his strongest statement to date on the city's willingness to let demonstrators occupy a park in Lower Manhattan.

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Helen Kennedy / NY Daily News:

Occupy Wall Street protesters plan ‘Millionaires March’ to Rupert Murdoch's, tycoons' NYC homes — The Occupy Wall Street protesters are planning to get in the face of some of New York's richest tycoons on Tuesday. — A “Millionaires March” will visit the homes - or, more realistically …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Philly.com and JammieWearingFool

John Cook / Gawker:

Is James O'Keefe a Fugitive? — As we mentioned earlier, right-wing hitman James O'Keefe was spotted lurking at the Occupy Wall Street protest in Manhattan's Liberty Plaza today. That might not be good news for O'Keefe, since he's on probation and requires the permission of a federal magistrate judge …

Discussion: Gothamist, Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, New York Magazine and Dependable Renegade, more at Mediagazer »

Matthew Vadum / Big Government:

BREAKING: Operation #OccupyWallStreeters-SEIU's Stephen Lerner Leaks Plan to Terrorize Corporate Executives — Radical labor organizer Stephen Lerner of SEIU intends to terrorize the families of bank executives in their homes as part of the Occupy Wall Street protests. — Stephen Lerner

Discussion: The Right Scoop and Sister Toldjah

NY Daily News:

It's a ‘mob’ just for differing with you? — Rep. Eric Cantor called the Occupy Wall Street protesters a ‘mob.’ — Here is a phony named Eric Cantor, the House majority leader, a dull young congressman clearly aspiring to be an even duller presidential candidate someday, calling the Occupy Wall Street people a “mob.”

Discussion: Don Surber, Washington Post, Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I, WNYC News Blog, Fox News, Lance Mannion and New York Times

Mike Lillis / The Hill:

Dems aggressively counter Republican attacks on anti-Wall Street protests — Democratic leaders are pushing back aggressively against Republican attacks on the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York and Washington. — They say the conservative criticism of the rallies is evidence …

Adrian Chen / Gawker:
Here's Video of James O'Keefe Scheming at Occupy Wall Street

Discussion: Gothamist, The Gateway Pundit, The Political Carnival, Guardian, New York Magazine, Poynter and The Atlantic Online, more at Mediagazer »

New York Post:
Sex, drugs and hiding from the law at Wall Street protests

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Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Democratic Party Going All-In on Occupy Wall Street

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, The Camp Of The Saints, Bloomberg, New York Post, Michelle Malkin, Ironic Surrealism, Hot Air, iOwnTheWorld.com, Pat Dollard, Weasel Zippers, ABCNEWS, Power Line, Verum Serum, Wake up America, Cold Fury and The Lonely Conservative

Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Help wanted — Reader Greg Farrell writes to point out what he found on Craigslist.

Discussion: Hot Air, neo-neocon, Runnin' Scared, Moe Lane and Bookworm Room

Justin Sink / The Hill:
Poll finds majority of Americans aware of Occupy Wall Street protests

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Pat Dollard

Lee Fang / ThinkProgress:
Journalists Funded By ‘Vulture Capitalist’ Paul Singer Campaign To Smear Wall Street Protests

Discussion: NY Daily News, Business Insider, Room Eight and Sky Dancing

John Rossomando / The Daily Caller:
Obama attacks banks while raking in Wall Street dough

Discussion: Hot Air, Don Surber, Fire Andrea Mitchell! and NewsBusters.org blogs

Lydia Saad / Gallup:

Cain Surges, Nearly Ties Romney for Lead in GOP Preferences — Romney and Cain closely matched near 20%, with Perry at 15% — PRINCETON, NJ — Republicans' support for Herman Cain has surged to 18%, their support for Rick Perry has sagged to 15%, and their support for Mitt Romney remains relatively stable at 20%.

Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:

Gallup: Obama Hits All-Time Low Among Blacks as Cain Surges Among Republicans — (CNSNews.com) - Gallup released new polling data today that showed African American presidential candidate Herman Cain's support was surging among Republicans even as President Barack Obama's job approval hit an all-time low among blacks.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Fire Andrea Mitchell!

Frances Martel / Mediaite:

Harry Belafonte To Joy Behar: Herman Cain Is A ‘Totally False’ ‘Bad Apple’ In The Black Community — Weird things come in threes, and today the final chapter of “Legendary Crooners Make Surprisingly Bold Political Statements” arrived today with an exclusive Joy Behar interview with Harry Belafonte …

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Raw Story and We are respectable negroes

Journalistdee / CNN:
Poverty ambassadors blast Herman Cain's views on racism

Discussion: The Politico and Weasel Zippers

Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
As poll numbers drop, Perry pushed to side of debate stage

Discussion: CNN, The Hill, New York Magazine, The New Republic and Trail Blazers Blog

Herman Cain / KWTX-TV:
God Told Me To Run

Discussion: Little Green Footballs and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Romney: Vote for me or Cain

Discussion: Hot Air and Verum Serum

Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
New poll shows Obama losing to ... Herman Cain

Discussion: The Crawdad Hole, National Review and Poll Position

Harvard University Institute of Politics:
NEW POLL FROM INSTITUTES OF POLITICS AT HARVARD, SAINT ANSELM FINDS ROMNEY LEADING NH PRIMARY FIELD BY 18 POINTS

Discussion: Washington Post, Hot Air, FiveThirtyEight, The Raw Story, The Other McCain, National Review, GOP 12, Taegan Goddard's …, CNN, Lynn Sweet, American Power and The Hill

Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Santorum targets Romney, Perry and Cain with new ad

Discussion: CBS News, PolitickerNY, American Spectator and Hot Air

Paul Krugman:

Sign Of The Times — Macro in the park. — It's not centrist when Democrats do it. — Go Princeton! (And NYU) — All hail the new laureates. — Financial Romanticism — Laissez-faire won't work. — October 09 — Was Failure Inevitable? — Maybe, but trying couldn't and can't hurt.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers

Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:

Warren raises $3.15M; Brown raises $1.55M — Elizabeth Warren raised more than $3 million in a little more than six weeks to fund her Senate bid in Massachusetts — more than twice the figure pulled in by incumbent Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.). — The astounding figure anchors the notion …

Discussion: Blue Mass Group, Booman Tribune, CNN, The Daily Caller, The Moderate Voice and The Raw Story

Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:

Obama the loner — The Post's Scott Wilson penned a provocative piece over the weekend that cast President Obama's current political problems through the lens of his loner tendencies. — Is President Obama a loner? REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Wrote Wilson:

Discussion: The Caucus, US Politics and Pajamas Media

New York Post:

Aimless Obama walks alone — The reports are not good, disturbing even. I have heard basically the same story four times in the last 10 days, and the people doing the talking are in New York and Washington and are spread across the political spectrum. — The gist is this …

Discussion: iOwnTheWorld.com, The Hinterland Gazette, neo-neocon, The Strata-Sphere, Babalú Blog, Sister Toldjah, Pajamas Media and Hot Air

Natalie Harrison / Apple:

iPhone 4S Pre-Orders Top One Million in First 24 Hours — Apple® today announced pre-orders of its iPhone® 4S have topped one million in a single day, surpassing the previous single day pre-order record of 600,000 held by iPhone 4. iPhone 4S is the most amazing iPhone yet …

Discussion: AllThingsD, Bits, L.A. Times Tech Blog, VentureBeat, Fortune, Engadget, MyFox New York and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »

Felix Salmon:

Chart of the day, median income edition — Why has no one thought to do this before? Every month, the Current Population Survey goes out to a nationally representative sample of more than 50,000 interviewed households and their members. And in one of the questions, those households …

Discussion: Economix, The New Republic, Grasping Reality …, Firedoglake, The Lonely Conservative, Political Mojo, Pat Dollard and Truthdig

Jason Ukman / Washington Post:

Al-Qaeda joins those questioning legality of U.S. killing of citizen Anwar al-Awlaki — (Associated Press via SITE Intelligence Group) Al-Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen has confirmed the deaths of American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki and Samir Khan, the young American propagandist killed alongside …

Discussion: Hot Air, The Moderate Voice, Political Mojo, Weasel Zippers, The Daily Caller, Patterico's Pontifications, Salon.com, Hit & Run, Instapundit, New York Magazine and emptywheel

Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:

'Mr. Cain, Who Is Lawrence O'Donnell to Tell You How to Be a Black Man?' — After Thursday evening's “interview” on MSNBC, Professor William Jacobson and others were outraged by Lawrence O'Donnell's self-righteous and disrespectful hectoring of Herman Cain.

Discussion: nation.foxnews.com, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Mediaite, The Lonely Conservative and ThinkProgress

James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:

Capitalist Tool — Meet Jesse LaGreca, Disney's Audio-Animatronic revolutionary. — “I'm the only working-class person you're going to see on Sunday news, political news,” declared Jesse LaGreca on “This Week With Christiane Amanpour” yesterday. “Maybe ever.”

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Chicago Boyz, Pajamas Media, NewsBusters.org blogs and Sense of Events

Chris Talbott / Associated Press:

Hank Jr. writes song about ‘Fox & Friends,’ ESPN — NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Hank Williams Jr. is about to have his say. — Williams' has cut a new song “I'll Keep My ...,” calling out “Fox & Friends” and ESPN after an interview last week on the Fox News talk show led to the end …

Discussion: Mediaite, PolitickerNY, The Politico and First Draft

Scott Bauer / Associated Press:

Effort to recall Wis. Gov. Walker to start Nov. 15 — MADISON, Wis.—An effort to recall Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker over his contentious union rights law will begin Nov. 15, Democrats announced Monday, meaning an election could be held as early as next spring.

Discussion: Chippewa Falls Herald and Alan Colmes' Liberaland