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8:00 PM ET, October 12, 2011

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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Cain leads nationally  —  Yesterday PPP released numbers showing Herman Cain leading Mitt Romney 30-22 in Iowa and our monthly look at the national picture finds the exact same numbers.  Cain is up 30-22 on Romney with Newt Gingrich sneaking past Rick Perry for 3rd place at 15% to Perry's 14% …
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Washington Examiner:
After another bad debate, is Rick Perry finished?  —  HANOVER, NH — It would be an understatement to say that Texas Gov. Rick Perry's top aides are unhappy with press reports casting Tuesday night's Republican debate as a make-or-break moment for the Texas governor.
First Read / msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Is Romney a sure thing?  —  By NBC's Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Brooke Brower  —  Is Romney a sure thing?  All signs point in that direction, but the numbers tell a different story... Recapping last night's debate: Another missed opportunity for Perry …
Patricia Zengerle / Reuters:
Romney leads GOP, Cain second: Reuters/Ipsos  —  (Reuters) - Mitt Romney leads the field vying for the Republican presidential nomination but fewer than one in four of the party's voters back him as a surging Herman Cain gains ground, according to Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday.
US News:
Poll: Herman Cain, Rick Perry, Mitt Romney All Beat Obama  —  Here's how much political trouble President Obama is in: A new poll by the authoritative Evolving Strategies firm finds that Herman Cain, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, and Mitt Romney would all beat Obama it the election were held today.
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
The Shame Of The Crowded Field
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Charles Schumer: Mitt Romney can still be ‘tea partied’
Discussion: Hot Air and Weasel Zippers
Rolling Stone:
My Advice to the Occupy Wall Street Protesters  —  Hit bankers where it hurts  —  I've been down to “Occupy Wall Street” twice now, and I love it.  The protests building at Liberty Square and spreading over Lower Manhattan are a great thing, the logical answer to the Tea Party and a long-overdue middle finger to the financial elite.
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Max Abelson / Bloomberg:
Wall Street Sees ‘No Exit’ From Woes  —  Wall Street executives, facing demonstrators camped for a fourth week in New York's financial district, say they're anxious and angry for other reasons.  —  An era of decline and disappointment for bankers may not end for years …
The New Republic:
Protests and Power  —  Should liberals support Occupy Wall Street?  —  How should liberals feel about Occupy Wall Street?  If you follow politics and you think of yourself as a liberal, then you have undoubtedly been grappling with that question in recent weeks.
Guardian:
Khamenei claims Occupy Wall Street protests will topple US capitalism
James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
A Modest Proposal: Call Obstruction What It Is  —  Here is the headline in the online home page of the NYT, about Obama's “pass this jobs bill, pass it now” proposal.  Note the word “fails”:  —  The subhead and the rest of the article make clear that more Senators voted for the bill than against it — 50 to 49.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Schumer's strategy: Tie GOP in 2012 to rising Tea Party unpopularity
Discussion: The Politico and Weasel Zippers
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
There's no need to obscure obstructionism
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell: Passing bills is more important than joint caucus when it comes to mending partisan relations
Discussion: The Politico
Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:
N.H.'s Bill Gardner to Nevada: Drop dead  —  Bill Gardner just flipped the Republicans the bird.  Again.  —  In a three-page statement released Wednesday afternoon, the New Hampshire secretary of state reiterated his independence and said he'll move the primary up as far as necessary …
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Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
A Post-Thanksgiving New Hampshire Primary?
Discussion: The Other McCain
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:   NH primary could jump up to early December
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Biden Warns of More Rapes and Murders If Jobs Bill Is Not Passed  —  In Flint, Michigan, Vice President Joe Biden suggested that more rapes and murders could occur if President Barack Obama's jobs bill is not passed.  —  “In 2008, when Flint had 265 sworn officers on their police force …
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Nick Davies / Guardian:
Wall Street Journal circulation scam claims senior Murdoch executive  —  Andrew Langhoff resigns as European publishing chief after exposure of secret channels of cash to help boost sales figures  —  One of Rupert Murdoch's most senior European executives has resigned following Guardian inquiries …
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Wall Street Journal:
Publisher of WSJ Europe Resigns After Ethics Inquiry
Discussion: Guardian, New York Magazine and Poynter
Charles Krupa / ABCNEWS:
Perry Botches U.S. Revolution Century  —  Texas Governor Rick Perry energetically bounded into the Beta Theta Pi fraternity on Dartmouth College's campus after Tuesday night's debate, but when he was asked a question about states' rights, he slipped up on the dates for when the American Revolution was fought.
David Frum / FrumForum:
Conceding One to the Critics  —  As readers of this site have no doubt noticed, I'm not one who is greatly troubled by hostile criticism.  —  On the other hand, sometimes the critics make a valid point.  When they do, I'm not too obstinate to concede.  —  For years, I've shared …
Discussion: Campaign 2012 and The Daily Caller
Kate Bolick / The Atlantic Online:
All the Single Ladies  —  IN 2001, WHEN I was 28, I broke up with my boyfriend.  Allan and I had been together for three years, and there was no good reason to end things.  He was (and remains) an exceptional person, intelligent, good-looking, loyal, kind.
Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:
Herman Cain consultant: 9-9-9 wouldn't be accepted  —  Herman Cain expressed confidence at Tuesday's debate that his much-touted “9-9-9” plan to revamp the tax code would pass Congress, but the paid campaign consultant who scored the plan for Cain said the idea was more of a theory …
Investor's Business Daily:
Apologies Not Accepted  —  Leadership: Leaked cables show Japan nixed a presidential apology to Hiroshima and Nagasaki for using nukes to end the overseas contingency operation known as World War II.  Will the next president apologize for the current one?  —  The obsessive need of this president …
CNNMoney.com:
Buffett made $62,855,038 last year  —  NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Billionaire investor Warren Buffett this week showed a little more leg in his campaign to get Congress to raise taxes on the uber-rich.  —  In a letter to Republican Rep. Tim Huelskamp Tuesday, Buffett revealed that his adjusted gross income …
Fox News:
Issa Issues Subpoena to Holder in Fast and Furious Investigation  —  Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, sent a subpoena Wednesday to Attorney General Eric Holder as part of his investigation into the gun trafficking operation known as “Fast and Furious.”
Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
DOJ: Feds Can Tell Church Who Its Ministers Will Be  —  In yet another stunning attack on freedom of religion, President Barack Obama's Justice Department asked the Supreme Court last week to give the federal government the power to tell a church who its ministers will be.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Hot Air
Peter J. Wallison / Wall Street Journal:
Wall Street's Gullible Occupiers  —  The protesters have been sold a bill of goods.  Reckless government policies, not private greed, brought about the housing bubble and resulting financial crisis.  —  There is no mystery where the Occupy Wall Street movement came from …
Lisa Mascaro / Los Angeles Times:
Charles Schumer: ‘Impossible’ for Democrats to lose Senate in 2012  —  (J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press)  —  A top Democrat said it's “almost impossible” Republicans will take over the Senate majority in 2012.  —  Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), his party's former campaign chairman …
Joe Kemp / NY Daily News:
New York squeegee king Greg (Grover) Washington busted for a staggering 186th time  —  The squeegee king of New York was dethroned, at least temporarily, after a heated face-off with drivers Tuesday in Murray Hill, police said.  —  Greg (Grover) Washington - busted for a staggering 186th time …
Discussion: Runnin' Scared and Gothamist
Michael McCarthy / The Independent:
Global warning: climate sceptics are winning the battle  —  Father of the green movement says scientists lack PR skills to make public listen  —  Climate sceptics are winning the argument with the public over global warming, the world's most celebrated climate scientist, James Hansen of NASA, said in London yesterday.
 
 
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Mackenzie Weinger / The Politico:
ACLU sues on S.C. immigration law
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William B. English / Board of Governors …:
Developments in Financial Markets and the Federal Reserve's Balance Sheet
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
Keynesianism And Big Government
Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post:
Protect Life Act: New Bill Would Allow Hospitals To Refuse To Perform Abortions
Discussion: Daily Kos and ThinkProgress
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Jeffress Denounces Gays As Promiscuous, Manipulative And Abnormal
Discussion: Good As You and ThinkProgress
Alice Gribbin / The Staggers:
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 Earlier Items: 
Abdon M. Pallasch / Chicago Sun Times:
Rep. Joe Walsh: I had ‘verbal’ deal not to pay child support
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
OWS Protester Wants College Paid for Because That Is What He Wants
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
A conspiracy only Bachmann could create
Matt Bai / New York Times:
Does Anyone Have a Grip on the G.O.P.?
Discussion: The Daily Caller
2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012  —  Barney Frank Slams Newt Gingrich For Calling For His Imprisonment
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Obama: 'I'm a fourth-quarter player'
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and National Review