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5:40 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.
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.
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.
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
The Shame Of The Crowded Field
Discussion: Booman Tribune
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.
Discussion: National Review and Oliver Willis
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:
McConnell: Passing bills is more important than joint caucus when it comes to mending partisan relations
Discussion: The Politico
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 …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Schumer's strategy: Tie GOP in 2012 to rising Tea Party unpopularity
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Charles Schumer: Mitt Romney can still be ‘tea partied’
Discussion: Hot Air and Weasel Zippers
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.
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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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 …
Discussion: Hot Air and JammieWearingFool
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Michelle Malkin:
Fast and Furious update: Cranking up the pressure, plus DOJ gets the Misfit Politics treatment …
Joe Lambe / Kansas City Star:
To save money, Topeka repeals law against misdemeanor domestic battery  —  The Topeka City Council on Tuesday voted to repeal the city's law against misdemeanor domestic battery, the latest in a budget battle that has freed about 30 abuse suspects from charges.
Discussion: Nation Now and The Daily What
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
Zombie / Pajamas Media:
Occupy L.A. Speaker: Violence will be Necessary to Achieve Our Goals  —  Citizen journalist Ringo captured this speaker at the Occupy Los Angeles camp a few days ago letting the cat out of the bag: After dismissing nonviolence as a dead end, he admits that for the Occupiers to achieve their goals …
John Stevens / Daily Mail:
Heartbreak for Huma as new messages reveal how Anthony Weiner called her parents ‘backwards thinking’ and compared her to his ‘sextees’ in vulgar messages  — Accused his successor Bob Turner of being ‘just another rich businessman trying to buy himself an election’
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.
Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
RNC raises more than $9 million in September  —  The Republican National Committee raised $9.3 million in September, surpassing their August numbers by more than a million and marking two months in a row that the committee has set a record for monthly fundraising in an off year.
Discussion: CNN
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
A conspiracy only Bachmann could create  —  As tempting as it is to simply ignore Michele Bachmann's nonsense, there was one gem from last night's debate that I really enjoyed. … What's amusing about this is how truly ridiculous Bachmann's silly conspiracy theory — and imaginary exchange with the president — really is.
2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012  —  Barney Frank Slams Newt Gingrich For Calling For His Imprisonment  —  Is it a violation of Congressional decorum to call for your former colleagues to be thrown in jail?  Newt Gingrich lobbed a bomb early in Tuesday's Bloomberg/Washington Post debate by telling the audience …
CNN:
Gingrich beefs up South Carolina campaign  —  Manchester, New Hampshire (CNN) - Sensing opportunity in a state with a vibrant tea party movement, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is beefing up his campaign presence in South Carolina.  —  Gingrich's national Coalitions Director, Adam Waldeck …
Discussion: Ballot Box
 
 
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Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post:
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
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Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
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Jason Grotto / Chicago Tribune:
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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
OWS Protester Wants College Paid for Because That Is What He Wants
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Obama: 'I'm a fourth-quarter player'
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and National Review