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10:50 AM ET, October 17, 2011

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Journolist 2.0: OccupyDC Emails Show MSM, Dylan Ratigan, Working With Protesters To Craft Message — Big Journalism has learned that the Occupy Washington DC movement is working with well-known media members to craft its demands and messaging while these media members report on the movement.

Discussion: New York Post, Questions and Observations, The Gateway Pundit, Marooned In Marin, americanthinker.com, JammieWearingFool and Balloon Juice

Wall Street Journal:

Obama Targeting a Few, Crucial States — President Barack Obama starts a three-day bus trip Monday through North Carolina and Virginia that brings fresh attention to the kinds of voters he will rely on as he works to assemble a majority next year in the Electoral College.

Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …, MyFox Boston and The Page

Glenn Thrush / The Politico:

The Obama bus trip: A political guide — President Barack Obama's summer Midwestern bus trek was about reconnecting with disaffected independents, but the North Carolina and Virginia road trip that starts Monday is a more narrowly targeted exercise in 2012 politics.

Discussion: CNN, Raleigh News & Observer, Washington Post, Taegan Goddard's …, Sipsey Street Irregulars and The Hinterland Gazette

Zeke Miller / Business Insider:

White House Draws Closer To Occupy Wall Street, Says Obama Is Fighting For The Interests Of The 99% — The White House continued its embrace of the Occupy Wall Street protests on Sunday, using the strongest terms yet to identify President Barack Obama with the growing movement.

Discussion: The Politico, Wizbang, Michelle Malkin, Outside the Beltway, americanthinker.com, Maggie's Farm, The Gateway Pundit, Weasel Zippers, Pundit Press, Instapundit and Washington Examiner

Sam Youngman / The Hill:
President Obama is returning to the road this week to press Congress …

Discussion: McClatchy Washington Bureau, Weekly Standard, Michelle Malkin, Reuters, ABCNEWS, American Power, ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/* and The Politico

Meredith Hoffman / New York Times:

Occupy Wall Street Trying to Settle on Demands — In a quiet corner across the street from Zuccotti Park, a cluster of 25 solemn-faced protesters struggled one night to give Occupy Wall Street what critics have found to be most lacking. — “We absolutely need demands,” said Shawn Redden, 35, an earnest history teacher in the group.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Associated Press, The Politico, Ynetnews, The Huffington Post, Betsy's Page and Verum Serum

Bloomberg: Wall Street Protests Spread to Four Continents

Shannon Bond / Financial Times:
Obama extends support for protesters

Discussion: americanthinker.com, Althouse and Power Line

Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
America's ‘Primal Scream’

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Salon, Tom Watson, Shakesville, New York Magazine, Balloon Juice, Newshoggers.com, Washington Post, Gothamist, Daily Kos, Truthdig, Prairie Weather, Wall Street Journal and Outside the Beltway

Caroline Davies / Guardian:
Anti-bank protesters camp out at St Paul's

Discussion: Firedoglake and The Raw Story

David M. Drucker / Roll Call:

DeMint May Endorse Romney — Mitt Romney is the favorite to receive Sen. Jim DeMint's (R-S.C.) much-sought-after endorsement in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, according to knowledgeable GOP sources. — DeMint, who endorsed the former Massachusetts governor in 2008 …

Discussion: GOP 12, Hot Air, Outside the Beltway and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog

The Politico:

Mitt Romney: Too unloved to be inevitable? — Mitt Romney has won every Republican presidential debate. He has outraised all of his primary opponents. Polls show he's the most competitive candidate against President Barack Obama. — And most Republicans still don't want to nominate him.

Discussion: Riehl World View, americanthinker.com, ABCNEWS, GOP 12 and The Hill

Alexander Burns / The Politico:

Jim DeMint-Mitt Romney story a ‘fabrication,’ spokesmen say — Spokesman for Sen. Jim DeMint emails to take strong exception to the Roll Call story I posted earlier, which suggested the South Carolinian is likely to endorse Mitt Romney for president. — “That story is a fabrication …

Discussion: Erick's blog

Paul Krugman / New York Times:

Losing Their Immunity — As the Occupy Wall Street movement continues to grow, the response from the movement's targets has gradually changed: contemptuous dismissal has been replaced by whining. (A reader of my blog suggests that we start calling our ruling class the “kvetchocracy.")

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Northern Reflections, Balloon Juice, Prairie Weather, Washington Post, Daily Kos, Gawker, Paul Krugman and Hullabaloo

Ryan Jones / Israel Today:
Israelis worried by anti-Semitic flavor of ‘Occupy Wall St.’ protests

Discussion: Whiskey Fire, NewsBusters.org blogs, Runnin' Scared, CANNONFIRE, YID With LID, The Gateway Pundit, Weasel Zippers, The Lonely Conservative, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Israel Matzav, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, Atlas Shrugs and JammieWearingFool

Elise Viebeck / The Hill: The Hill Poll: Voters say Washington is worse than Wall Street

Dave Boyer / Washington Times:
Obama: King would have backed ‘Occupy Wall Street’

Discussion: Don Surber, Right Wing News, Weekly Standard, Weasel Zippers, Hot Air and JammieWearingFool

Ann Althouse / Althouse:

Herman Cain nailed “Meet the Press.” — In my opinion, and I was quite critical of Cain after the last debate. Here's the transcript and video. I'll add a few comments to this post soon. — ADDED: I thought David Gregory really lost his cool early on, as he was questioning Cain about 9-9-9.

Discussion: The Other McCain, JustOneMinute, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Power Line, The Lonely Conservative, Instapundit, Booman Tribune, The Hill and The Strata-Sphere

Anthony Watts / Watts Up With That?:

BREAKING: An IPCC backchannel ‘cloud’ was apparently established to hide IPCC deliberations from FOIA. — By Christopher Horner, CEI.org for WUWT — Although this is seedy and unlawful at any time, it also goes in the ‘bad timing’ file. Or it's good timing, depending on one's perspective.

Discussion: Power Line, JustOneMinute, Pirate's Cove and The Lonely Conservative

El Marco / Looking at the Left:

Neo-Cannibals, Deadbeats, Dopers and Democrats Occupy Denver — Back with a Vengeance, Evicted Protesters Take the Streets — “Occupy Denver” returned to the streets with a vengeance Saturday after being expelled, having their camp forcibly removed from Veterans' Park by police at 4 a.m. Friday morning.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit and Moonbattery

John Doyle / NY Daily News:

Protecting Lady Liberty: Airport-type security screening finds Statue of Liberty tourists well-armed — Give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses - just tell them to leave their switchblades, their blackjacks and their brass knuckles at home. — The Statue of Liberty is attracting …

Discussion: Runnin' Scared, City Room, New York Magazine and Prairie Weather

New York Times:

Big Cash Edge Powers Obama in Drive for '12 — President Obama is exploiting his early lead in campaign fund-raising to bankroll a sprawling grass-roots organization and information technology apparatus in critical general election battlegrounds. He is doing so even as the Republican …

Discussion: Taegan Goddard's … and ABCNEWS

CNN:

Porn hackers hit ‘Sesame Street’ YouTube page — (CNN) — Hackers appeared to have commandeered the YouTube page of the venerable “Sesame Street” children's show Sunday, reprogramming the page with content brought to you by the letter “X.” — The show page was taken offline Sunday afternoon …

Discussion: Washington Post, Scared Monkeys and Gawker, more at Mediagazer »