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2:55 PM ET, October 18, 2011

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Douglas Schoen / Wall Street Journal:
Polling the Occupy Wall Street Crowd  —  In interviews, protesters show that they are leftists out of step with most American voters.  Yet Democrats are embracing them anyway.  —  President Obama and the Democratic leadership are making a critical error in embracing the Occupy Wall Street movement …
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New York Post:
Thieves preying on fellow protesters  —  It's a den of thieves!  —  Occupy Wall Street protesters said yesterday that packs of brazen crooks within their ranks have been robbing their fellow demonstrators blind, making off with pricey cameras, phones and laptops — and even a hefty bundle of donated cash and food.
Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS:
Obama: Occupy Wall Street ‘Not That Different’ From Tea Party Protests  —  President Obama, who has become a target of the Occupy Wall Street protests sweeping the country, today embraced the economic frustration voiced on the streets and said in an exclusive interview with ABC News that his vision …
The Politico:
Wall Street to Dems: you can't have it both ways  —  After the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee sent a recent email urging supporters to sign a petition backing the wave of Occupy Wall Street protests, phones at the party committee started ringing.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Wall Street lobbyists rage at Dems for supporting Occupy Wall Street
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Jonathan Easley / Ballot Box:
Obama campaign ties Romney to Wall Street, corporate greed
Discussion: Pat Dollard and Weasel Zippers
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Great Restoration
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Celebrated redistributionists discover healthy respect for private property
Discussion: The Right Sphere and Pajamas Media
Lachlan Markay / The Heritage Foundation:
AFL-CIO Shells Out Ad Dollars to Support ‘Occupy’ Protests
Laura Geller / WWBT-TV:
Thieves steal truck with President's equipment  —  HENRICO, VA (WWBT) - NBC12 has uncovered one of those stories that makes you think: “How in the world does that happen?!”  A truck filled with President Obama's podiums and audio equipment was stolen in Henrico just days before his visit to Chesterfield.
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Tim Mak / The Politico:
Report: Obama teleprompter stolen  —  A truck carrying President Obama's podium, teleprompter and audio equipment was stolen in Richmond, Va., a local news outlet reports.  —  Sources tell WWBT/NBC12 that around $200,000 of presidential equipment was stolen from a Richmond Marriott hotel location …
Bloomberg:
Cain Used Campaign Funds to Buy Autobiography  —  Republican presidential contender Herman Cain used campaign funds to buy his own books from his motivational speaking company, Federal Election Commission records show.  —  Although his autobiography was published by a division of Simon & Schuster Inc. …
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Sarah Huisenga / CBS News:
Herman Cain acknowledges his electric border fence idea isn't a joke after all  —  PHOENIX - After first apologizing for suggesting an electric fence along the border, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain told reporters here Monday that he still thinks it's a good idea for controlling illegal immigration.
2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012  —  Herman Cain Spends $100K In Campaign Cash On Herman Cain Inc.  —  Given any money to Herman Cain lately?  There's a decent chance some of it went directly into the coffers of a for-profit company Cain runs.  —  A review of Cain's last two FEC reports shows the campaign transferring …
Discussion: Wonkette and TBogg
New York Times:
Republicans and Foreign Policy
Discussion: The Politico and Prairie Weather
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
What the CLASS Act says about health-care reform  —  Back in January, I published an “omnibus” look at the various criticisms conservatives were lobbing at the Congressional Budget Office's score of the health-reform law.  Only one, I concluded, had real merit: the case against the CLASS Act.
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Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
New healthcare fight is joined as administration's 2010 law implodes
Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:
Republicans lay groundwork for healthcare repeal
Discussion: Political Mojo
unionleader.com:
Nevada Mitt: Romney and the primary  —  At 2 p.m. yesterday afternoon, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman filed to run in the 2012 New Hampshire presidential primary.  An hour and a half later, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney held a grand opening for his state presidential campaign headquarters — in Las Vegas.
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Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
Nevada Is Romneyland  —  Why Mitt Romney is the prohibitive favorite …
Discussion: National Review
Wall Street Journal:
New Mortgage Plan Floated  —  Underwater Borrowers Current on Payments Would Get Help  —  State and federal officials are pushing a plan that could help some “underwater” borrowers get refinancing assistance in the latest government bid to break a legal impasse with big banks …
Discussion: The Page and Calculated Risk
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David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Newest Foreclosure Fraud Settlement Idea? Same As Fannie/Freddie Refi Plan
Ernesto Londoño / Washington Post:
Gilad Shalit reunited with family in Israel; Palestinian prisoners freed  —  TEL NOF AIR FORCE BASE, Israel — Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit returned to Israel Tuesday morning after five years of captivity in the Gaza Strip, gaunt and frail-looking but apparently healthy.
Discussion: americanthinker.com
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
On GOP jobs plan, an epic media fail  —  Look, I know this sounds terribly earnest.  And I know I'm repeating myself.  But still: Many major news organizations and neutral commentators are simply not engaging on one of the central questions at the heart of our politics right now …
Washington Post:
In tight Virginia races, Democrats cutting ties to Obama  —  ROCKY MOUNT, Va. — Three years ago, Democrats in Virginia couldn't get enough of Barack Obama — a popular, transformational figure running for his first term as president.  —  But as Obama arrives in Virginia Tuesday for a two-day swing …
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Bob Lewis / Associated Press:
Some Dems won't join Obama in swing through Va.
Discussion: Hot Air and Weasel Zippers
Bucky Turco / ANIMAL:
Jesse Jackson Occupies OWS Medical Tent, Saves it from Being Evicted by NYPD  —  A little after 11:25PM, there was a big commotion on the south side of Zuccotti Park as someone mic checked that the NYPD was moving into to remove the “medical tent” (tents are a violation of the park's rules.).
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Senate GOP takes Geithner to task on jobs: ‘Rome is burning’  —  Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner tried to sell the president's $447 billion jobs plan to skeptical lawmakers Tuesday, even as he had to defend underwhelming previous efforts to boost employment.
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
It's Not How Many Followers You Have, It's Who Follows You  —  Felix Salmon adds to the growing legend of the world's least-likely protest sign: … But herein lies one of the secrets of the faux-meritocracy of the internet.  Furnas may appear to be a mild-mannered law student with only 325 Twitter followers.
Walter Pincus / Washington Post:
United States needs to reevaluate its assistance to Israel  —  As the country reviews its spending on defense and foreign assistance, it is time to examine the funding the United States provides to Israel.  —  Let me put it another way: Nine days ago, the Israeli cabinet reacted to months …
Justin Sink / The Hill:
RNC ad knocks Obama for ‘campaigning’ during jobs bus tour  —  The Republican National Committee launched a new ad Tuesday criticizing the president's bus tour through North Carolina and Virginia this week as taxpayer-funded campaigning.  —  The ad, titled the “Debt-End bus tour,” …
Discussion: The Politico and Daily Kos
 
 
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Paul Krugman:
Our Blogs, Ourselves  —  Ryan Avent and I have been corresponding …
Discussion: EconLog
New York Post:
Gal lashes out at spanking by the AG
Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Herman Cain: 'I'm Very Proud Of The Relationship That I Have With The Koch Brothers'
Joe Fassler / The Atlantic Online:
How Zombies and Superheroes Conquered Highbrow Fiction
Bruce Bartlett / Economix:
The Tax Reform Act of 1986: Should We Do It Again?
Discussion: Democracy in America
Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
Iran's nuclear program suffering new setbacks, diplomats and experts say
 Earlier Items: 
DeeDee Garcia / Tucson Citizen:
Long-life Texas GOP Latino Leader Leaves Republican Party After Herman Cain Advocates the Death of Immigrants
Brody Mullins / Washington Wire:
Romney, Perry Campaigns Attract Big-Name Donors
Discussion: GOP 12 and MyFox Boston
Washington Post:
As growth lags, IMF shifts gears
A.Killough / CNN:
Rep. Paul: Cain's ‘9-9-9’ plan is ‘dangerous’
Discussion: The Politico
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
WI Assemblyman Mark Pocan confronts CEO president Roger Clegg, calling him “some guy” …
Discussion: American Power
And Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Perry Campaign's Payment for Private Jet Raises Questions
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
“Christopher Columbus Was the First Zionist”
Discussion: Newsday and Weasel Zippers
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is considering replacing CEO Bob Bakish with an “Office of the CEO” made up of division heads on an interim basis

Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
Sources: Amazon Prime Video has a framework deal for NBA broadcast rights for at least a decade, starting in 2025-26; ESPN/ABC is expected to keep the finals

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Memo: CNN's Poppy Harlow is leaving the network; she joined in 2008 and most recently co-hosted CNN This Morning, which was effectively canceled earlier in 2024

 
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