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3:05 AM ET, October 18, 2011

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Quinnipiac University:
New Yorkers Back Wall St. Protesters 3 - 1, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Stay As Long As You Want, Even Republicans Say  —  By a 67 - 23 percent margin, New York City voters agree with the views of the Wall Street protesters and say 87 - 10 percent that it is “okay that they are protesting …
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Rolling Stone:
Why Occupy Wall Street Is Bigger Than Left vs. Right  —  I was surprised, amused and annoyed all at once when I found out yesterday that some moron-provocateur linked to notorious right-wing cybergoon Andrew Breitbart had infiltrated  —  a series of private e-mail lists …
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 …
Discussion: ABCNEWS, The Hill and Weasel Zippers
Mj Lee / The Politico:
Donald Trump: Obama should put a stop to Occupy Wall Street protests  —  The Obama administration has allowed the Occupy Wall Street protests go on for too long, Donald Trump suggested on Monday.  —  “I do think that government maybe is letting this go a little bit too far,” Trump said on Fox News Monday morning.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
The Geography of Occupying Wall Street (And Everywhere Else)  —  The nascent movement known as Occupy Wall Street had its largest single day of protests on Saturday.  And a funny thing happened: most of the action was far from Wall Street itself.  —  No, I don't mean at Zuccotti Park — which is not, technically, on Wall Street.
Taft Wireback / News-Record.com:
Occupy protesters look for new campsite  —  GREENSBORO — The neophyte Occupy Greensboro movement has a secure downtown campsite through Friday and is hunting another location to continue its protest for the long haul.  —  A day after staging a 600-person march through town protesting financial inequities …
Rick Hampson / USA Today:
Poll: Washington to blame more than Wall Street for economy
Discussion: Informed Comment
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Occupy Wall Street protesters to confront Obama on trip
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
New York Times:
Bloomberg Says ‘Tent City’ Goes Beyond Free Speech
Journalism.org:
THE MEDIA PRIMARY  —  HOW NEWS MEDIA AND BLOGS HAVE EYED THE PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDERS DURING THE FIRST PH ASE OF THE 2012 RACE  —  In the first months of the race for president, that weeding out period before citizens ever vote or caucus, Texas Governor Rick Perry has received the most coverage …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
So much for the ‘liberal’ media  —  It's simply taken as a given in Republican circles that President Obama enjoys favorable coverage from major media outlets.  This is generally pretty hard to believe among non-conservatives, but it's helpful to take this out of the realm of perception and into more quantifiable analysis.
Wall Street Journal:
Romney's Support Is Broader Than It Seems
Geneva Sands-Sadowitz / The Hill:
Trump didn't know he was in Bachmann town hall ‘till you told me’
Larry O'Connor / Big Government:
White House Denies **Was President Obama Really Sitting in Front of an Assembly Line in this Video?  —  UPDATE: The White House has responded to our inquiry and they deny that this week's weekly address video was shot in front of a green screen.  They also explained that the production line …
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Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Obama opposes repeal of healthcare program suspended last week  —  President Obama is against repealing the health law's long-term care CLASS Act and might veto Republican efforts to do so, an administration official tells The Hill, despite the government's announcement Friday that the program was dead in the water.
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
New healthcare fight is joined as administration's 2010 law implodes
Discussion: The Politico
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Record-High 50% of Americans Favor Legalizing Marijuana Use  —  Liberals and those 18 to 29 most in favor; Americans 65 and older most opposed  —  PRINCETON, NJ — A record-high 50% of Americans now say the use of marijuana should be made legal, up from 46% last year.
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
“Christopher Columbus Was the First Zionist”  —  Someone leaked a batch of emails that have been exchanged by leaders of the Occupy Wall Street group.  I've only dipped into them briefly, but some are pretty entertaining.  This thread reminded me of my days as a leftist …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Bill Keller / New York Times:
Good News!  No, Really!  —  Bored by the soggy sleep-ins and warmed-over anarchism of Occupy Wall Street?  Fed up (Fed Up!) with the presidential Race to the Bottom?  Depressed by the warning signs of the next Depression?  —  I bring relief.  Like Nurse Jackie scavenging in the medicine chest …
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Michael Muskal / Los Angeles Times:
Hillary Clinton again says she won't run for president in 2016  —  (Michael Loccisano / Getty Images / October 14, 2011)  —  Hillary Rodham Clinton, the woman seemingly born to become the first female president of the United States, on Monday again ruled out a race for the top office in 2016 …
Tanya Somanader / ThinkProgress:
Santorum: Saturday Night Live Is ‘Bullying’ Me ‘For Standing Up For The Traditional Family’  —  Everyone is out to get GOP presidential field-filler Rick Santorum.  The candidate recently blamed Google for his “Google Problem,” blasting the company for discriminating against him because he's a conservative.
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Santorum calls SNL sketch ‘bullying’
Discussion: Rumproast, US Politics and Gay Politics
Zaid Jilani / ThinkProgress:
Herman Cain Claimed That A ‘Liberal Court’ Killed Jesus  —  Herman Cain Thinks This Guy Was The Ruth Bader Ginsburg Of His Era  —  Daily Kos's bernardpliers recalls a Herman Cain column from December 2010 where the GOP presidential primary candidate appears to complain that Jesus was killed by liberals.
RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Obama: GOP Wants “Dirtier Air, Dirtier Water, Less People With Health Insurance”  —  “My plan says we're going to put teachers back in the classrooms, construction workers back to work,” President Obama said at a campaign event today.  “Tax cuts for small businesses, tax cuts for hiring veterans …
Lori Preuitt / NBC Bay Area:
Iran Hikers Show Support for Occupy Movement  —  Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal spoke in Oakland Monday.  —  From left, Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal, the three University of California at Berkeley graduates who were imprisoned in Iran on espionage charges, speak at an “Occupy Oakland” rally.
Discussion: Pat Dollard and Weasel Zippers
 
 
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rebelpundit:
Update** Communist Marching with #OccupyChicago Identified as OFA Organizer for President Obama
Kevinliptak / CNN:
McCain to Obama: Your bus is ugly
Discussion: Mediaite, Hot Air and Fox News
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
GOP presidential hopeful courts pagans
Discussion: The Wild Hunt
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‘Occupiers’ killing stimulus-funded sod in D.C.
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