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2:30 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.
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.).
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
Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS:
Obama: Occupy Wall Street ‘Not That Different’ From Tea Party Protests
Discussion: JammieWearingFool and ABCNEWS
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
Lachlan Markay / The Heritage Foundation:
AFL-CIO Shells Out Ad Dollars to Support ‘Occupy’ Protests
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Celebrated redistributionists discover healthy respect for private property
Discussion: The Right Sphere and Pajamas Media
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
Justin Sink / The Hill:
RNC ad knocks Obama for ‘campaigning’ during jobs bus tour
Discussion: The Politico and Daily Kos
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: Weasel Zippers
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.
Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:
Republicans lay groundwork for healthcare repeal  —  Seeing a chance to regain power next year, GOP activists are making sure they're ready to act on a full rollback of President Obama's overhaul.  —  Reporting from Washington— Republican activists, increasingly optimistic they can win …
Discussion: Political Mojo
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 …
 
 
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
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