memeorandum: Gloria Cain Won't Do Fox Appearance (Jim Rutenberg/The Caucus)

9:35 AM ET, November 4, 2011

Top Items:

Cain rises in Post-ABC poll despite scandal; most Republicans dismiss allegations — Businessman Herman Cain and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney are running nearly even atop the field of 2012 GOP presidential hopefuls, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows …

Discussion: CNN, Washington Wire, Outside the Beltway, Don Surber, The Right Scoop, Guardian, Prairie Weather, The Caucus, Associated Press, New York Magazine, New York Times and blogs.telegraph.co.uk

Nia-Malika Henderson / Washington Post:

Cain camp considering legal action against Politico — A Herman Cain aide said Thursday that the Cain campaign is considering its legal options over the original Politico story, which revealed that the former head of the National Restaurant Association was accused of sexually harassing at least two women during his tenure in the 1990s.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Scared Monkeys, Sky Dancing, The Gateway Pundit, iOwnTheWorld.com, Big Journalism, Hot Air, Outside the Beltway, The Reaction and Business Insider, more at Mediagazer »

The Politico:

Sources reveal new details about Cain allegation — The details put a woman's account even more sharply at odds with Cain's.

Discussion: CNN, New York Times, The Daily Caller, Business Insider, Freedom's Lighthouse, The Lonely Conservative, Mediaite, American Spectator and Saint Petersblog

Jim Rutenberg / The Caucus:

Gloria Cain Won't Do Fox Appearance — Gloria Cain will not be appearing on the Fox News Channel on Friday night after all, a person close to the talks told the Caucus. — Ms. Cain had indicated to the network earlier in the week that she would appear on “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren” …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Washington Post, msnbc.com, Saint Petersblog, blogs.telegraph.co.uk and The Hill

The Politico:

Sources reveal new details about Cain allegation — Herman Cain flatly denies the most serious allegation facing him - that he made an unwanted sexual advance toward a female employee at a work event - but POLITICO has learned new details making clear there were urgent discussions …

Discussion: Hot Air and Washington Post

Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Politico Is Tawdry — Rich, I continue to think the real story …

Discussion: TBogg, Pundit & Pundette and Washington Monthly

Kevinliptak / CNN:
Lawyer for Cain accuser hopes to release statement Friday

Discussion: The Other McCain and RedState

Rasmussen Reports:
National Poll: Cain 26%, Romney 23%, Gingrich 14%

Discussion: National Review, American Spectator, Weekly Standard, The PJ Tatler, Don Surber, Washington Wire, Freedom's Lighthouse, Guardian, Saint Petersblog, GOP 12 and Hullabaloo

David Weigel / Slate:
Cainaquiddick: Where Source-Based Journalism Goes to Die

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Mediaite, Lawyers, Guns & Money, National Review, The Caucus, RedState and Erick's blog

Richard Pollock / PJ Media:
PJM Sources Report Details of Alleged Cain Incident

Timothy Egan / Opinionator:

Political Class Clowns — For a Republican Party that has spent the better part of its presidential campaign proving that most of its candidates are not smarter than a fifth grader, the real scandal around frontrunner-of-the-moment Herman Cain is not what he knows. It's what he doesn't know.

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog

NY Daily News:
Mayor Bloomberg says White House candidates must believe in evolution, global warming

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Gawker

Eric Kleefeld / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com: TPM2012 — Pamela Geller: 'I Endorse Herman Cain.

Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Cain Adviser Walks Back Perry Accusation

Discussion: New York Times and The Daily Dish

Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:

Obama, Romney Tied Nationally and in Swing States — Romney fares better vs. Obama than Perry, Cain — PRINCETON, NJ — Registered voters nationally and in 12 key swing states are evenly divided in their preferences for president in the 2012 election between President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice and GOP 12

Susan Page / USA Today:
Swing States poll: Obama's path to 2nd term an uphill climb

Discussion: The Hill, The Politico, Business Insider, Saint Petersblog and Washington Post

PewResearch.org:
The Generation Gap and the 2012 Election

Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Firedoglake

The Huffington Post:

Elizabeth Warren Heckled By Tea Party Supporter … BROCKTON, Mass. — Moments into a speech before volunteers here Wednesday evening, Elizabeth Warren was interrupted by a Tea Party supporter who hurled a gender-based epithet at the Senate candidate. The man, who said he'd been unemployed …

Discussion: Sky Dancing, Firedoglake, Crooks and Liars, The Raw Story, Gawker, Feministing, Daily Kos, Salon, US Politics and Suburban Guerrilla

Lee Fang / ThinkProgress:
Romney Campaign Memo: The Koch Brothers Are The ‘Financial Engine Of The Tea Party’

Discussion: Washington Examiner and The Raw Story

DealBook:

As Regulators Pressed Changes, Corzine Pushed Back, and Won — Months before MF Global teetered on the brink, federal regulators were seeking to rein in the types of risky trades that contributed to the firm's collapse. But they faced opposition from an influential opponent: Jon S. Corzine …

Discussion: New York Magazine and Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I

Peter Lattman / DealBook: Corzine Is Said to Hire Criminal Lawyer

Paul Krugman / New York Times:

Oligarchy, American Style — Inequality is back in the news, largely thanks to Occupy Wall Street, but with an assist from the Congressional Budget Office. And you know what that means: It's time to roll out the obfuscators! — Anyone who has tracked this issue over time knows what I mean.

Discussion: Prairie Weather, Paul Krugman and Economist's View

Jana Winter / Fox News:

ACORN Officials Scramble, Firing Workers and Shredding Documents, After Exposed as Players Behind Occupy Wall Street Protests — Officials with the revamped ACORN office in New York — operating as New York Communities for Change — have fired staff, shredded reams of documents and told workers …

Discussion: Journalism.org, Weasel Zippers, Betsy's Page, iOwnTheWorld.com and The Lonely Conservative

Henry K. Lee / San Francisco Chronicle:

Developer with shotgun scared off Oakland rioters — OAKLAND — Oakland developer Phil Tagami is used to working behind the scenes to broker some of the biggest deals in town. Late Wednesday, he was using different persuasive skills - holding a loaded shotgun to scare away rioters trying to get into a downtown building.

Discussion: Campaign 2012 and Hot Air

Emily Goodin / The Hill:

Report: Ethics panel launches investigation into Rep. Richardson — The House Ethics Committee voted Thursday to launch an investigation into Rep. Laura Richardson (D-Calif.), according to a report. — The committee is looking into whether the three-term lawmaker pressured her congressional staff …

Discussion: Los Angeles Times

Kevin Fasick / New York Post:

Deranged homeless man goes on violent rampage in Zuccotti Park — This is the new face of Zuccotti Park! — A deranged homeless man who has been squatting among the Occupy Wall Street protesters in lower Manhattan went on a violent, early-morning rampage yesterday, cursing incoherently and kicking down tents.

Discussion: Power Line and The Gateway Pundit

Felix Salmon:

Bernanke can't solve our problems — Many thanks to Joe Weisenthal for throwing some much-needed cold water on the NGDP fandom which is currently sweeping the blogosphere. — I'm a fan of NGDP myself; I was one of the 37% of econobloggers who voted for it in the Kauffman survey this quarter.

Discussion: National Review

Joe Weisenthal / Business Insider:
The Smartest People In Washington Are 100% Wrong About Stimulating The Economy

Discussion: National Review, The New Republic and The Atlantic Online

Nancy Cordes / CBS News:

Boehner: Debt deal will include new tax revenues — House Speaker John Boehner addressed one of the biggest sticking points for the 12 member Congressional “supercommittee” today, acknowledging that any bipartisan agreement will need to include some new tax revenue.

Discussion: Hot Air, Los Angeles Times, Weasel Zippers, National Review and The Lonely Conservative

Chip Somodevilla / ABCNEWS:

Cain Shows Initial Resilience in the Face of Controversy — Herman Cain is showing initial resilience in the face of allegations of sexual impropriety: More than half of potential Republicans voters say the controversy is not serious, fewer than a quarter say it makes them less likely to support Cain …

Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …

Evan Perez / Washington Wire:

Lawmakers Seek Information on ‘Fast And Furious’ Leaks — Lawmakers investigating a botched federal gun probe are pressing the Justice Department to provide information about media leaks discrediting a whistleblower who alerted Congress to investigative tactics that allowed firearms to be smuggled to Mexico.