memeorandum: TPMDC — Why The Super Committee Is Heading For Super Catastrophe (Brian Beutler/tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com)

7:55 PM ET, November 8, 2011

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A Second Accuser Goes Public Against Cain — Karen Kraushaar, one of the two women who settled sexual harassment claims against Herman Cain with the National Restaurant Association, spoke publicly for the first time on Tuesday about her allegations against him.

Discussion: The Daily Dish, The Atlantic Online, The Gateway Pundit, Swampland, The Hill, Hot Air, The Loyal Opposition, Daily Kos, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, Taegan Goddard's …, Guardian, Outside the Beltway and The Daily Caller, more at Mediagazer »

Jonathan Martin / Reuters:

Karen Kraushaar, second Cain accuser wants ‘joint press conference’ — A second woman — Karen Kraushaar, a communications official at the Treasury Department - has come forward to identify herself as a woman who says she was sexually harassed by Herman Cain.

Discussion: National Review, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Little Green Footballs and Naked Politics

The Daily:

Another Cain accuser only doing right thing, family and friends say — Herman Cain claims sexual harassment accusations threatening to derail his presidential campaign are a smear campaign. But friends and family of one accuser say she is a principled and dedicated professional who was only trying …

Discussion: minx.cc, CNN, The Daily Caller, The PJ Tatler, Doug Ross, The Gateway Pundit, The Strata-Sphere, Mediaite, No More Mister Nice Blog, Jezebel, Wizbang, Business Insider, The Daily Dish and TaxProf Blog, more at Mediagazer »

Michael Sneed / Chicago Sun Times:

Witness: Cain accuser hugged him during Tea Party meeting a month ago — The Cain Encounter ... They hugged each other backstage in a full embrace like old friends. — She grabbed his arm and whispered in his left ear. — She kept talking as he bent to listen, and he kept saying “Uh, huh.

Discussion: Associated Press, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, National Review, ABCNEWS, Indecision Forever, Pundit & Pundette, The PJ Tatler, The Gateway Pundit, The Other McCain, Fox News Insider, The Daily Caller, Hot Air, The Lonely Conservative, Verum Serum and Shakesville

New York Post:

Jobless & shameless gal going for gold — Gold diggers — unite! — Sharon Bialek is 50, out of work and, according to one who knows her, she's a smooth operator living way above her means. From the look of her heavily painted face, she's also soon to be in acute need of a new tub of eyeliner.

Discussion: Reuters, Ben Smith's Blog, Hot Air, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Strata-Sphere, Political Mojo, The Gateway Pundit, Big Government and WLS-TV

Lisa Black / Chicago Tribune:

Cain accuser has history of financial troubles, legal squabbles — Her father, fiance say they stand with her — The emerging portrait of Herman Cain's most recent accuser shows a suburban homemaker with a history of financial and legal troubles, but one who supporters say has the guts to do the right thing.

Discussion: National Review, Mediaite, USA Today, ABCNEWS, Pat Dollard, The Right Scoop, The Other McCain, The Daily Caller, The Lonely Conservative, Little Green Footballs, Chicagoist, Naked Politics, nation.foxnews.com, Ben Smith's Blog and Outside the Beltway

Washington Examiner:

Fifth woman raises questions about Cain's behavior — A former employee of the United States Agency for International Development says Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain asked her to help arrange a dinner date for him with a female audience member following a speech he delivered nine years ago.

Kevinliptak / CNN:
First on CNN: GOP senator says Cain should quit if allegations are true

Discussion: Ballot Box, ABCNEWS, The Moderate Voice, Washington Monthly, The Politico, Iowa Caucuses, Weasel Zippers and Washington Wire

Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Cain's Image Showing Signs of Decline Amid Allegations

Discussion: The Atlantic Online, The Moderate Voice, The Hill and Donklephant

Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Herman Cain campaign launches attack on accuser Sharon Bialek

Discussion: The Atlantic Wire, ABCNEWS, CNN, neo-neocon, Daily Kos, Outside the Beltway and The Daily Caller

Emily Friedman / ABCNEWS:
Romney Calls Allegations Against Cain “Particularly Disturbing”

Discussion: Hot Air, The New Republic, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Caucus, New York Times, The Daily Caller, Campaign 2012 and National Review

The Politico:
For Herman Cain, two named accusers; one flat denial

Discussion: Guardian, ABCNEWS and The Iowa Republican

Kevinliptak / CNN:
TRENDING: Herman Cain accuser identified

Discussion: National Review and Saint Petersblog

New York Times:
Cain Campaign Assails New Accuser's Credibility

Discussion: Valley Fever and The Caucus

Christian Heinze / GOP 12:
Rove: Allred adds credibility to accusation

Discussion: Hot Air

Erick Erickson / Erick's blog:

Mitt Romney as the Nominee: Conservatism Dies and Barack Obama Wins — Mit Romney will not go on Special Report with Brett Baier to answer the tough questions as the other candidates have done. No worries. Conservatives will bitch and moan for a few days and Romney will claim it was a scheduling issue …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic Online, Mediaite, Los Angeles Times, Hullabaloo, NO QUARTER, American Spectator, Hot Air, Liberal Values, The New Republic, The Politico, thump and whip, The Daily Caller, Business Insider, GOP 12, ABCNEWS and US Politics

David Brooks / New York Times:

The Serious One — In the Marx Brothers movie that is the Republican presidential race, Mitt Romney is Zeppo. He doesn't spin out one-liners. He's not the rambunctious one. He's just the earnest, good-looking guy who wants to be appreciated. — But Romney continues to run an impressive presidential campaign.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, New York Magazine, Conservatives4Palin, The Mahablog, Balloon Juice, Ben Smith's Blog, National Review and Hit & Run

New York Times:

Penn State Said to Be Planning Paterno's Exit Amid Scandal — STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Joe Paterno's tenure as coach of the Penn State football team will soon be over, perhaps within days or weeks, in the wake of a sex-abuse scandal that has implicated university officials …

Discussion: The Politico, Don Surber, ABCNEWS, The Hill, Michelle Malkin and Outside the Beltway

PennLive.com:
OUR VIEW: Penn State's Graham Spanier, Joe Paterno need to leave as result of Jerry Sandusky case.

Discussion: Associated Press, Outside the Beltway and Washington Post

Ian / CBS Los Angeles:

SoCal Street Cart Vendors Hurting After ‘Occupy’ Group Splatters Blood, Urine — SAN DIEGO (CBS) — A pair of Southland street cart vendors who were forced to shut down their businesses after “Occupy” protesters vandalized their carts are hoping to get some help from local residents.

Discussion: Campaign 2012, Hit & Run, thegatewaypundit.com, Weasel Zippers, Ed Driscoll, Hot Air, Sister Toldjah, The Jawa Report, Fire Andrea Mitchell!, Say Anything, Pirate's Cove, The PJ Tatler, nation.foxnews.com and National Review

Yann Le Guernigou / Reuters:

Sarkozy tells Obama Netanyahu is a “liar” — (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy branded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “a liar” in a private conversation with U.S. President Barack Obama that was accidentally broadcast to journalists during last week's G20 summit in Cannes.

Discussion: Firedoglake, Guardian, Ballot Box, The Hill, Weasel Zippers, Ben Smith's Blog, World Now, The PJ Tatler, The Atlantic Online, ThinkProgress, The Daily Dish, The Caucus, ABCNEWS, The Future of Capitalism, White House Dossier, Fire Andrea Mitchell!, US Politics and Campaign 2012

Jackson Diehl / Washington Post:
Why do Sarkozy and Obama hate Netanyahu?

Discussion: National Review, The Spectacle Blog and Balloon Juice

TMZ.com:

Heavy D — Dead at 44 — 4:28 PM:: Law enforcement tell TMZ ... Heavy D had just returned from shopping and walked up some stairs when he began having trouble breathing. Adam Mills, a designer who was in the building and knew Heavy D, found him leaning against a railing and clearly in distress.

Discussion: theGrio, newsfeed.time.com, The Wire and msnbc.com

Steve Randy Waldman / interfluidity:

The negative unnatural rate of interest — David Andolfatto points out that US five-year real interest rates are now negative. Nick Rowe discusses the possibility that the so-called “natural” real interest rate could be negative, referring us to Frances Woolley's discussion of the drag demographics might exert on real returns.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Modeled Behavior and Political Mojo

Paul Krugman:
The Return Of Secular Stagnation

Discussion: ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*

Brendan Sasso / The Hill:

Obama threatens to veto net-neutrality repeal — President Obama will veto an attempt to repeal the Federal Communications Commission's net-neutrality rules if it passes the Senate, the White House said Tuesday. — “The Administration strongly opposes Senate passage of S.J. Res. 6 …

Discussion: The Politico, Reuters and RedState

Al Franken / The Huffington Post:
Net Neutrality is Under Attack... Again

Discussion: The Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »

Bill Mears / CNN:

Health care law held constitutional in latest appeals court ruling — Washington (CNN) — The sweeping health care reform law championed by President Barack Obama was upheld as constitutional by another federal appeals court Tuesday. — The decision is not part of a half-dozen other appeals pending at the Supreme Court.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Crooks and Liars, Political Mojo, Reuters and The PJ Tatler

Stephanie Cutter / White House.gov Blog:
Another Legal Victory for Health Reform

Discussion: Washington Wire, New York Times, Associated Press and ACS Blog

Brian Beutler / tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com:

TPMDC — Why The Super Committee Is Heading For Super Catastrophe — As of Tuesday morning, betting on the Super Committee to succeed would be playing the odds. — A key member of the Senate Democratic leadership team has openly predicted the panel will gridlock and fail, and placed the blame squarely on Republicans.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Washington Post, The Huffington Post, Firedoglake, Shakesville and Washington Monthly

Dan Friedman / NationalJournal.com:
Senate GOP: Willing to Accept Up to $300 Billion in Net Tax Increases

Discussion: National Review, Business Insider and Fire Andrea Mitchell!

Zaid Jilani / ThinkProgress:

Occupy Atlanta Encamps In Neighborhood To Save Police Officer's Home From Foreclosure — Occupy Atlanta has repeatedly run into hurdles, as it has been evicted from Woodruff Park in Atlanta multiple times by the city's unsympathetic mayor, Kasim Reed. Yet the group was invigorated yesterday …

Discussion: ABCNEWS

Joel Anderson / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Occupy Atlanta comes to Snellville to stop foreclosure

Discussion: Shakesville

Tim Mak / The Politico:

Bill Clinton: Let presidents serve three terms — Three times could be a charm - but not for him. — Former president Bill Clinton said Tuesday that presidents should be able to run for a third term so long as they take off some time after their second term.

Discussion: Pat Dollard, Outside the Beltway, Weasel Zippers and Indecision Forever

Ellen McGregor / WEWS-TV:

Voter in Cuyahoga County says he was bitten on the nose by poll worker — Man says he got involved in a fight over signs — BROOKLYN, Ohio - A voter in Cuyahoga County told NewsChannel5 he was bitten in the nose by an Election Day rover. — The alleged physical assault happened …

Discussion: Indecision Forever and Saint Petersblog

First Read / msnbc.com:

First Thoughts: Four storylines you shouldn't miss — Four storylines you shouldn't miss in from our new NBC/WSJ poll: 1) Perry's candidacy is in serious trouble... 2) Obama still enjoys incredible support among African Americans... 3) Obama's weakness with the middle of the country... 4) …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, New York Magazine, Sky Dancing, theGrio, National Review, Firedoglake, Washington Post, American Prospect, Ben Smith's Blog, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Saint Petersblog

NOM Blog:

Bank of America and Cisco Pledge ‘No More Discrimination Against Marriage Supporters’ — Washington, DC — The National Organization for Marriage's Corporate Fairness Project today announced that both Bank of America and the Cisco Corporation have promised not to discriminate against employees …

Discussion: Good As You and Joe. My. God.