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8:15 AM ET, November 9, 2011

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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Mark Block: Did you know that the son of Cain's accuser works for Politico?  —  I did not know that.  He's, er ... not thinking of Josh Kraushaar, is he? … Josh Kraushaar is tweeting in disbelief tonight: … Could a man who accused Rick Perry on national television of a “despicable” …
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Cain aide wrongly insists they've ‘confirmed’ accuser's son works for POLITICO  —  Herman Cain campaign manager Mark Block, in an appearance with Sean Hannity on Fox News just now, insisted that a relative of the second woman to publicly accuse the candidate of sexual harassment in the 1990s works at POLITICO.
The Caucus:
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.
New York Post:
Jobless & shameless gal going for gold
The Daily:
Another Cain accuser only doing right thing, family and friends say
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Anti-abortion ‘personhood’ amendment fails in Mississippi  —  A constitutional amendment that would have defined a fertilized egg as a person failed on the ballot in Mississippi on Tuesday, dealing the so-called “personhood” movement another blow.  —  Amendment 26 supporter Sandy Comer puts …
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The Huffington Post:
Mississippi ‘Personhood’ Amendment Vote Fails … Video , Measure 26 , Mississippi , Mississippi Personhood Initiative , Mississippi Personhood Law , Mississippi-Personhood , Personhood Mississippi , Politics News  —  JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi voters Tuesday defeated a ballot initiative …
Discussion: Firedoglake and Foolocracy
Michael A. Memoli / Los Angeles Times:
Mississippi voters reject controversial ‘personhood’ initiative  —  Women hold signs opposing Amendment 26 outside polls in Oxford, Miss. (Bruce Newman / AP/Oxford Eagle / November 8, 2011)  —  A controversial Mississippi ballot measure that would have defined human life as beginning at fertilization was defeated Tuesday.
Ginger Gibson / The Politico:
Election results 2011: Democrats do well
Discussion: CNN
Kay Steiger / The Atlantic Online:
What Happens If the Mississippi Personhood Amendment Passes?
Associated Press:
Ohio Voters Reject Republican-Backed Union Limits  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The state's new collective bargaining law was defeated Tuesday after an expensive union-backed campaign that pitted firefighters, police officers and teachers against the Republican establishment.
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WXIX-TV:
AP: Ohio voters reject Issue 2  —  According to the Associated Press, Ohio voters have rejected Issue 2, the collective bargaining bill.  —  Issue 2 was formerly known as Senate Bill 5 and would have limited the collective bargaining abilities of 350,000 unionized public workers.
Discussion: Prairie Weather and ThinkProgress
Jeff Biggers / The Huffington Post:
Arizona Topples Senate President Russell Pearce, SB 1070 Immigration Law Architect, in Historic Recall Vote  —  Arizona , Jan Brewer , President Obama , Tea Party , Jerry Lewis , Randy Parraz , Citizens For a Better Arizona , Immigration Reform , Russell Pearce , Sb 1070 , Politics News
Discussion: thump and whip and Mercury Rising
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Arizona Republic:
Russell Pearce on verge of historic loss in recall
Discussion: Hotline On Call
David S. Addington / The Heritage Foundation:
Obama Couldn't Wait: His New Christmas Tree Tax  —  President Obama's Agriculture Department today announced that it will impose a new 15-cent charge on all fresh Christmas trees—the Christmas Tree Tax—to support a new Federal program to improve the image and marketing of Christmas trees.
Adam Martin / The Atlantic Wire:
Occupy Wall Street Gets Its Generators Back  —  Occupy Wall Street got its confiscated generators back on Tuesday after its legal team pressed the Fire Department of New York to release them.  —  The machines were picked up from the New York City Fire Academy at Randall's Island by the Wikileaks truck …
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Brain-Terminal.com Full Feed:
My Heavily-Edited Video of a Good-Natured Stroll Amongst the Occupiers of Zuccotti Park …
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Hobbyist Photographer Describes Assault in Zuccotti Park
Discussion: The Impolitic and Verum Serum
Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Republicans offer tax deal to break debt impasse; Democrats dismiss it  —  Congressional Republicans have offered to increase tax revenue by nearly $300 billion over the next decade through an overhaul of the tax code, a significant concession aimed at breaking a long-standing impasse in negotiations over the federal debt.
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Michael O'Malley / Metro:
Election worker bites voter's nose outside Cleveland polling place  —  CLEVELAND, Ohio — A poll monitor working for the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, assaulted a voter at a polling place in Cleveland at midday Tuesday, sending the voter to a hospital.
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Ellen McGregor / WEWS-TV:
Voter in Cuyahoga County says he was bitten on the nose by poll worker
Discussion: Indecision Forever
Lee Fang / ThinkProgress:
GOP Rep. Joe Walsh Melts Down, Screams At Constituents: ‘Dont Blame Banks!...I Am Tired Of Hearing That Crap!’  —  Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) erupts at a constituent who asked about the bank lobby  —  Freshman Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) is known for his anti-Obama rhetoric on cable television and his inability to pay his child support payments.
Discussion: Open Congress and The Raw Story
Patrick B. Pexton / Washington Post:
Post Roast: Jennifer Rubin's retweet  —  Is a news organization responsible for what its journalists put out on Twitter?  And what if those journalists are opinion writers?  Those questions came up in October when The Post's Right Turn opinion blogger, Jennifer Rubin, retweeted a controversial tweet …
Eric Russell / Bangor Daily News:
Mainers vote to continue Election Day registration  —  PORTLAND, Maine — By a relatively wide margin, Mainers on Tuesday overturned a recently passed law that would have ended a 38-year-old practice of allowing voters to register on Election Day.  —  Question 1 asked: “Do you want to reject …
Discussion: Off the Kuff and The Raw Story
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Steve Mistler / Sun Journal:
Webster says gay rights group ad designed to educate voters
David Catanese / The Politico:
Beshear wins in Ky., Bryant in Miss.  —  Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear cruised to a second term over Republican David Williams Tuesday in a win that offers Democrats a 2012 template for how to run in a dismal economic environment.  —  The answer: outraise and outspend, define and discredit …
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Kevinliptak / CNN:   Beshear easily wins re-election in Kentucky
Univision News Tumblr:
Univision News poll: Obama holds advantage with Latino voters, leaving GOP with uphill battle  —  President Obama leads his chief GOP rivals by two-to-one margins among Latino voters, according to a new Univision News/Latino Decisions poll.  But it's far from certain that Latinos will turn …
Discussion: The Page
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Daley's Demotion: How Washington Elites Got Obama Wrong  —  Bill Daley.  —  Hiring Bill Daley as chief of staff may not have been the biggest mistake of President Obama's first term, but it was surely the most obvious one.  Now he appears to be reversing it.
 
 
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Kyle Mantyla / Right Wing Watch:
Dobson: God Will Stop Blessing America If We Don't Vote Right In 2012
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Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress:
Gingrich Admits Deregulation Of Wall Street In The '90s Was ‘Probably A Mistake’
Brendan Sasso / The Hill:
Obama threatens to veto net-neutrality repeal
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