memeorandum: Live Blog: Nov. 9 Day of Action at UC Berkeley (Jordan Bach-Lombardo/The Daily Californian)

11:40 AM ET, November 10, 2011

Top Items:

Allahpundit / Hot Air:

Video: Perry implodes; Update: Campaign is over, says top fundraiser — Via Business Insider. A few choice quotes. Larry Sabato: … Rich Lowry: … Mona Charen: … He's down to 4.9 percent now on InTrade; before the debate he was at 9.3 percent.

Discussion: American Prospect, Rick Perry 2012 Campaign …, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Pundit & Pundette, Mediaite, Maggie's Farm, Fire Andrea Mitchell!, The Moderate Voice, GOP 12, Weasel Zippers, The Page and Taylor Marsh

Alexander Burns / The Politico:

Rick Perry crashes, Cain cheered at GOP debate — ROCHESTER, Mich. - The Rick Perry comeback hit a potentially disastrous snag Wednesday night, as the Texas governor again froze on the debate stage — this time, while attempting to list three federal agencies he'd eliminate as president.

Discussion: CNN, The Caucus, Washington Post, Connecting.the.Dots, Media Decoder, No More Mister Nice Blog, Michelle Malkin, Pat Dollard, The Page, Gawker, The Lonely Conservative and Althouse

Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:

The ‘oops’ heard 'round the world — Some debate screw-ups are so memorable, they practically become iconic. Gerald Ford claiming there was “no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe,” Dan Quayle comparing himself to JFK, and James Stockdale asking who he is and what he's doing there were all pretty unforgettable.

Discussion: Washington Post, The Maddow Blog, The Hinterland Gazette, The Atlantic Online and The Reality-Based Community

James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:

Ford. Quayle. Stockdale. Now, Poor Rick Perry — In the long annals of presidential-campaign debating, there had until this evening been three famous-disaster moments: — 1) 1976, Gerald Ford and Poland. This one wasn't quite fair. Ford was trying to make a reasonable point …

Discussion: blogs.telegraph.co.uk

Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:

Is Perry Toast? — Almost immediately after what will probably be remembered as the Bill Buckner moment of primary debates, when Texas Gov. Rick Perry literally forgot which governmental agencies he would cut and concluded his answer with a sheepish “Oops,” Mr. Perry's stock on the betting market Intrade dropped in half.

Discussion: Washington Post, Slate, Hot Air, Outside the Beltway, Rick Perry 2012 Campaign …, Iowa Caucuses, Daily Kos, Prairie Weather and Associated Press

William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:

Most Brutal Debate Video and Tweets Ever — Full report on CNBC debate here. The only part that will be remembered is Rick Perry's freeze on stage. He was having a reasonable debate until that point. I feel sorry for him. One freeze on stage should not end a campaign …

Discussion: Say Anything and JustOneMinute

ABCNEWS:

Rick Perry on His ‘Oops’: There's No ‘Perfect Candidate’ — Texas Governor Rick Perry hit the airwaves this morning to try to recover from a performance that one presidential scholar deemed “the most devastating” of any primary debate. — “The bottom line is that we're going to get up every …

Discussion: Washington Wire, Weasel Zippers, US Politics, The Politico and Campaign 2012

Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:

In the Perry camp, sad — A prominent Perry supporter emails: — Original Message— From: — Sent: Wed 11/9/2011 9:21 PM — To: Ben Smith — Subject: i'm sad — stuck a fork in himself — can't decide which is worse Dean scream or Perry oops — bourbon for me, i think

Discussion: New York Magazine, The Raw Story and US Politics

Zeke Miller / Business Insider:
PERRY DEBATE DISASTER: This Is The Moment That Officially Killed His Campaign — For Good

Discussion: zerohedge.com/fullrss2.xml, Gawker, Pirate's Cove, thump and whip, Outside the Beltway, Towleroad News #gay, blogs.telegraph.co.uk and Campaign 2012

The Politico:
Romney rivals continue to implode

Discussion: msnbc.com, The New Republic, Daily Kos, Washington Post, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog and CNN

Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
Abolishing The Department Of Energy

Discussion: Washington Post

Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Debate crowd cheers Cain in face of sexual harassment claims

Discussion: CNN

Nate Schweber / New York Times:

Penn State Students Clash With Police in Unrest After Announcement — STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — After top Penn State officials announced that they had fired Joe Paterno on Wednesday night, thousands of students stormed the downtown area to display their anger and frustration, chanting the former coach's name …

Discussion: The Atlantic Online, Althouse, Gawker, The Daily Dish, CBS Chicago, Gothamist, Rod Dreher and Balloon Juice

Mark Viera / New York Times:

Penn State Coach Joe Paterno Is Fired — STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Graham B. Spanier, one of the longest-serving and highest-paid university presidents in the nation, who has helped raise the academic profile of Penn State during his tenure, stepped down Wednesday night in the wake …

Discussion: The Atlantic Online, LA Times Sports Blog, Taylor Marsh, Feministe, Michelle Malkin, Jezebel, The Confluence, Sky Dancing, Clayton Cramer's Blog and Maggie's Notebook

ESPN:

Joe Paterno, Graham Spanier out — Both football coach Joe Paterno and president Graham Spanier are out at Penn State in the wake of a disturbing child sex abuse scandal involving a former assistant coach. — Paterno said in a statement Wednesday he would retire after the season …

Discussion: Fox Sports, UrbanGrounds, New York Times, The Moderate Voice, Balloon Juice, Scared Monkeys, Mediaite and NBC Philadelphia

CBS News:
Paterno fired over Penn St. child abuse scandal

Discussion: Mediaite, RNS Blog, The Daily Dish, CBS Boston, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Political Mojo, Crooks and Liars and ESPN

Sports Illustrated:
The Penn State scandal echoes a hockey horror

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Rod Dreher, Salon.com, The Huffington Post and Ed Driscoll

Mike Paluska / CBS Atlanta 46:

Investigator: Herman Cain innocent of sexual advances — Private investigator TJ Ward said presidential hopeful Herman Cain was not lying at a news conference on Tuesday in Phoenix. — Cain denied making any sexual actions towards Sharon Bialek and vowed to take a polygraph test if necessary to prove his innocence.

Discussion: Herman Cain PAC, The Daily Caller, Doug Ross and PoliPundit.com

William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:

Anti-Cain hoax exposed — Yesterday I saw a lengthy thread at Memeorandum about a “HermanCainPAC” website which had a large cover story calling Karen Kraushaar an “ugly bitch.” Here's the screenshot: — The website looked real, with a donate page and so on.

Discussion: Daily Kos, Herman Cain PAC and The Gateway Pundit

Ann Coulter / Official:
DAVID AXELROD'S PATTERN OF SEXUAL MISBEHAVIOR

Discussion: The Other McCain, American Spectator and Herman Cain PAC

Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Cain chief of staff under fire

Discussion: Washington Times, Hot Air, The Daily Caller, The Political Carnival and Riehl World View

The Page:

CNBC's “Your Money, Your Vote: The Republican Presidential Debate” Live from Oakland University in Rochester, MI ... BARTIROMO: And good evening, everyone. I'm Maria Bartiromo. — HARWOOD: I'm John Hardwood. — And welcome to CNBC's Republican Presidential Debate.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, ThinkProgress, A plain blog about politics, The Daily Caller, FT Alphaville and The PJ Tatler

New York Times:
Michigan Debate Fact Check

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland and ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*

Benjy Sarlin / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM SLIDESHOW: Meet The 2012 GOPers — Newt Gingrich

Discussion: Washington Monthly and Political Mojo

Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:

The Financial Folly of Fairness — When I was a young and naive economics writer, I used to write about developing countries a fair amount. Time and again they would make these bizarre and pointless moves, like suddenly and for no apparent reason defaulting on a bunch of debt.

Discussion: Questions and Observations, Paul Krugman, Political Mojo, Instapundit and Firedoglake

Quinnipiac University:

Obama, Romney Tied In Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Quinnipiac University Swing State Poll Finds; Cain, Romney Duel For Gop Lead In All Three States — One year before the presidential election, President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney are running neck and neck in Florida …

Discussion: Naked Politics, The Strata-Sphere, GOP 12, The Politico and Taegan Goddard's …

Craig Whitlockand Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:

Remains of war dead dumped in landfill — The Dover Air Force Base mortuary for years disposed of some dead troops' body parts by burning them and dumping the ashes in a Virginia landfill, a practice that officials have since abandoned in favor of burying the remains at sea.

Discussion: Hot Air, Outside the Beltway, ABCNEWS, Pat Dollard, Mediaite and US Politics

Stuart Tomlinson / Oregonian:

Police arrest man at Occupy Portland camp for throwing Molotov cocktail into stairwell at World Trade Center — A 29-year-old man was arrested this morning inside the Occupy Portland encampment, police said, on suspicion of throwing a Molotov cocktail onto a staircase at the World Trade Center last night.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Jammie Wearing Fools

The Politico:

Supercommittee Dems offer $350 billion in Medicare cuts — Supercommittee Democrats quietly floated details late Wednesday of a $2.3 trillion tax-and-cut proposal that includes $400 billion in Medicare and Medicaid reductions, but also clears the way for a new physician payment formula.

Discussion: ThinkProgress

Anne E. Kornblut / Washington Post:

Reggie Love, Obama ‘body man,’ to leave White House by year's end — Reggie Love, a key member of the Obama entourage, is planning to leave the White House by the end of the year, people close to the administration said. — Love, 30, is a popular, gregarious figure in the White House.

Discussion: ABCNEWS and The Page

Farhad Manjoo / Slate:

Google+ Is Dead — The search behemoth might not realize it yet, but its chance to compete with Facebook has come and gone. — Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt didn't post his first Google+ message until three months after it went live — AFP/Getty Images.

Discussion: Rod Dreher

Jordan Bach-Lombardo / The Daily Californian:

Live Blog: Nov. 9 Day of Action at UC Berkeley — Occupy Cal organizers plan for Thursday gatherings — A crowd of protesters fill Sproul Plaza at around 10:30 PM. — jbachlombardo@dailycal.org — Wednesday marks another day of action at UC Berkeley.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, The Atlantic Online and L.A. NOW

Bill Graves / Oregonian:

Basic Rights Oregon will not put same-sex marriage on 2012 ballot — After a three-year campaign to build support for legalizing same-sex marriage, Oregon's largest gay rights group has decided against putting the issue up for a vote in 2012. — Feedback from an online survey of over 1,000 people …

Discussion: On Top Magazine Headlines