memeorandum: Raise Our Taxes, Please by David Atkins (Thereisnospoon/Hullabaloo)

8:30 PM ET, November 17, 2011

Top Items:

Iowa: Gingrich 32%, Romney 19%, Cain 13% — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has already picked up steam among Republican primary voters nationwide, and now he jumps to the front of the GOP pack among caucus-goers in Iowa. — The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey …

Discussion: About.com US Liberal Politics, TalkLeft, Ricochet Conversations Feed, Hot Air, The Right Scoop and GOP 12

A.Killough / CNN:

Gingrich contrasts tea party, ‘Occupy’ protesters — (CNN) - As hundreds of “Occupy” demonstrators across the country take to the streets on the movement's so-called “Day of Action,” GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich came out in full support of cities cracking down on the protesters.

Discussion: The Politico and The Hill

Richard S. Dunham / Rick Perry 2012 Campaign …:

Perry funds dry up after gaffes and dip in polls — 2,994 — WASHINGTON — Texas Gov. Rick Perry's campaign fundraising has gone into a tailspin as a result of poor debate performances and plunging poll numbers, jeopardizing his position as the best-funded Republican presidential candidate of 2012.

Discussion: The Caucus, Political Mojo, Daily Kos, Los Angeles Times, Firedoglake, Wonkette, American Prospect, National Review, Outside the Beltway, Ballot Box, GOP 12 and The Brody File

New York Post:

Protesters cause mayhem across city ahead of B'klyn Bridge march, 177 arrested — Anti-Wall Street protesters clashed with cops throughout the day as they continued the mayhem by mounting an afternoon assault on New Yorkers that included swarming subway stations and the Brooklyn Bridge.

Discussion: Fox News, nation.foxnews.com, New York Times, The Gateway Pundit, Jammie Wearing Fools, Capital New York and The Right Scoop

Andy Newman / City Room:

Clashes and More Than 200 Arrests Mark Protest's ‘Day of Action’ — Two months after it began in New York, Occupy Wall Street carried out a “Day of Action” on Thursday featuring an attempt to delay the opening of the New York Stock Exchange, demonstrations on the subways …

Discussion: NY Daily News, New York Times, Gawker, The Lede, Boing Boing, Metropolis, msnbc.com, CBS New York, The Democratic Daily, Wonkette, Los Angeles Times, Towleroad News #gay, Outside the Beltway, The Other McCain, Daily Kos and The Politico, more at Mediagazer »

CBS New York:
OWS Protesters Chant ‘Follow Those Kids!’ As Small Children Try To Go To School On Wall Street

Discussion: Don Surber, Hot Air and The Jawa Report

A.Killough / CNN:
Santorum: Republicans ‘ignore some realities’ on economy

Discussion: The Politico, Ballot Box, Weasel Zippers and ABCNEWS

The Politico:
Obama's ‘lazy’ remark catches fire

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Slate, The Hill, ABCNEWS, Liberal Values, The American Prospect, The New Republic, Wake up America, NewsBusters.org, Wonkette, Washington Monthly, Swampland, msnbc.com, PolitickerNY, The Caucus and Outside the Beltway

Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
For SEIU, Obama and Occupy

Discussion: Weasel Zippers

Ann Coulter / Townhall.com:
If Not Romney, Who? If Not Now, When

Discussion: The Spectacle Blog, pandagon.net, Taylor Marsh, TIME Ideas, GOP 12 and Mediaite

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

Herman Cain Cancels Interview After Making Unusual Requests [UPDATE] … 2012 Election , Herman Cain , Newspapers , Video , Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , Hermain Cain 2012 , The Backstory , Union Leader , Media News — UPDATE: The Cain campaign has now canceled its interview with the Union Leader …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice and msnbc.com

Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:

The Herman Cain Meltdown — The hits keep on coming for the businessman and onetime GOP front-runner, who seems determined to go down in flames — The Herman Cain implosion is under way. — Once the Republican front-runner, Cain now seems to be self-destructing before our very eyes.

Discussion: Los Angeles Times

Alexander Burns / The Politico:

Herman Cain: ‘Who knows every detail of every country on the planet?’ — That's the rhetorical question Herman Cain asked a crowd in Nashua this afternoon, POLITICO's Reid Epstein emails. — Cain trotted out the line in a riff about his now-infamous Libya answer.

Discussion: Mediaite, Hot Air and National Review

news.iastate.edu:
Cain top choice in new ISU/Gazette/KCRG Poll, but voters have not made up their minds

Discussion: Washington Post, Hot Air, KCRG-TV, Business Insider, Taegan Goddard's … and The Brody File

Eric Kleefeld / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM SLIDESHOW: Meet The 2012 GOPers — Herman Cain

Discussion: The Politico, Washington Monthly, The Stranger …, Indecision Forever and The Hill

John DiStaso / unionleader.com:
Primary Status: Cain a ‘no-show’ for NH Union Leader interview

Discussion: Washington Wire, Associated Press, msnbc.com, The Hill, Los Angeles Times, The Political Carnival, Outside the Beltway, Pundit & Pundette and The Other McCain

Laura Weisman / Rick Perry 2012 Campaign for President:
Cain ducks N.H. interview, says we need ‘a leader, not a reader’

Discussion: Outside the Beltway

A.Killough / CNN:
Cain: How do you say that in ‘Cuban?’

Discussion: ABCNEWS and The Stranger …

John / Verum Serum:

Occupy San Diego Has A Moment of Solidarity for the White House Shooter...Wait, What? — Click here to view the embedded video. — I understand a moment of silence for the White House, but why would you offer a moment of solidarity, i.e. unity, with the shooter?

Discussion: Mediaite, RedState, The PJ Tatler and Sister Toldjah

Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Man Charged With Trying to Assassinate Obama

Discussion: THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS and Balloon Juice

Joe Mandak / Associated Press:
Idaho man charged with trying to assassinate Obama

Discussion: Guardian, THEROOT.COM and The Political Carnival

Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez charged with attempted assassination of Obama

Discussion: The Hill, Runnin' Scared, The Daily What and The Hill

Metro:

Before leaving governor's office in 2006, Mitt Romney's staff eliminated e-mail records — Ex-governor's aides say they did nothing wrong — Just before Mitt Romney left the Massachusetts governor's office and first ran for president, 11 of his top aides purchased their state-issued computer hard drives …

Discussion: ABCNEWS, Los Angeles Times, ThinkProgress, msnbc.com, The Political Carnival, Washington Wire, Weasel Zippers, The New Republic, The Hill, Washington Monthly, Daily Kos, The Page, National Review and The Impolitic

Jonathan Bernstein / Washington Post:

Obama never secretly killed the public option. It's a myth. — Did Obama secretly kill the public option? — The question is still an important one for many liberals. The claim lives on to this day, and is still seen as perhaps the clearest evidence from Obama's first term …

Discussion: Booman Tribune, TalkLeft, Campaign Stops and The Mahablog

Jonathan Bernstein / A plain blog about politics:

The NYT Should Be Ashamed of Itself (Again) — Drew Westen is the Worst Thing in the New York Times. Hands down. — Yes, I have a running item complaining about Matt Bai, but as I've said he also, at least when he's reporting, has serious value added: he's actually quite good at the reporting side …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, American Prospect and Matt Glassman

Peter Wallsten / Washington Post:

GOP supercommittee members' tax plan gives party an identity crisis — Growing Republican support for raising taxes to help reduce the deficit has prompted a GOP identity crisis, sparking a clash within the party over whether to abandon its bedrock anti-tax doctrine.

Discussion: New York Magazine, International Liberty, The Huffington Post, Taylor Marsh, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, ThinkProgress, Daily Kos, The Daily Caller, The Hill, ABCNEWS, US Politics and Reuters

Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
Baseline Games — Here's the thing you should keep in mind about the long-term deficit.

Discussion: Washington Post, Political Mojo, TalkLeft and Brad DeLong

Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Wonkbook: Democrats and Republicans both want to cut taxes. Deficit hawks don't.

Discussion: Daily Kos, The New Republic and The Politico

E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
How we can succeed through supercommittee's ‘failure’

Discussion: Associated Press, Washington Monthly, Off the Charts Blog, The New Republic, Crooks and Liars and Daily Kos

Kevinliptak / CNN:

Secret Service confirms Cain protection — Washington (CNN) - Presidential candidate Herman Cain will receive protection from the United States Secret Service, the agency confirms to CNN. — Cain will be the first candidate in the race for the Republican presidential nomination …

Discussion: Associated Press and Business Insider

ABCNEWS:
Herman Cain to Get Secret Service Protection, Nancy Pelosi Ribs Perry, The Bubble Primary; The PM Note

Discussion: About.com Conservative …

Carlos Lozano / L.A. NOW:

Prop. 8 sponsors are legally entitled to defend measure, court rules — The California Supreme Court decided Thursday that the sponsors of Proposition 8 and other ballot measures are entitled to defend them in court when the state refuses to do so, a ruling likely to spur federal courts …

Discussion: SCOTUSblog, New York Times, The Politico, GLAAD, Gay Politics, Guardian, Law Blog and Truthdig

Gabriel Arana / American Prospect:
Prop. 8: Bottom of the Ninth

Discussion: Towleroad News #gay

Hillary Chabot / Boston Herald:

Elizabeth Warren won't sign off on Occupy Harvard — U.S. Senate hopeful and Harvard Law prof Elizabeth Warren, who has claimed she laid the “intellectual foundation” for the Occupy Wall Street movement, is jilting the anti-corporate proteges in her own Ivy League yard, refusing to sign a petition in support of Occupy Harvard.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, The Lonely Conservative, Hot Air and Verum Serum

Kevinliptak / CNN:

Bachmann gives students a 101 on issues, then gets lectured — Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) - With the air of a college instructor, Michele Bachmann essentially gave college students a Conservative 101 on the economy, national and foreign affairs and other important issues on Thursday in Iowa.