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1:10 PM ET, November 30, 2011

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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
While defending himself, Perry steps in it again  —  (CNN) - Rick Perry sought to defend a recent gaffe in an interview Wednesday, but in the same appearance made another.  —  On Tuesday, the Republican presidential candidate incorrectly said the voting age in the U.S. is 21 instead of 18 …
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Walter C. Jones / Florida Times Union:
Poll: Newt Gingrich soars in Florida  —  ATLANTA - Newt Gingrich is the current favorite in Florida's Jan. 31 Republican presidential primary, picking up supporters who fled Herman Cain to claim 41 percent in a poll conducted Tuesday night for the Florida Times-Union.
Amanda Gaines / WMAL 105.9 FM/AM 630:
LISTEN: GOP Rep. Allen West Calls Cain a ‘Distracter’ in Republican Race
Discussion: Washington Wire and Riptide 2.0
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Rep. West: Cain ‘should move on’ from the race
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and GOP 12
Jonathan Martin / Reuters:
Herman Cain's campaign a study in ineptitude  —  Herman Cain is in the midst of “reassessing” whether to continue his 2012 bid, but its legacy is already settled: His campaign will go down as one of the most hapless and bumbling operations in modern presidential politics …
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ABCNEWS:
Herman Cain Would Not Make a ‘Good President,’ Ginger White Says  —  Ginger White, who says she was involved in a 13 or 14 year “on and off” affair with Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain, today told me she does not think he is fit to be president.
Jonathan Easley / Ballot Box:
Cain accuser says he's not fit to be president
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
New York Times:
Gingrich Gave Push to Clients, Not Just Ideas  —  Newt Gingrich is adamant that he is not a lobbyist, but rather a visionary who traffics in ideas, not influence.  But in the eight years since he started his health care consultancy, he has made millions of dollars while helping companies promote …
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Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Gingrich, Romney Outstrip Paul in Popularity Within the GOP  —  Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney are maintaining broad popularity in the Republican Party, both far outstripping GOP rival Ron Paul in basic favorability.  But among independents - crucial swing voters in the general election - the advantage is Romney's.
Ben Adler / thenation.com/blogs/163272:
Why Conservatives Like Newt Gingrich
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Binyamin Appelbaum / New York Times:
Central Banks Take Joint Action to Ease Debt Crisis  —  WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve moved Wednesday with other major central banks to buttress financial markets by increasing the availability of dollars outside the United States, reflecting growing concern about the fallout of the European debt crisis.
Bloomberg:
Fed, Five Central Banks Cut Dollar Swap Rate
Naftali Bendavid / Wall Street Journal:
GOP Set to Back Payroll-Tax Cut  —  Republican leaders said Tuesday they would join Democrats in supporting an extension of the 2011 payroll-tax cut despite some reluctance within the GOP, virtually assuring that American wage-earners will continue to receive the benefit next year.
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David Dayen / Firedoglake:
McConnell's Positive Words on Extending Payroll Tax Cut Ignores a Host of Issues
Mike Lillis / The Hill:   Democrats to push campaign finance reform legislation
Jim Kuhnhenn / Associated Press:   Obama road trip: from payroll tax to campaign cash
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Ruth Marcus reveals another journalistic value  —  The Post columnist demands an apology from a high school student for harshly criticizing her governor  —  Yesterday, The New York Times' Roger Cohen displayed a core value of American political journalism — love of government secrecy …
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Emma Sullivan's potty-mouthed tweet has a lesson for all of us
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Netanyahu Government Suggests Israelis Avoid Marrying American Jews  —  The Netanyahu government's Ministry of Immigrant Absorption is sponsoring advertisements in at least five American communities that warn Israeli expatriates that they will lose their identities if they don't return home.
Zaid Jilani / ThinkProgress:
Movers And Sheriff's Deputies Refuse Bank's Order To Evict 103-Year-Old Atlanta Woman  —  103-year-old Vita Lee.  (Photo credit: WSB TV)  —  Yesterday, a Deutsche Bank branch in Atlanta had requested the eviction of Vita Lee, a 103-year-old Atlanta woman, and her 83-year-old daughter.
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Ryan Young / WSB-TV:
Movers, deputies refuse to evict 103-year-old woman
Discussion: The Raw Story and Gawker
Joe Eskenazi / The Snitch:
Happy Meal Ban: McDonald's Outsmarts San Francisco  —  On Thursday, Dec. 1, the city's de facto ban of the Happy Meal commences.  San Francisco has accomplished what the Hamburglar could not.  Or has it?  —  In order to include a toy with a meal, restaurants must now comply with city-generated nutritional standards.
Philly.com:
Police clear Occupy encampment, dozens arrested  —  Police swarmed around City Hall and rousted Occupy Philadelphia protesters from their encampment overnight, more than two days after a deadline passed for them to leave.  —  The occupiers responded by roaming around Center City …
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Reuters:
Police dismantle anti-Wall Street's LA camp
Mike Beaudet / MyFox Boston:
Teacher was a porn star  —  BOSTON (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - Kevin Hogan is an English teacher and crew coach at a top-rated Massachusetts public high school, but he brings some unusual experience to the job: until recently, he was starring in pornographic movies.
Nile Gardiner / The Heritage Foundation:
Does Obama Know the Difference between Great Britain and England?  —  It is gratifying to see President Barack Obama condemn the disgraceful storming of the British Embassy in Tehran by thugs acting at the behest of the Iranian regime.  After all, Obama has been notoriously slow in the past …
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
The Receding Democratic Majority?  —  Obama has a “path to 270.”  Republicans hope he makes it even farther.  —  Back in 2002, John Judis and Ruy Teixeira published a book titled “The Emerging Democratic Majority,” in which they argued that demographic trends were the Democrats' friends …
TheAustralian:
A second Iranian nuclear facility has exploded, as diplomatic tensions rise between the West and Tehran  —  SHEERA FRENKEL - … AN IRANIAN nuclear facility has been hit by a huge explosion, the second such blast in a month, prompting speculation that Tehran's military and atomic sites are under attack.
Kimberly Kindy / Washington Post:
Despite earmark ban, lawmakers try to give money to hundreds of pet projects  —  Members of the House and the Senate attempted to pack hundreds of special spending provisions into at least 10 bills in the summer and fall, less than a year after congressional leaders declared a moratorium on earmarks, congressional records show.
 
 
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Manny Fernandez / New York Times:
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Brandon Smith / indianapublicmedia.org:
Daniels Says He Will Not Endorse A Presidential Candidate
Discussion: CNN and The Hill
Michele McPhee / WCVB-TV:
City Moving To Remove ‘Occupy Boston’ Protesters
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Obama won't change automatic spending cuts
Discussion: Daily Kos
Washington Examiner:
FLOTUS dines at Co Co. Sala
Debbie Siegelbaum / The Hill:
Lawmakers propose end to congressional pensions
Ian Desai / New York Times:
What Would Gandhi Do?  —  GANDHI has been all over New York lately.
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