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8:25 AM ET, December 5, 2011

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myfoxatlanta.com:
Source: Herman Cain to Endorse Newt Gingrich Monday  —  ATLANTA - Herman Cain might be out of the running as a Republican presidential candidate, but his voice still carries weight with his many loyal supporters.  Since he bowed out of the race Saturday, there has been much speculation on who he would endorse.
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Marist Poll:
12/4: NBC News/Marist Poll: Romney Lead Narrows in New Hampshire Primary  —  Although Mitt Romney outpaces his closest competitor in New Hampshire's Republican Presidential Primary by 16 percentage points, his lead has been cut in half since a similar poll conducted in October.
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Report: Cain to endorse Newt Monday  —  That was fast.  —  Fox-5 in Atlanta, the same station that broke the Ginger White allegations, is reporting that Herman Cain is going to endorse Newt Gingrich on Monday.  Gingrich's camp put a late add of a press conference at 1:45 p.m. on his schedule.
New York Times:
Gingrich Surges, but Romney Organization Is Stronger  —  Surging in polls is one thing.  But as Newt Gingrich seeks to turn his impressive performance in surveys into votes, he is scrambling madly to build the kind of organization that Mitt Romney has methodically put in place for a year …
Washington Examiner:
The insider-outsider divide over Newt Gingrich  —  There's a deep and growing divide in the Republican world between those who are able to reconcile themselves with — to wrap their heads around — the possibility of Newt Gingrich becoming the GOP presidential nominee, and those who are not.
Chris Wallace / Fox News:
Michele Bachmann Talks Presidential Politics; Sens. Coburn, Conrad on Extending the Payroll Tax Cut
Marist Poll:
12/4: NBC News/Marist Poll: Gingrich Races to the Head of the Pack in Iowa
Discussion: CNN and Taegan Goddard's …
BBC:
Putin's United Russia party suffers poll setback  —  The ballot comes three months before the presidential election which Mr Putin is to contest  —  Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's United Russia party has seen a sharp drop in support in parliamentary elections.
Discussion: americanthinker.com
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Paul Krugman:
Lies, Damned Lies, And Elections  —  As we wait to see whether the GOP nominates the guy who claims that his health plan was nothing like Obamacare, oh no, or the guy who claims that Freddie Mac paid him $1.6 million as a historian, one thing is obvious: this election is going to pose a major challenge to the news media.
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Brad DeLong
New York Times:
Explosion Seen as Big Setback to Iran's Missile Program  —  WASHINGTON — The huge explosion that destroyed a major missile-testing site near Tehran three weeks ago was a major setback for Iran's most advanced long-range missile program, according to American and Israeli intelligence officials and missile technology experts.
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Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Leaders Piece Together an Effort to Keep the Euro Intact  —  PARIS — European leaders are working overtime on a tentative deal to try to save the euro, which they hope to complete at a crucial summit meeting in Brussels this week.  But rather than one transformative leap …
Discussion: Business Insider and EU Referendum
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Telegraph:
Merkel and Sarkozy to unveil eurozone rescue package
Patrick O'Connor / Washington Wire:
Donald Trump Mulls Third-Party Bid as He Enjoys GOP Kingmaker Role  —  Donald Trump will host another Republican White House hopeful on Monday when former House Speaker Newt Gingrich travels to New York to pay his respects to the real-estate mogul and reality TV star.
Discussion: USA Today
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
White House opens offensive to confirm consumer agency head  —  The White House on Sunday night launched a major offensive to get Richard Cordray confirmed this week as the new head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) created by the Dodd-Frank financial reform law enacted last year.
Guardian:
Rioters: anger at police fuelled summer unrest  —  Guardian-LSE study of riots - involving hundreds of interviews with participants - reveals deep antipathy towards officers  —  Widespread anger and frustration at the way police engage with communities was a significant cause of the summer riots …
Discussion: msnbc.com and Biased BBC
Peter Dorman / EconoSpeak:
Mankiw's Reply to the Walk-Out  —  Whatever my disagreements with Greg Mankiw's op-ed self-defense today, I appreciate that he takes his dissident students seriously and refrains from slinging labels, pulling rank or other repressive tactics.  Protesters don't always get this treatment.
Discussion: Crooked Timber
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N. Gregory Mankiw / New York Times:
Know What You're Protesting
 
 
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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Sen. Conrad: Reid to unveil payroll tax holiday compromise
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Obama to channel T.R. — Cain may endorse Newt — Gingrich talks Middle East, inner city this week …
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Ron Paul says he's ‘flavor of the decade’
Tom Hamburger / Los Angeles Times:
A closer look at Mitt Romney's job creation record
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