November 2011
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Ta-Nehisi Coates offers the definitive take-down...
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“I may be more capable of calm discipline than I would have guessed. Watch the...”
– Newt Gingrich on drug laws, entitlements and campaigning: The Yahoo News interview
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“I can’t believe they would prioritize that over other issues they have...”
– Emma Sullivan said harsh things about Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback on Twitter. Her principal tried to make her apologize.
Sullivan is standing her ground.
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The Washington Post has a new "Election Watch"... →
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Supercommittee members announce failure
Members of the deficit reduction “supercommittee” confirmed soon after financial markets closed Monday afternoon that they failed to reach a solution by their deadline to cut $1.2 trillion from the federal deficit.
“After months of hard work and intense deliberations, we have come to the conclusion today that it will not be possible to make any bipartisan agreement available...
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'I'm thinking he would have to have a split...
In her first major public appearance, Gloria Cain, wife of presidential candidate Herman Cain, defended her husband against past allegations of sexual harassment in a Fox News interview set to air Monday night.
Cain tells host Greta Van Susteren that she heard the “graphic” and “disrespectful” allegations against her husband, but said, “I know that’s not the...
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Memory expert offers memorization tips to Rick...
In his book, Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything, Joshua Foer describes techniques that people have used for thousands of years to remember all kinds of things, including speeches that last for hours and entire books. As Foer explains, one trick to memorization is to associate the words with things that are so strange and exaggerated that you’ll never...
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Most Republican 2012 candidates lack a plan to... →
How would the GOP candidates handle a eurozone crisis? Zack Roth took a look at their public statements, and it seems the answer is not well.
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Pontiac, MI: "a community of residents is in...
Rachel Rose Hartman of Yahoo News goes to Michigan ahead of tonight’s debate to find out what economically depressed towns like Pontiac want from a presidential candidate:
PONTIAC, Mich.— Amid the boarded-up homes, near-empty eating establishments and abandoned auto plants in Pontiac, Mich. a community of residents is in anxious transition, waiting for a path forward to move their...
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WatchAbove is our video preview of tonight’s debate in Michigan. The quick take: the candidates need to come up with some answers on how to fix the economy.
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So you know ...
Only two candidates in the running for 2012 currently have “Fuck Yeah” Tumblrs dedicated to them: Barack Obama and Jon Huntsman.
(Ron Paul’s appears to be abandoned, and while there’s a fuckyeahrickperry.tumblr.com, I’m sad to report it’s actually anti-Rick.)
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“Rick Perry said it was “irresponsible” for President Barack Obama to...”
– Rick Perry says repealing DADT was ‘irresponsible’— The Ticket, Yahoo! News
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Meet our new, even nerdier politics blog, The Signal:
As voters head to the polls today for the 2011 elections, we are a little less than a year away from selecting the next President of the United States. As of this morning, there’s a 67.3 percent chance that Republican Mitt Romney will challenge Democratic incumbent Barack Obama in the 2012 general election. Rick Perry, at 10.4 percent,...
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“I do not know how long it will take for public opinion polls to reflect...”
– Accuser’ press conference cuts Herman Cain’s odds in half in prediction markets — The Ticket, Yahoo! News
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The New Yorker spends a morning with Nancy Pelosi →
… and it’s pretty great.
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Herman Cain says the sexual harassment story is over:
“Don’t even go there,” Cain told one reporter gathered for a press availability, cutting off a question about one accuser who came forward Friday via her attorney. Cain then turned to his chief of staff and asked to have the Journalist Code of Ethics sent to the reporter.
“We are getting back on message, end of...
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“All in all, Democrats remain decidedly less white, more female, more liberal,...”
– Gallup: Democrats More Liberal, Less White Than in 2008
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“People are too hung up on people’s baggage,” Cain told Pye during a...”
– Herman Cain in 2007 on choosing a president —The Ticket, Yahoo! News
The date of Cain's harassment settlement? 9/99 →
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Politico reports that the cash settlement for one of the women accusing Herman Cain of sexual harassment bears the date: September of 1999. No joke.
On a related note, if you missed Michelle Cottle’s Daily Beast piece from a few weeks back about Cain’s obsession with numerology (and one number in particular), it’s definitely worth a read.
Figures.
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Most Republicans shrug at Cain allegations,...
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain has spent the week battling accusations that he sexually harassed female employees while he was president of the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s. But according to the first major poll released since the story broke on Sunday, most Republican-leaning voters say the new revelations have not changed their opinion of the candidate.
In a...
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“I hate debates. I hate debates worse than I did spinning when I was a pilot in...”
– Rick Perry finally admits he didn’t do debate prep via GOP12
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“No. I was just giving a speech.”
– Rick Perry denies he was under influence of drugs or alcohol during strange NH speech (via the SF Chronicle)
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Newsweek's new Tumblr Is Really, Really Smart →
A Newsweek investigation turned up dozens of letters from politicians with an insatiable taste for pork. These are their scraps.
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Cain/Reporter relationship not going so well
“What did I say?” Cain, who was flanked by aides and bodyguards, interrupted.
The reporter kept asking.
“Excuse me,” Cain said. “Excuse me!”
“What part of no don’t these people understand?” he said to himself as he walked away.
—Herman Cain snaps at reporters asking about harassment allegations
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Cain has banner fundraising week after sexual...
The news media’s focus on past accusations of sexual harassment this week hasn’t been all bad for Herman Cain. His presidential campaign raised at least $350,000 since Politico published its story Sunday night, a source close the campaign told Yahoo News.
Mark Block, Cain’s chief of staff, said Tuesday that the campaign had raised $250,000 online, but the latest information...
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