Wednesday, November 2, 2011

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Cain's line in the sand: Denials invite scrutiny (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 02:46 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 11, 1988, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Gary Hart waves to supporters at a news conference in Denver, after announcing he would withdraw from the 1988 presidential race for the second time. At his side is his wife, Lee. Herman Cain drew a line in the sand, and now he has to hope it sets like concrete. Cain, a surprise leader in recent Republican presidential polls, has responded to allegations of sexual harassment with a series of definitive statements that invite closer scrutiny of his past conduct. Any number of politicians past were derailed after issuing a public invitation to check out their conduct, none more famously than Hart. (AP Photo/Aaron E. Tomlinson, File)AP - Herman Cain drew a line in the sand and hoped it would set like concrete.

AP Exclusive: Third worker says Cain harassed her (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 03:20 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain speaks after meeting with doctors attending the Docs4PatientCare conference in Alexandria, Va., Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)AP - Herman Cain's presidential campaign is accusing rival Rick Perry's operation of being behind stories about sexual harassment allegations against Cain in the 1990s.

Santorum campaigns for surprise finish in caucuses (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 02:50 PM PDT

AP - Rick Santorum's workmanlike approach in Iowa may be working.

Moms who supported Obama in '08 unsure about 2012 (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 01:36 PM PDT

Cheryl Abbarno, 47, stands outside her home wearing a shirt from the 2008 elections in Clermont, Fla., Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011. Abbarno overwhelmingly supported Obama during the last election, but is disappointed with his leadership.(AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)AP - Cheryl Abbarno was the most excited she's ever been about a presidential election when Barack Obama was on the ballot in 2008, but she isn't sure she'll vote for him again.

AP source: Cain accuser wary of revisiting episode (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 10:30 AM PDT

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain speaks after meeting with doctors attending the Docs4PatientCare conference in Alexandria, Va., Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)AP - Despite her lawyer's claims, a woman who accused Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain of sexual harassment in the 1990s is reluctant to talk about the episode in public.

GOP front-runners wage quiet war on Capitol Hill (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 12:10 AM PDT

AP - Brrrring.

Democratic SuperPAC targets Romney on Internet (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 04:49 AM PDT

AP - A Democratic SuperPAC is targeting Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney with a new Internet campaign that raises questions about his economic agenda one year before the 2012 election.

NH ends calendar uncertainty with Jan. 10 primary (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 10:12 AM PDT

With supporters of New Hampshire's First-in-the-nation presidential primary, Cy Gregg, left, New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner,right, announces that Jan. 10, 2012 will be the date for the presidential primary, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011, during a news conference in Concord, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)AP - New Hampshire on Wednesday scheduled its first-in-the-nation presidential primary for Jan. 10, finally giving candidates a concrete calendar after months of uncertainty.

Cain confronts more allegations (Politico)

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 01:56 PM PDT

Politico - The AP reports that a third woman experienced behavior by Cain that made her uncomfortable.

GOP pollster makes Cain accusation (Politico)

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 01:02 PM PDT

Politico - A veteran Republican pollster and former National Restaurant Association employee said Wednesday morning that Herman Cain sexually harassed a woman at an Arlington, Va., restaurant in the late 1990s.

Bachmann: Cain's problem is inconsistency (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 03:12 PM PDT

AP - Republican presidential contender Michele Bachmann says rival Herman Cain's missteps on policy hurt him more than allegations of sexual harassment.

Nonpartisan group has Plan B for picking president (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 07:37 PM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2008 file photo, a lone voter casts her ballot at the Su Nueva Launderia on the southwest side of Chicago. Lots of people complain about the shortcomings of the country’s two-party system for picking a president. Now a nonpartisan group is gathering millions of petition signatures — and dollars — to offer people a Plan B. Americans Elect, which grew out of a failed 2008 effort to provide a nonpartisan alternative in the presidential race, aims to secure a slot on the November ballot in all 50 states for a to-be-determined candidate who would be nominated in the nation’s first online convention next summer. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)AP - Lots of people complain about the shortcomings of the country's two-party system for picking a president. Now a nonpartisan group is gathering millions of petition signatures — and dollars — to offer people a Plan B.

Reading, math scores for fourth-graders (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 08:01 AM PDT

AP - Reading, math scores for fourth-graders

Polish pilot felt huge relief after safe landing (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 07:55 AM PDT

Commanding pilot Tadeusz Wrona speaks to the press at the Chopin airport in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011, the day after he made a smooth emergency landing with a Boeing 767 with 230 poeple on board en route from Newark at the airport in Warsaw. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)AP - The Polish pilot hailed as a hero for his smooth emergency landing of a Boeing airliner remained modest Wednesday in his first public appearance, saying he felt "huge relief" once his passengers evacuated the plane, but wondered whether he could have done better.

Obama admin considered bailout for Solyndra (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 03:14 PM PDT

AP - Days before a solar panel maker collapsed, the Obama administration considered a bailout that would have provided an infusion of cash and a new board of directors, including two directors appointed by the Energy Department.

Memo to Congress: No Secret Farm Bill (The Nation)

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 09:54 AM PDT

The Nation - The Nation -- Providing yet another reason for its 9 percent approval rating, Congress is attempting to write the nation’s next farm bill in secrecy—sneaking it into law as part of the deficit reduction package to be produced by the “supercommittee.”

Former Solyndra CEO makes off with $456K severance (Daily Caller)

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 02:04 PM PDT

Daily Caller - While taxpayers were left playing fiddle on the Solyndra Titanic, the bankrupt solar company's CEO made off with a severance package worth nearly a half-million dollars.

Inspector General launches criminal probe into more than 100 Energy Dept. loans (Daily Caller)

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 01:58 PM PDT

Daily Caller - Solyndra is being investigated by the FBI, but that may just be the tip of the shovel-ready iceberg.

Pro-Obama super PAC attacks ‘Mitt Romney’s America’ (The Ticket)

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 09:00 AM PDT

The Ticket - A Democratic super PAC founded by two former aides to President Obama has begun a $100,000 ad campaign trashing Mitt Romney as a flip-flopper cozy with Wall Street and beholden to the tea party. The spot, called "Mitt Romney's America," illustrates what Priorities USA Action says will be the consequences if Obama is defeated in [...]
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