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Herman Cain's Communications Director Resigns

***UPDATE: J.D. Gordon will replace Ellen Carmichael. CNN: Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) – The communications director for Herman Cain’s presidential campaign has resigned, CNN has learned. Ellen Carmichael told CNN on Saturday her decision is firm but not yet finalized.

Sound Bite For The Day

“I believe the children are our future … teach them well and let them lead the way …” What a future. At this rate, this little girl won’t have much of a future at current spending levels.

Friday Crib Notes

– What NBC News producers do when they retire? The same thing they always did, perhaps, influence news coverage? Former NBC News Producer Yells at NPR For Missing Leftist Wall St. Protest: If the Tea Party farts, that’s news. But

Sound Bite For The Day: Worst Person In The World

Last night Keith Olbermann went off of Media Matters’s talking points and named me as his Worst Person in the World on my birthday. It would have meant something had more people actually watched it and it aired on something

Thursday Crib Notes

– I wonder what team MSN-Obama is going to say in 2012 when someone points out that Jeb isn’t running for anything? Bankrupt solar panel maker Solyndra made a fleeting appearance on the Rachel Maddow show Monday night, just long

Sharpton Hands Ratings Win To CNN In Key Demo

Liberal columnist Byron Williams of the Oakland Tribune said that MSNBC’s hiring of Al Sharpton for its 6PM slot was “more about ratings than journalism.” Now that the first month of ratings are in, the hire might end up damaging

Wednesday Round Up

– Somehow Chris Matthews gives me the impression the GOP doesn’t send tingles down his leg. Who is the hater when there’s noting much good to say about Obama, so this is all he has for content these days? “Republicans

Project Mayhem, Part II: Ed Schultz, Lies and Videotape

(Read Project Mayhem, Part I here) When he’s not busy encouraging Massachusetts voters to commit voter fraud to “keep these bastards out,” or condemning “tea party rhetoric” for not “rising to the president’s challenge on tone” while calling Laura Ingraham