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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Cheat Sheet - Mitt’s Failures Shocked Team Obama

Today: David Axelrod: We Were Shocked by Mitt's Failures , The GOP's Lame Olive Branch , Anti-Morsi Protests Rage
Cheat Sheet: Morning

November 27, 2012
MISSED OPPORTUNITIES

Obama's top election strategist tells a Chicago audience he was surprised Mitt Romney's team did not attack Obama more, stuck so narrowly with their base—and chose Paul Ryan for VP. The Daily Beast's James Warren reports.

DON'T BACK DOWN

Elections are supposed to have consequences. So, The Daily Beast's Michael Tomasky asks, why does the GOP think it can strong-arm the president into compromising on entitlements without first giving in on taxes?

CRISIS

Hundreds of Egyptians took to Tahrir Square—the site of 2011 uprising—on Tuesday for the fifth day of demonstrations against President Mohamed Morsi's decree last week to eliminate legal opposition. The protests were expected to grow in size by the afternoon despite Morsi's announcement on Monday that he intended to scale back some of the unlimited powers he gave himself. "We don't want a dictatorship again," said one protester, Ahmed Hussein, 32. Morsi has already received backlash from the U.S.—a big supporter of the Egyptian military—and the U.S.-based Human Rights Watch has said Morsi has given himself more power than the military junta that he ousted. One protester has already died in the protests and hundreds more have been wounded.

MYSTERY

Not such a cold case anymore. The body of Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat was exhumed early Tuesday as part of an investigation into allegations that he was poisoned to death. Arafat died in 2004 of a stroke, but many have suspected the stroke was caused by other factors. Sources told Al Jazeera that forensic pathologists were not able to "fully remove the body from the tomb," and Palestinian doctors collected samples from the body with the help of an international team of scientists from France, Russia, and Switzerland. Al Jazeera sources said the body had been reburied shortly after being exhumed—so Palestinians will not be able to conduct a full military funeral as planned.

RECORD

Was anyone actually doing any work on Monday? Cyber Monday sales were up 20 percent this year from 2011, with retailers saying online sales brought in a record $1.5 billion, according to Internet analytical firm comScore. Cyber Monday, the busiest Web shopping day of the year, began early this year, with Walmart beginning its online deals on Saturday. Early-bird shoppers certainly wanted to get the worm: Thanksgiving shopping increased 32 percent this year, and on Black Friday, the holiest shopping day of the year, e-commerce shopping topped $1 billion for the first time ever, up about 26 percent.


CONFLICT
Congo Rebels Refuse to Retreat
Despite having agreed to withdraw from Goma.
ONWARD
Christie: 'Wrong to Leave Now'
Announces reelection plans for 2013.
TRAGIC
Three Die In Attempt to Save Dog
Family swept out to sea near San Francisco.
SAY WHAT YOU REALLY MEAN
'Two and a Half Men' Star: Stop Watching
Angus T. Jones says his show is "filth."
PLEASE STAY GONE
Chris Brown Returns to Twitter
After quitting due to fight with comedian.
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