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November 07, 2011 | | YIKES The International Atomic Energy Agency has a bombshell report on the state of Iran’s nuclear program: the nation is on the brink of nuclear capability. The Washington Post reports that secret intelligence given to U.N. nuclear officials shows that Iran has mastered the “critical steps” involved in the process. The revealing documents reportedly present evidence that a Soviet scientist helped teach Iran about detonation reactions, and experts in Pakistan and North Korea also tutored the nation over the years. 2012 One GOP frontrunner is accused of several instances of sexual harassment; the other has managed to make his candidacy as exciting as coffin shopping. A third leading candidate spent this week trying to convince people he wasn’t drunk during a speech in New Hampshire. The Daily Beast’s Matt Latimer on why it’s not too late for a newcomer. Europe Greek political leaders agreed Sunday to form a transitional administration to oversee the country’s EU bailout—a deal that will force Prime Minister George Papandreou to resign once its details are completed. The country’s two main parties, the Socialists and the New Democracy party, will govern together, and a nonpolitician is expected to take over from Papendreou. This new prime minister will govern for several months—enough time to see the debt deal to its conclusion and pass a budget for 2011. Reuters tips Lucas Papademos, the former deputy president of the European Central Bank and a leader in Greece’s entry into the euro zone, to be the next prime minister. 2012 A week of sexual harassment allegations may have taken a poll on Herman Cain’s popularity: a new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows his favorability rating slipping among Republicans to 57 from 66 percent since last week (although only 39 percent of Republicans think the charges are true). It’s the worst poll since the scandal broke, and Cain, according to Nate Silver, appears to have had his momentum thwarted. However, he’s still neck and neck with Mitt Romney. Silver predicts a further fall for Cain, but says that, if he’s still polling near the top of the pack in a few weeks, “we would then need to consider the possibility that he could become the Republican nominee.” #OCCUPYOBAMA Thousands of activists protested outside the president’s home Sunday against the construction of TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline. The protests were deliberately held exactly one year before the 2012 election, in order to send a message to President Obama that he will lose support from environmentalists if he builds the pipeline. Supporters say the 1,700-mile pipeline will create thousands of jobs and reduce U.S. dependence on Middle Eastern oil, but others say it is bad for the environment. The founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council said, “He’s trying to get elected, but there’s also a really important decision that he’s got to make to put us on the right path. That’s what leadership is.” | | 
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