Obama Approval Drops to New Low of 40%  —  Similar to his approval rating for handling the debt ceiling negotiations  —  PRINCETON, NJ — President Obama's job approval rating is at a new low, averaging 40% in July 26-28 Gallup Daily tracking.  His prior low rating of 41% occurred several times, the last of which was in April.

Over to You, Harry  —  Thankfully, the House passed Boehner 3 tonight, 218-210.  Now it is the Senate's turn.  The House has passed a budget; cut, cap and balance; and now the Speaker's plan to raise the debt ceiling while simultaneously making modest cuts in current spending.  The Senate has passed nothing.

Democrats criticize Haley's checking of ‘white’ on voter registration application  —  COLUMBIA — What box should Gov. Nikki Haley check when it comes to her race?  —  The South Carolina Democratic Party tried Thursday to make Haley out as a liar for checking “white” as her race …

Barack Obama Twitter Spams The Nation, Loses 10,000 Followers And Counting  —  You know that friend of yours who's always the first to get in on the hottest social media trends?  The one who had a Tumblr before everyone?  The one who first sent you a Google+ invite?

Pamela Geller Edits Post to Conceal Violent Rhetoric in ‘Email from Norway’  —  In June 2007, “counter-jihad” blogger Pamela Geller posted the following Email from Norway, from a reader who sounds a lot like the Oslo terrorist, Anders Behring Breivik.  —  This is what the post looks like today:

Rep. Paul Ryan Destroys Reid Bill in Blistering Speech; 'Let's Cover the Moon with Yogurt!'  —  With a brilliant use of comical analogies, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) exposes the true nature of the “savings” in the Reid Debt Plan that President Obama was so quick to embrace.

New York Times Downplays Muslim Fort Hood Terror Plotter  —  The New York Times downplayed the arrest of an AWOL Muslim soldier charged in connection with a plot to attack Fort Hood soldiers.  The newspaper all but ignored the role Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo's religious faith may have played in the alleged plot.

Bill Maher on the Controversial Ground Zero Cross: Remember Norway?  —  A cross of steel beams that remained among the rubble of the World Trade Center after the 9/11 attacks, and which became a beacon of hope for Christian rescue workers and mourners, has now become a symbol of controversy …

Pelosi declines to endorse the 14th Amendment solution  —  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Friday declined to endorse a 14th Amendment solution to the debt-ceiling impasse.  —  All of Pelosi's top lieutenants have urged President Obama to invoke the Constitution and hike …