Santorum condemns boos; Romney and Perry don't  —  It was one of the more jarring moments in Thursday night's debate.  Stephen Hill, a U.S. Army soldier serving in Iraq, asked whether he, as a gay American, would be able to continue serving if one of these Republican candidates won.

As Perry sags, Christie in spotlight  —  With the party's frontrunner sagging, Chris Christie is reconsidering pleas from Republican elites and donors to run for president in 2012, two Republican sources told POLITICO.  —  The New Jersey governor has indicated he is listening to big-money backers …

Web verdict on Perry: Brutal  —  The conservative commentariat spoke with near-unanimity Friday on Rick Perry's debate performance: The Texas governor didn't just lose, he bombed.  —  There was no election-ending gaffe or singularly disqualifying remark.  But his second consecutive weak …

Elizabeth Warren's campaign revises pay from TARP panel  —  The campaign for Democratic Senate hopeful Elizabeth Warren said Friday she had been paid $192,722 for serving as chairman of a congressional committee that monitored the 2008 federal bank bailout, three times as much as had originally been acknowledged.

Five myths about millionaires  —  This past week, President Obama tried to sell his new “millionaires' tax” to the Rust Belt.  “What's great about this country is our belief that anyone can make it,” he said in Cincinnati on Thursday, praising “the idea that any one of us can open a business …

Problems For The President: Americans Give Him Lowest Approval Rating Ever  —  This week's Economist/YouGov Poll is full of bad news for President Barack Obama.  The frontrunners for the GOP nomination in the 2012 contest are pulling very close to him in head-to-head matchups …

President Solyndra  —  And his mean green wealth-wasting machine.  —  The spectacular collapse of Solyndra has all of the trappings of an epic Washington scandal, with serial revelations of embarrassing and potentially improper White House machinations to secure a $535 million federal loan guarantee …

Obama Administration to Ban Asthma Inhalers Over Environmental Concerns  —  Remember how Obama recently waived new ozone regulations at the EPA because they were too costly?  Well, it seems that the Obama administration is would rather make people with Asthma cough up money …

Teacher calls local Tea Party president a Nazi  —  SAN ANTONIO - Tempers flared during a town hall meeting on the Dream Act Tuesday night.  During the meeting a high school government teacher from John F. Kennedy called the local Tea Party president a Nazi.  —  The exchange was recorded and posted on You tube.

Snobby Illiterati to Protest Wall St. ‘Hippies’ With Champagne Toast  —  As the first week of the #occupywallstreet protest against corporate stuff draws to a close, some classy capitalists have decided to dust off their favorite Nixon-era jargon and hold a champagne-soaked counter-protest of their own.

Jury: Muslim students guilty of disrupting speech  —  SANTA ANA, California (AP) — A California jury found 10 Muslim students guilty Friday of disrupting the Israeli ambassador's university speech about U.S.-Israel relations, a case that stoked a debate about free speech.

Bill Clinton: Netanyahu isn't interested in Mideast peace deal  —  Former U.S. President says a cynical perspective of Prime Minister's calls for negotiations 'means that he's just not going to give up the West Bank'.  —  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is responsible for the inability …

Cram It!  Senate Dems And Republicans Reject Holding Disaster Aid Hostage  —  By a bipartisan vote of 59-36 Friday, Senate Democrats and several Republicans tabled (read: effectively killed) House-passed legislation to fund the federal government beyond September 30.