Herman Cain rises, Rick Perry slides in new CBS News poll  —  CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto.  —  Herman Cain has moved into a tie with Mitt Romney atop the field of Republican presidential candidates …

Who are the 99 percent?  —  “I did everything I was supposed to and I have nothing to show for it.”  —  It's not the arrests that convinced me that “Occupy Wall Street” was worth covering seriously.  Nor was it their press strategy, which largely consisted of tweeting journalists to cover …

Reid considers surtax on millionaires  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is eyeing a tax on the nation's highest earners as a way to defray some of the $447 billion price tag for the White House-written jobs package-a move that would shift attention away from its underlying policies and more towards party politics.

CBS News Reporter Says White House Screamed, Swore at Her Over Fast and Furious  —  The Fast and Furious scandal, in which the Justice Department knowingly gave Mexican criminal gangs thousands of guns, just keeps escalating.  The latest development centers around whether …

Obama Just Flip-Flopped Right off the Trade Cliff; Congress Must Slam on the Brakes Statement of Lori Wallach, Director of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch  —  By asking Congress to approve three NAFTA-style trade deals signed by former President George Bush, President Barack Obama …

Sarah Palin-affiliated law firm made early-state deadline inquiries  —  Ken Vogel and I both have sources telling us that calls were made on behalf of a mystery candidate to various early states to determine presidential filing deadlines.  —  The calls were made by representatives …

Getting It Right: Dean of George Mason Law Sets Excellent Example  —  All too often here at FIRE, we find ourselves up to our necks in campus censorship.  For example, in just the last few weeks, we've seen a professor threatened by campus police for posting a sci-fi quote and a coalition …

Poll sees a new low in Americans' approval of Congress  —  View Photo Gallery —  New polling shows congressional popularity is at an all-time low of 14 percent.  You'd be surprised at some of the things in history that have been more popular than the current Congress.

Samuel L. Jackson echoes Morgan Freeman, says Tea Party racism is obvious  —  No matter how poorly the economy performs, no matter how many scandals surround the administration, no matter how weakly the president's jobs plan is received by legislators and the public, Samuel L. Jackson …

Spencer And Geller Disavow Anti-Muslim Activist's Call For Violence, Say He Was Never A Board Member  —  Responding to ThinkProgress, anti-Muslim activists Robert Spencer and Pam Geller disavowed any connections to John Joseph Jay, who recently wrote a blog post calling for the mass murder of politicians, journalists, and others.

Quantum leap: EuroTARP  —  The FT's report yesterday that policy makers may finally be getting around to throwing a TARP over European banks has sure got people talking.  Will Dexia go down as the unwitting catalyst to addressing the lingering questions around bank solvency?

Washington Wants a Say Over Your Minister  —  The Supreme Court weighs whether the feds can decide which church employees are clergy and which aren't.  —  Today, the Obama administration will invite the Supreme Court to open a new front in the culture wars.

College students change Michele Bachmann's plans for event in Grinnell  —  Grinnell, Ia.  - Michele Bachmann's appearance at a fundraiser on a pumpkin farm here this evening was delayed and then curtailed after several dozen Grinnell College students showed up.

Congressional Priorities!  Triple DOMA Defense Funds While Defunding NPR, Again  —  Congress is back with a triple serving of crazy.  As I watch C-SPAN on one screen and Occupy Wall Street protests on another, it makes me wonder if this is what it feels to be on a bad acid trip.