Russ Feingold endorses Occupy Wall Street: “This will make the Tea Party look like ... a tea party.”  —  “I'm really encouraged by what I'm seeing.  People around the country are finally organizing to stand up to the huge influence of corporations on government and our lives.

Sarah Palin Will Not Run for President  —  ABC News' Polson Kanneth reports:  —  Sarah Palin will not run for president.  She made the announcement in a letter to supporters Wednesday night.  —  Read Palin's letter here:

Roger Ailes: I Hired Sarah Palin Because She Was ‘Hot And Got Ratings’ … Fox News , Sarah Palin , Roger Ailes , Cable News , Fox News 15th Anniversary , Fox News Anniversary , Roger Ailes Sarah Palin , Roger Ailes Wolf Blitzer , Media News  —  NEW YORK — As the most powerful man in the universe …

Dem unity, minus Obama  —  After months of squabbling, Democrats on Capitol Hill have united in recent weeks.  And in an unusual twist, they have done it in spite of President Obama.  —  House Democrats, who have helped the GOP pass controversial bills this year, drew the line on a stopgap spending bill last month.

West to Jackson: ‘Take two!’  —  Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) has just one piece of advice for Samuel L. Jackson - focus on your film career and stop talking about politics.  —  “I think Samuel Jackson needs to pay more attention to the upcoming release of the movie ‘Avengers’ next summer and not …

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.

Michelle Obama jokes daughters fight over Secret Service  —  By: CNN White House Producer Alexander Mooney  —  (CNN) - Turns out the Secret Service doesn't just protect the Obamas, they also are the root of a bit of tension between the younger members of the first family.

Wisconsin Judge Rules No Right to Own a Cow or Drink Its Milk  —  WI Judge to Zinniker, FTCLDF: No “Fundamental Right to Own a Cow, or Consume Its Milk... Am I Making Myself Clear?”  —  ~ David Gumpert  —  FTCLDF  —  In a decision denying basic property rights and even exceeding …

Washington Post Staff Writer Who Wrote Rick Perry Attack Piece Has Criminal Past  —  On October 1, 2011, the Washington Post's Stephanie McCrummen authored a story for publication in the Post concerning Texas Governor Perry's lease of a hunting spot with an offensive name.

Rep. Steve King Daydreams About The Good Ol' Days When Only Property Owners Voted  —  In a Judiciary Committee hearing on a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) used his allotted time to daydream out loud about an era of American history when only male property owners were allowed to vote.

With Christie Out, Romney Is Back On Top Of Gop Pack, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Perry Fades As Cain Surges  —  With New Jersey Gov. Christopher Christie out of the Republican presidential race, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney jumps to a 22 percent lead …

Farmers Strain to Hire American Workers in Place of Migrant Labor  —  OLATHE, Colo. — How can there be a labor shortage when nearly one out of every 11 people in the nation are unemployed?  —  That's the question John Harold asked himself last winter when he was trying to figure out how much help …

Hungry Muppet to appear on “Sesame Street”  —  (Reuters) - A new poverty-stricken Muppet will highlight the issue of hunger struggles on an episode of “Sesame Street”, the show said in a statement on Tuesday.  —  Pink-faced Muppet Lily, whose family deals with food insecurity, will join Big Bird …

Man in the Mirror  —  The unlikely femme fatale from Jersey sashayed into a Trenton news conference and broke a lot of hearts.  (Not Snooki's or Barry's, of course.)  —  Watching Chris Christie hold forth for an hour, it's hard to know whether you want to hug him or slap him.

Is CBS News Silencing Fast and Furious Reporter?  —  Yesterday, CBS News investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson told radio show host Laura Ingraham that the White House yelled and swore at her over her reporting on the Fast and Furious gunrunning scandal tied to the deaths of two U.S. law enforcement agents.

Official: Obama to embark on bus tour of NC, Va.  —  WASHINGTON—A White House official says President Barack Obama is planning a bus tour through the politically important states of North Carolina and Virginia later this month to push for his jobs plan.  —  The trip is scheduled for Oct. 17-19 …

O'Reilly: Romney as Eisenhower  —  Many people on the right have been giving Mitt Romney a new look lately, especially in the wake of Christie's decision not to run.  —  Count Fox host Bill O'Reilly among those warming to Romney, as told last night to an incredulous Glenn Beck: