Obama: Occupy Wall Street ‘Not That Different’ From Tea Party Protests  —  President Obama, who has become a target of the Occupy Wall Street protests sweeping the country, today embraced the economic frustration voiced on the streets and said in an exclusive interview with ABC News that his vision …

Herman Cain: Sure, I can see myself releasing everyone at Gitmo in exchange for one U.S. POW  —  Via Greg Hengler and Guy Benson, if this answer doesn't destroy him, nothing will.  I get the sense watching it that he's so unsure of how to answer this exceedingly easy question that he defaults …

Meet the senator who killed the CLASS Act  —  If anyone can claim responsibility for the CLASS Act's demise, it's probably Sen. Judd Gregg.  During the health reform debate, the former Republican senator from New Hampshire secured an amendment requiring the Department of Health and Human Services …

An architect of Cain's 9-9-9 plan says he should drop sales tax  —  Superstar WaPo blogger Jen Rubin is not a fan of Herman Cain's tax plan and its VATastic aspect: … A few thoughts here: a) I come down on the side that the Europe has embraced value-added taxes to fund its love of big government …

Five questions with Mitt Romney  —  Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney speaks with the Review-Journal editorial board.  We select five key questions for our readers for Romney to answer.  —  Terms & Conditions  —  The following comments are provided by readers and are the sole responsiblity of the authors.

Thieves steal truck with President's equipment  —  HENRICO, VA (WWBT) - NBC12 has uncovered one of those stories that makes you think: “How in the world does that happen?!”  A truck filled with President Obama's podiums and audio equipment was stolen in Henrico just days before his visit to Chesterfield.

Obama Administration's regulatory reductions to save health care system nearly $1.1 billion  —  Scaling back outdated rules is part of Administration's effort to cut red tape  —  New proposed rules released today by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services would reduce unnecessary …

Why a candidate's faith matters  —  Hearing Mitt Romney's surrogate Bill Bennett refer to me as a bigot and Jon Huntsman call me a “moron” last week after my controversial comments on Mormonism, amid calls for civility and tolerance in public discourse, reminds me of the exclamation: “We will not tolerate intolerance!”

If #OWS Has No Coherent Message, How Come Eric Cantor Is Suddenly Talking About ‘Income Disparity’?  —  Why Charlie Pierce continues to be my hero:

It's Not How Many Followers You Have, It's Who Follows You  —  Felix Salmon adds to the growing legend of the world's least-likely protest sign: … But herein lies one of the secrets of the faux-meritocracy of the internet.  Furnas may appear to be a mild-mannered law student with only 325 Twitter followers.

Spain's stolen babies and the families who lived a lie  —  Manoli Pagador recalls her first-born child being taken away  —  Spanish society has been shaken by allegations of the theft and trafficking of thousands of babies by nuns, priests and doctors, which started under Franco and continued up to the 1990s.

9th Circuit finds police stun gun use excessive in 2 cases  —  The ruling could prompt police to reexamine rules and practices for the temporarily debilitating weapons.  —  Police used excessive force when they fired Tasers at a pregnant woman in Seattle and a victim of domestic abuse in Maui …