Cain: Rove deliberately talking down my campaign  —  Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain says GOP strategist and former top Bush aide Karl Rove is deliberately trying to talk down Cain's campaign in order to benefit rival candidate Mitt Romney.  —  Appearing on Fox News Monday morning …

Obama's pathetic refinancing initiative  —  HARP II is being announced with great fanfare today: … Sounds impressive, eh?  It is, until you read the official FHFA press release.  At which point you learn that  — If you're a homeowner whose mortgage isn't owned or guaranteed by Frannie, you're out of luck.

Wall Street discontent high but Occupy Wall Street largely unknown  —  (CNN) - Although most Americans don't trust Wall Street, that hasn't translated into full support -or understanding- of the Occupy Wall Street movement.  Despite large majorities who think that Wall Street bankers are greedy …

GlobalPost: Qaddafi apparently sodomized after capture  —  Amid mounting questions about just how and when Muammar Qaddafi died, a GlobalPost analysis of video footage suggests a Libyan fighter sodomized the former dictator after he was captured near Sirte.  —  As GlobalPost reports:

Medical help for illegal immigrants could haunt Mitt Romney  —  On the Republican campaign trail, he derides any such public aid.  But the healthcare law he signed as Massachusetts governor allows it.  —  Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney sharply criticizes public aid for illegal immigrants.

Cain, Gingrich Set to Spar  —  A group of tea-party activists in Texas will host a “modified Lincoln-Douglas debate” between Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich next month.  —  Bill O'Sullivan, the treasurer of Texas Tea Party Patriots, tells National Review Online that both candidates have confirmed …

State mum on Libya's Sharia law  —  The Obama administration on Monday treaded carefully around the announcement that Sharia law will be enforced in post-Muammar Qadhafi Libya, refraining from expressing disapproval of Islamic law as the foundation of the country's new legal system.

Bachmann's ex-NH staff releases scathing letter about campaign  —  A backbiting joint letter from presidential contender Michele Bachmann's former New Hampshire staff spells out how frustration with the Minnesota Republican's national staff led the entire team to jump ship.

Gingrich Suggests Obama Is Ushering ‘Defeat’ In Iraq, Two Days After Saying He's ‘Right’ To Withdraw  —  The GOP presidential candidates came out swinging at President Obama after he announced last week that he would follow through with President Bush's 2008 agreement to withdraw all U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of this year.

My Tax and Spending Reform Plan  —  Individuals will have the option of paying a 20% flat-rate income tax and I'll cap spending at 18% of GDP.  —  The folks in Washington might not like to hear it, but the plain truth is the U.S. government spends too much.

Police Investigating Possible Sexual Assault Of Teen At Occupy Dallas  —  DALLAS (CBS 11 NEWS) - Dallas Police continue to investigate whether a teenage runaway was sexually assaulted by an adult male at the Occupy Dallas encampment behind City Hall.  —  A source within the Dallas Police Department …

Taking back ‘Obamacare’?  —  In the political conversation about health-care reform, the term “Obamacare” is almost always used as a pejorative, hurled at the law in long floor speeches and short political ads deriding the Affordable Care Act.  —  Now, health reform's staunchest supporters want to change that.

VIEW: LARGER |  HIDE  —  Kat Broadus of Albany, right, and Thomas Lang of Watervliet hold signs along Washington Avenue during the Occupy Albany protest in Academy Park across from the Capitol on Sunday Oct. 23, 2011 in Albany, NY.  Broadus works 7 days a week, and made time to join the protest before returning to work.

How to Speak Republican  —  Republican Party , Gop Dictionary , Gop Party , How To Speak Republican , Political Comedy , Political Satire , Republican Dictionary , Republican Satire , Comedy News  —  Talking to a Republican can be frustrating.  Often, it seems like they are speaking …

Yes, the GOP Just Might Nominate a Candidate Patently Unqualified to Be President  —  Herman Cain's recent stumbles over substantive issues have a way of making Rick Perry seem like the Stephen Hawking of politics.  In the midst of a softball CNN interview last week, he appeared to abandon his no-exceptions anti-abortion stance.

Texas Rep. Ron Paul drops a bomb  —  (CNN)-2012 GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul raked in almost $3 million in small donations over the last five days during his latest fundraising push.  —  The twelve-term congressman launched his “Black This Out” moneybomb following the CNN Western Republican Debate in Las Vegas.

The Outsider  —  In an exclusive interview, Raj Rajaratnam reveals his surprising motivations—and the reasons he didn't take a plea that could have saved him from 11 years in jail.  —  It was 6 a.m. on Oct. 16, 2009, and Raj Rajaratnam, head of the Galleon Group hedge fund …

Chemical bomb tossed into Occupy Maine encampment  —  PORTLAND — Portland police are looking for the person who threw a chemical bomb at the Occupy Maine encampment in Portland during the early morning hours today.  —  Sgt. Glen McGary said police responded around 4 a.m. today to an explosion …

At Zuccotti Park, Love Under the Tarps … Occupy Wall Street is an experiment in communal living, with basic human needs on public display.  Even, at times, very intimate human needs.  —  Outdoor sex has been a topic of discussion at quality-of-life meetings held each afternoon inside Zuccotti Park.

John Podesta to step down as Center for American Progress president  —  John Podesta will step down as president of the Center for American Progress, an official at the organization said today.  —  Podesta, who served as Bill Clinton's last chief of staff from 1998 to 2001 …

Gov't Regulations at Top of Small-Business Owners' Problem List  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Small-business owners in the United States are most likely to say complying with government regulations (22%) is the most important problem facing them today, followed by consumer confidence in the economy (15%) and lack of consumer demand (12%).

Lieberman Irks Democrats Before Race for His Senate Seat  —  WASHINGTON — A few months ago, Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, an independent from Connecticut who is allied with the Democratic majority in the Senate, had a surprising guest at his office: Linda E. McMahon, the former wrestling mogul …