Occupy the No-Spin Zone  —  One of the best things about Occupy Wall Street is the way it confuses and ignores the shrill pundit class.  —  Is the media missing the point by expecting Occupy Wall Street to simplify its message?  —  I confess to being driven insane this past month …

TRENDING: Tea party group to Bachmann: Quit the presidential race  —  (CNN) - A tea party group has a surprising and harsh urging for long-time tea party favorite Michele Bachmann: Quit the presidential race.  —  “It's time for Michele Bachmann to go,” reads the first line of a statement from American Majority President Ned Ryun.

Exclusive: Bill Daley, unplugged  —  It is a sunny day at the White House with bright light streaming through the gauzy curtains that cover the patio doors and many windows of Bill Daley's corner office in the West Wing.  And so I try to find some underlying gloom.

Perry's right: Republicans drowning in debates  —  Everyone knows why Texas Gov. Rick Perry wants to skip some of the coming Republican presidential debates.  He's a lousy debater, and the biggest single factor in his fall from front-runner to back-in-the-pack has been his poor performance in a number of high-profile debates.

‘Bundlers’ for Obama Have Active Ties to Lobbying  —  WASHINGTON — Despite a pledge not to take money from lobbyists, President Obama has relied on prominent supporters who are active in the lobbying industry to raise millions of dollars for his re-election bid.

Cuomo Urges States to Allow Gay Marriage  —  Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, hailed as a hero at a gala dinner for the state's largest gay rights group, issued a passionate plea on Thursday for other states to follow New York's lead and allow gay couples to wed.  —  Mr. Cuomo, who choreographed …

Kaiser Health Tracking Poll — October 2011  —  The October health tracking poll finds a more negative overall public mood about the health reform law, driven largely by changes in support for the law among Democrats.  The poll also asked the public's impressions of the Massachusetts health …

Republicans Nationwide Are Similar in Composition to 2008  —  Remain more likely to be conservative, married, and religious  —  PRINCETON, NJ — The Republican Party in 2011 looks similar, demographically and ideologically, to the Republican Party that nominated John McCain in 2008.

Perry, Romney to be in state today  —  MANCHESTER — Texas Gov. Rick Perry will bring his “re-booted” presidential campaign, complete with a new organizational hierarchy and a new plan for an optional flat tax, to New Hampshire today, but he won't have the first primary state to himself.

The Path Not Taken  —  Financial markets are cheering the deal that emerged from Brussels early Thursday morning.  Indeed, relative to what could have happened — an acrimonious failure to agree on anything — the fact that European leaders agreed on something, however vague the details …

The devil is in the details and the data  —  For many analysts combing over the three-part deal to restore confidence in the eurozone, the most important things were not what was in the agreement - but what was left out.  —  On almost every major issue, particularly the second €130bn Greek bail …

House schedule too light, say Democrats  —  The House will retain its pattern of working two weeks in Washington followed by a week of district work under its 2012 legislative calendar, released Thursday by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.).  —  The schedule calls for more weeks …

Free FreeBieber.org!  Fight for the Future Faces Bogus Legal Threats  —  Americans have a long history of using parodies and satire in their political and social debates.  Whether it's the Daily Show, the Onion, or books like The Wind Done Gone, humor and poking fun can have a powerful political impact …

Will Mitch McConnell's stiff-arm keep West Virginia out of the Big 12?  —  The most volatile issue in the Senate right now may not be the super committee's fight over budget cuts or the continued bickering over President Obama's jobs plan.  —  It's a subject far more personal …

After failing to file by proxy, Johnson flying to N.H. to get on ballot  —  By NBC's Jo Ling Kent and Domenico Montanaro  —  *** UPDATE *** Gary Johnson — who failed to file by proxy today while he was campaigning in Arizona — is taking a red eye to New Hampshire and will file in person …