Cain camp considering legal action against Politico  —  A Herman Cain aide said Thursday that the Cain campaign is considering its legal options over the original Politico story, which revealed that the former head of the National Restaurant Association was accused of sexually harassing at least two women during his tenure in the 1990s.

Elizabeth Warren Heckled By Tea Party Supporter … BROCKTON, Mass. — Moments into a speech before volunteers here Wednesday evening, Elizabeth Warren was interrupted by a Tea Party supporter who hurled a gender-based epithet at the Senate candidate.  The man, who said he'd been unemployed …

Political Class Clowns  —  For a Republican Party that has spent the better part of its presidential campaign proving that most of its candidates are not smarter than a fifth grader, the real scandal around frontrunner-of-the-moment Herman Cain is not what he knows.  It's what he doesn't know.

ACORN Officials Scramble, Firing Workers and Shredding Documents, After Exposed as Players Behind Occupy Wall Street Protests  —  Officials with the revamped ACORN office in New York — operating as New York Communities for Change — have fired staff, shredded reams of documents and told workers …

Boehner: Debt deal will include new tax revenues  —  House Speaker John Boehner addressed one of the biggest sticking points for the 12 member Congressional “supercommittee” today, acknowledging that any bipartisan agreement will need to include some new tax revenue.

Man charged for phone threats against Rep. Eric Cantor's family  —  The FBI charged a man on Thursday for allegedly threatening House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.).  —  The FBI said that Glendon Swift was charged for leaving threatening messages on Cantor's work voicemail in Richmond …

Developer with shotgun scared off Oakland rioters  —  OAKLAND — Oakland developer Phil Tagami is used to working behind the scenes to broker some of the biggest deals in town.  Late Wednesday, he was using different persuasive skills - holding a loaded shotgun to scare away rioters trying to get into a downtown building.

Cain Shows Initial Resilience in the Face of Controversy  —  Herman Cain is showing initial resilience in the face of allegations of sexual impropriety: More than half of potential Republicans voters say the controversy is not serious, fewer than a quarter say it makes them less likely to support Cain …

Bernanke can't solve our problems  —  Many thanks to Joe Weisenthal for throwing some much-needed cold water on the NGDP fandom which is currently sweeping the blogosphere.  —  I'm a fan of NGDP myself; I was one of the 37% of econobloggers who voted for it in the Kauffman survey this quarter.

Lawmakers Seek Information on ‘Fast And Furious’ Leaks  —  Lawmakers investigating a botched federal gun probe are pressing the Justice Department to provide information about media leaks discrediting a whistleblower who alerted Congress to investigative tactics that allowed firearms to be smuggled to Mexico.

The Generation Gap and the 2012 Election  —  Angry Silents, Disengaged Millennials  —  Not since 1972 has generation played such a significant role in voter preferences as it has in recent elections.  Younger people have voted substantially more Democratic in each election since 2004 …

Mitt Romney: 'I've been as consistent as human beings can be'  —  Mitt Romney, under fire from all sides on the strength of his political convictions, said Thursday he has been as consistent as a person can be during his political career.  —  “I've been as consistent as human beings can be …