CBS/NJ GOP debate tonight: 5 things to watch  —  SPARTANBURG, S.C. - As the Republican presidential candidates gather here for the CBS News/National Journal foreign policy debate, airing tonight on CBS and CBSNews.com, here are five things to watch:  —  1. Can Rick Perry clear the low bar of expectations?

Cain: God Convinced Him to Run for President  —  Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain gestures during a speech at the Values Voter Summit in October  —  ATLANTA, Ga. - Herman Cain, whose campaign could use some redemption in the wake of a sexual harassment scandal …

Is this the sexiest political ad campaign ever?  Putin's model army strikes again with raunchy video to get Russians voting  —  They've washed cars in skimpy outfits and torn their clothes off - all to promote the hardman of Russian politics, Vladimir Putin.

An Elegy for Berlusconi, the Man Who Ruined Italy (Again)  —  The Economist has a great elegy for my favorite now deposed leader, Silvio Berlusconi.  If you gave me a list at the beginning of the year of Hosni Mubarak, Moammar Gadhafi and Berlusconi, I would have said that Berlusconi …

Lessons From the Battle of BlogCon 2011: The Occupiers Deserve Derision  —  The weirdos, losers and mutations who make up the Occupy movement showed the world their glass jaw when their Denver branch descended upon the FreedomWorks BlogCon 2011 new media convention on Friday.

Renewable Energy: Bubble, Scam, or Both?  —  The lead story in today's New York Times is a devastating look at solar and wind power subsidies.  Too bad it appears on a Saturday when fewer people will read it (which may not be a coincidence).  The print hed and sub-hed tell it better than the online version …

Cost, need questioned in $433-million smallpox drug deal  —  A company controlled by a longtime political donor gets a no-bid contract to supply an experimental remedy for a threat that may not exist.  —  The U.S. searched Iraq for weapons of mass destruction, including smallpox, after the 2003 invasion.

Obama, leaders set framework for Asia-Pacific trade agreement  —  President Obama and representatives of eight other nations agreed to a framework on Saturday for a free trade agreement in the Pacific Rim region, the White House announced.  —  “We just had an excellent meeting …

Iran explosion at Tehran military base  —  There has been at least one explosion in a military base west of Iran's capital, Tehran, officials say.  —  Several people have been killed after the blast in a weapons depot, according to the semi-official Fars news agency, but this has not been confirmed.

Herman Cain Wouldn't Be Romney's VP, But He Would Like To Be Secretary Of Defense  —  In the event that the American voters aren't sold on the presidential qualities honed by Herman Cain's experience as CEO of Godfather's Pizza, President of the National Restaurant Association or decade spent …