Topline Results of Nov. 29-Dec. 6, 2011, CNN/TIME/ORC Poll  —  FLORIDA  —  BASED ON INTERVIEWS WITH 446 REGISTERED REPUBLICANS WHO ARE LIKELY TO VOTE IN THE FLORIDA REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY — SAMPLING ERROR: +/- 4.5 PERCENTAGE PTS.  —  1. If the Republican presidential primary were held today …

Documents: ATF used “Fast and Furious” to make the case for gun regulations  —  Documents obtained by CBS News show that the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) discussed using their covert operation “Fast and Furious” to argue for controversial new rules about gun sales.

JON CORZINE WILL TESTIFY: ‘I Simply Do Not Know Where The Money Is’  —  Former MF Global CEO Jon Corzine will speak in front of a House panel today.  —  His testimony has just been released.  —  You can download it here.  —  One line that stands out (via @djfxtrader): “I simply do not know where the money is.”

Republicans Less Enthusiastic About Voting in 2012  —  Republicans' enthusiasm gap over Democrats narrows  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Republicans' enthusiasm about voting in the election for president next year has decreased, with 49% of Republicans and independents who lean Republican now saying …

Poll: Elizabeth Warren soars 7 up over Scott Brown  —  UMass-Lowell, Herald poll shows attack ads harm both  —  Democrat Elizabeth Warren has opened up a lead against Republican incumbent Scott Brown for the first time in their U.S. Senate showdown, but a barrage of attack ads appears …

Republicans are the real defenders of Social Security, Republicans say  —  Republicans who are looking for reasons not to support Obama's push to extend the payroll tax cut have hit on a new one: It poses a grave threat to the Social Security Trust Fund.  Here, for instance, is GOP Senator Mark Kirk making that case:

A Farewell to Common Sense, Style, and Service on American Airlines … Airlines , American Airlines , Alec Baldwin , Alec Baldwin American Airlines , Flight Attendants , Flying , Travel News  —  First off, I would like to apologize to the other passengers onboard the American Airlines flight that I was thrown off of yesterday.

A Lesson in Fairness For Obama  —  Election '12: President Obama this week started testing his new campaign theme, replacing “hope and change” with the equally vacant promise of “fairness.”  Apparently he hopes Americans can be fooled twice.  —  In a talk Tuesday at the site of Teddy Roosevelt's …

Eric Boehlert Targeted In Bungled ‘Verizon’ Sting … Verizon , Video , 99 Percent , Eric Boehlert , Mandy Nagy , Media Matters , Media Criticism , Mike Flynn , Sam Stein , Andrew Breitbart , James o'Keefe , To Catch a Journalist , Politics News  —  It was the middle of the day on Friday, and Eric Boehlert heard a knock on the door.

Air Force dumped ashes of more troops' remains in Va. landfill than acknowledged  —  The Air Force dumped the incinerated partial remains of at least 274 American troops in a Virginia landfill, far more than the military had acknowledged, before halting the secretive practice three years ago, records show.

Banks Prep for Life After Euro  —  Countries Study Printing Their Own Notes in Case Monetary Union Unravels  —  Some central banks in Europe have started weighing contingency plans to prepare for the possibility that countries leave the euro zone or the currency union breaks apart entirely …

House Passes Bill To Grant Congress Veto Power Over White House Rules … 112th Congress , Nancy Pelosi , Congress , Regulation , Video , Government Regulators , Obama Regulations , Ben Quayle , Congress Regulations , Epa , Government Regulations , Reins Act , Ted Poe , Politics News

Voters Flee Democratic Party in Key Swing States  —  President Obama's uphill battle to re-election is getting steeper.  —  A report released today by the centrist think-tank Third Way showed that more than 825,000 voters in eight key battleground states have fled the Democratic Party since Obama won election in 2008.

Russia's anti-Putin protests grow  —  Tens of thousands say they are prepared to take to the streets in the biggest challenge yet to the country's government  —  Russia's anti-government protest movement has gathered momentum as tens of thousands of people said they were prepared …

Islamic cleric bans women from touching bananas, cucumbers for sexual resemblance  —  Cucumbers are forbidden for women, says Islamic sheikh.  —  CAIRO: An Islamic cleric residing in Europe said that women should not be close to bananas or cucumbers, in order to avoid any “sexual thoughts.”

Ryan tries new budget tactic  —  Ryan unveiled 10 bills to reform a budget process that has frustrated both parties.  —  House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) unveiled 10 different bills on Wednesday that would change a budget process that has frustrated both parties …

Occupy D.C. protestors shut down K Street  —  Rain-soaked Occupy protesters shut down K Street Wednesday, touching a nerve with downtown offices where security was ratcheted up for the occasion.  —  About a thousand protesters converged at 16th and K Street NW, shutting down the intersection to traffic.