Rush Limbaugh: Mitt Romney booed at NAACP because white  —  Rush Limbaugh said Mitt Romney's speech Wednesday to the NAACP fell flat because it was “over these people's heads” and that the group booed the Republican candidate, who “sounded like Snow White with testicles,” simply because he's white.

House votes 244-185 to repeal Obama healthcare reform law  —  The House voted again Wednesday to repeal the 2010 healthcare reform law, giving Republicans some revenge against the late June Supreme Court ruling that found the law to be constitutional.  —  Members approved the bill in a 244-185 vote …

Marquette Law School Poll finds tighter U.S. Senate race and GOP primary  —  Obama continues to lead Romney in latest poll  —  Milwaukee, Wis. - A new Marquette Law School poll finds the race for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination has tightened since mid-June.

DNA Match Tying Protest to 2004 Killing Is Doubted  —  By WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM and JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN  —  A link between DNA from the unsolved killing of Sarah Fox, a Juilliard student, in 2004 and DNA taken from a chain placed at the site of an Occupy Wall Street action in March may be the result …

Pro-Tip, as They Say  —  There's been a lot of chatter over the last few days about whether super-wealthy candidates get a hard rap in US politics or whether Mitt Romney is being held to a higher or harder standard.  Romney is probably the wealthiest man ever to run for President, even in inflation adjusted dollars.

Soros-Backed SuperPAC Targeting Allen West Confidential Memo Leaked  —  The ‘Dump West’ Super PAC, backed by George Soros himself, is taking aim at conservative Congressman Allen West.  As we reported earlier, a “top national Democrat operative has been retained by a new George Soros-backed super-PAC …

Obama Sinks to Historic Lows Among Blue-Collar Men  —  The new Quinnipiac University and ABC/Washington Post national surveys out this week converge on one key conclusion: as the election nears, President Obama is sinking to historic lows among the group most consistently hostile to him.

Gay marriage has majority support in poll  —  PORTLAND — Mainers support legalizing same-sex marriage, 57 percent to 35 percent, according to a statewide poll commissioned by the Portland Press Herald.  —  The proposal on the Nov. 6 ballot to allow gay couples to marry in Maine has broad support among most groups of voters.

The Puzzling Pre-FOMC Announcement Drift  —  For many years, economists have struggled to explain the “equity premium puzzle”—the fact that the average return on stocks is larger than what would be expected to compensate for their riskiness.  In this post, which draws on our recent …

A Political Users Guide To The Trolls Of Twitter  —  They've come slouching out of the comments section and blogs to destroy the social web.  Some have jobs.  —  Graphic by Chris Ritter for BuzzFeed  —  The trolls have come to Twitter.  —  The social service, which has become …

America's Falling Corruption Rankings … - Why Is Ralph Lauren Making America's Olympic Heroes Wear Hideous Frenchy Berets?  - Bloomberg Thinks Hot-Dog-Eating Contests Are Fun but Burgers and Soda Are Shameful - If Tom and Katie Share Custody of Suri, Will She Practice Scientology or Catholicism?

“God Wants Ron Paul to Be President” - Nebraska Republican Delegates Should Obey God  —  “God wants Ron Paul to be President.  Paul is the only Christian still running who beat Obama in polls, but will Christians and pastors obey God?” says Pastor Steven Andrew, president of USA Christian Ministries.

UN arms treaty could put U.S. gun owners in foreign sights, say critics  —  A United Nations treaty on the trade of conventional arms could give enemies of the U.S. access to the records of American gun owners, say critics.  (AP)  —  UNITED NATIONS - A treaty being hammered out this month …

Obama to Miami anchor: Hugo Chávez has not posed ‘serious’ national security threat  —  UPDATE: Read full story here.  —  Oscar Haza, a well known Miami Spanish-language broadcast journalist and anchor, scored an interview this week in Washington with President Barack Obama in which Obama …

In 2009, Americans paid lowest tax rates in 30 years to federal government  —  Americans paid the lowest tax rates in 30 years to the federal government in 2009, in part because of tax cuts President Obama sought to combat the Great Recession, congressional budget analysts said Tuesday.

Voters sick and tired of health care debate  —  Washington (CNN) — Thomas Dean is sick of all the congressional bickering over the health care law.  —  Sure, the small town doctor understands the law's technical nuances and what's at stake for the millions of people covered by President Barack Obama's biggest policy achievement.

In Defense of John Roberts  —  Conservatives do not usually support Orwellian political tactics, but many of them are evidently willing to make an exception for John Roberts, judging from the “two minutes hate” to which the chief justice is being subjected in the wake of his decisive vote …

Judge continues to block Mississippi abortion law  —  By By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - 29 minutes ago  —  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday decided to continue to block a state law that threatened to shut down Mississippi's only abortion clinic and make it nearly impossible for a woman to get the procedure in the state.

Dems split of what Jackson Jr. should do  —  Washington (CNN) — Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is “receiving intensive medical treatment at a residential treatment facility for a mood disorder,” according to a statement released on Wednesday by the congressman's office, which attributed the quote to an unidentified doctor.