Mitt Romney stayed at Bain 3 years longer than he stated  —  Firm's 2002 filings identify him as CEO, though he said he left in 1999  —  Nine SEC filings submitted by four different business entities after February 1999 describe Romney as Bain boss.  —  Government documents filed …

Romney On NAACP Booing: If They Want More Free Stuff From The Government Vote Obama  —  There has been a lot of speculation today about Mitt Romney's motivation for giving a speech to the annual NAACP Convention, and trashing Obamacare in the process.  Romney himself said he “expected” …

THE TRUTH HURTS  —  “For weeks, President Obama has been spreading falsehoods and distortions about Governor Romney's record of job creation - and now we know why.  President Obama's policies have encouraged American jobs to move overseas and he's sent taxpayer dollars to foreign-owned companies.

Michael Tomasky on Mitt Romney the Race Baiter at the NAACP  —  With his incendiary speech to the NAACP, Mitt crossed an ugly line.  No longer simply spineless and disingenuous, he's now become a race-mongering pyromaniac.  Plus Mansfield Frazier on Romney's diversity problem.

New urgency for Team Obama  —  A new urgency has swept into President Obama's campaign as disappointing fundraising numbers have emerged alongside the shaky economy as a major threat to his prospects for reelection.  —  While the president's aides originally maintained they wouldn't be moving from …

Obama's Shrinking Majority  —  He won 9.5 million more votes than McCain.  That won't happen again.  —  Elections are about numbers, and right now the president's are bad.  To understand why, consider 2008 as a reference point.  That year, Barack Obama received 69,456,897 votes to John McCain's 59,934,814.

NBC News Report: Jesse Jackson Jr Is Found  —  Jackson Jr.'s staff says he's being treated for a mood disorder, not substance abuse  —  The Jesse Jackson Jr. camp Wednesday night released only the barest of details of the congressman's purported illness.  —  “The congressman …

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.

Paul Krugman Slams New York Times Colleague, CNBC: ‘One Zombie Idea After Another’ … FOLLOW:  —  Paul Krugman, Video, Krugman, Krugman Cnbc, Paul Krugman Cnbc, Paul Krugman Cnbc Zombie Ideas, Paul Krugman Criticizes Cnbc, Paul Krugman Joe Kernen Cnbc, Paul Krugman New York Times …

Accountant Claims Wrongful Termination Essentially Because Her Job Was Too Hard  —  This has been one hell of a day for ridiculous lawsuits.  We've already dealt with Octomoms turned strippers and thick girls who want to go to law school.  Now we've got an office worker who claims …

Meet The Republican Party's 23-Year Old James Cameron  —  Lucas Baiano is back in action “The thing about Lucas's videos: they make people march.”  What is this, this Les Mis ??  —  Source: ia.media-imdb.com  —  Source: youtube.com  —  Lucas Baiano, the video maker who drew attention …

The SUV Did It!  —  Scott wrote here about the appalling case of a 16-year-old St. Paul girl, Clarisse Grime, who was sitting in the grass at her high school, nowhere near the street, when she was struck and killed by a vehicle that careened out of control and bounced off a fire hydrant.

Same-sex marriage petition certified  —  Maryland's Board of Elections certified a petition Tuesday to put the state's new same-sex marriage law on the November ballot, the final procedural step needed for voters to challenge the controversial law.  —  “We're excited, we're on the ballot …

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 …