Joe Walsh To Sandra Fluke: ‘Get A Job’ (VIDEO)  —  Add freshman tea party Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) to the list of Republicans attacking Sandra Fluke after her appearance at the Democratic National Convention.  —  At a campaign stop Saturday in Addison, IL, Walsh, who faces a tough reelection battle …

The GOP convention negative bounce: a final look  —  (Greetings, readers of Political Wire, Andrew Sullivan, Reddit, DailyKos, ...)  —  Soon, post-DNC state polls will begin to arrive.  So here is the best glimpse we are going to get of the negative post-GOP-convention bounce.

Obama widens lead over Romney despite jobs data: Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, picking up support following the Democratic National Convention, widened his narrow lead over Republican U.S. presidential challenger Mitt Romney in a new Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Saturday.

Joe Biden Challenges Press to ‘Fact Check Me’  —  ZANESVILLE, Ohio — Vice President Joe Biden extended an invitation to the media to check the veracity of his claims on Medicare, telling the press to “fact check me.”  —  “What they're proposing, and this is a fact.

Surprise!  HHS pilot program to send 2 million poor seniors from Medicare into ... “voucher” programs  —  I know that every campaign promise Barack Obama makes has an expiration date ... but this is ridiculous.  The confetti is barely off the floor at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte …

DARPA's Cheetah Bot Breaks Human, Robot Speed Records  —  The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Boston Dynamics have unleashed a legged robot that's even faster than Olympic champion Usain Bolt.  —  The Cheetah recently broke its own land speed record of 18 mph …

Romney: ‘I will not take God out of our platform’  —  Mitt Romney weighed in for the first time on the Democratic platform initially removing the word “God,” saying that was something he would never do.  —  Romney began a campaign appearance in Virginia Beach, Va. on Saturday by reciting …

Defying Canon and Civil Laws, Church Failed to Stop a Priest  —  On the surface, the Rev. Shawn Ratigan was just the kind of dynamic new priest that any Roman Catholic bishop would have been happy to put in a parish.  He rode a motorcycle, organized summer mission trips to Guatemala …

Double-Minded Republicans  —  After a first term that has been historically abysmal, President Obama stands a good chance of being reelected.  How can that be?  —  Here is the blunt explanation: We have lost a third of the country and, as if that weren't bad enough, Republicans act as if it were two-thirds.

Obama jokes Bill Clinton should be named ‘secretary of explaining stuff’  —  President Obama on Saturday hammed it up over former President Clinton's popular convention speech, joking that it overshadowed his own acceptance speech.  —  At a St. Petersburg, Fla. rally, Obama noted that Clinton “made the case as only he can.”

Obama: 'You'll Love Me Even More'  —  President Obama, speaking last night in Iowa, told an audience member that she'd “love [him] even more” after hearing the fourth part of his plan:  —  AUDIENCE MEMBER: “We love you, Obama!”  —  THE PRESIDENT: “I love you back.