Rick Santorum: Conservatives Will “Never Have The Elite, Smart People On Our Side”  —  Santorum tells values voters to be wary of the media elite.  —  Image by Jason Reed / Reuters  —  WASHINGTON, DC — Former presidential candidate Rick Santorum attacked the media and “smart people” …

ANTI-ISLAM FILMMAKER DONATED MILLION DOLLARS TO OBAMA CAMPAIGN  —  Blame the movie.  —  Blame the movie.  —  Blame the movie.  —  Even though “the movie” was on YouTube for months prior to the collective indignation of thousands of Middle Eastern Islamists all coming together …

Chaos at the State Dept?  —  I spoke with a well-placed journalist last night whose sources describe the situation at the State Department in one word: “Chaos.”  The working assumption is that several American embassies may have been penetrated, or are vulnerable to attack …

Don't Say “Desperate”  —  Muslim unrest has created a challenge for Obama and the nation—and a different kind of crisis for the Romney campaign.  —  One day this spring, over lunch in Chicago, David Axelrod offered up a concise summary of Team Obama's prevailing view about the race ahead against Mitt Romney.

The Obama campaign takes on the ‘are you better off’ question  —  The Obama campaign is launching a new ad in the seven key swing states that directly takes on Mitt Romney's “are you better off” question:  —  It's a minute-long spot, which suggests this represents a major effort by the campaign …

Alleged ‘Innocence of Muslims’ filmmaker taken in for interview  —  Just after midnight Saturday morning, authorities descended on the Cerritos home of the man believed to be the filmmaker behind the anti-Muslim movie that has sparked protests and rioting in the Muslim world.

Propaganda Update: TV Networks Will Be Asked to Boost ObamaCare In Plots of Their Top Shows  —  Abby Goodnough of The New York Times is reporting as the California state government is setting up its ObamaCare exchange, the exchange has hired a PR firm (with federal government money).

GOP lawmakers say Romney campaign needs to change course  —  Republican lawmakers are grumbling about the direction of Mitt Romney's campaign and say he needs to change course.  —  The complaints come as polls show that Romney lost ground on President Obama following the party's respective conventions …

Poll: Obama widens lead in Pennsylvania  —  President Obama, already ahead in Pennsylvania, received a small bump from the Democratic National Convention and now leads Mitt Romney in the state by 11 points, according to the Inquirer Pennsylvania Poll.  —  But with eight weeks left …

Rep. Ryan: New Fed policy a ‘bailout’ for Obama economy  —  Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said the Federal Reserve's latest policy shift amounts to a “bailout” of the economy under President Obama.  —  Speaking at a campaign event in Oldsmar, Fla., Mitt Romney's vice presidential candidate lambasted …

Romney: Libya deaths a ‘tragic reminder’ of need for US leadership  —  GOP nominee Mitt Romney said Saturday that the deaths of four American diplomats in Libya was a “tragic reminder” that the world needed “strong leadership” from Washington and focused on the Obama administration's relations …

Can the Chicago Teachers' Strike Fix Democratic Education Reform?  —  In 1960, when Albert Shanker and other members of New York City's teachers union sought collective bargaining rights, they set a strike date for Monday November 7, the day prior to the presidential election between John Kennedy and Richard Nixon.