Romney Campaign Now Says They Probably Won't Do Their Tax Cuts After All  —  WESTERVILLE, OH - SEPTEMBER 26: Republican U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney arrives at a campaign rally at Westerville South High School September 26, 2012 in Westerville, Ohio.

Don't Let Bogus Polls Depress You  —  RUSH: Folks, there are a couple of polls out there today that are just outrageous.  One is the CBS/New York Times poll.  The other is the Washington Post poll.  I'm telling you: They are irresponsible.  They are designed to do exactly what I have warned …

Defiant Romney: 'I'm going to win Ohio, become the next president'  —  Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Wednesday he was unconcerned by new polls that showed him trailing by double digits in the crucial swing state of Ohio, and pledged that he would win both the state and the presidency.

Study: Twitter view of Akin has not recovered since ‘rape’ comments  —  One month later, online opinion of Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) has not recovered since his widely condemned remarks about “legitimate rape” in August.  —  Around 1.5 billion people heard about Akin through that controversial interview …

Conservative Polling Alternative Plans Expansion  —  Dean Chambers, the man behind Unskewedpolls.com, looks to “unskew” the media and politics.  His numbers have given Republicans “a boost of confidence.”  —  Chambers designed this graphic for his blog to demonstrate why he believes …

Refs due back Thursday night  —  NEW YORK — So long, replacement refs.  The NFL's regular crews will be back on the field starting Thursday night.  —  After two days of marathon negotiations — and mounting frustration among coaches, players and fans — the NFL and the referees' union announced …

AP editor cites Bachmann fact-checking ‘quota’  —  Fourteenth in a series of endless, tireless, exhaustive, hairsplitting, obsessive, resounding, never-before-attempted and conclusive posts on the fact-checking industry.  —  In a panel of fact-checking all-stars this morning at the National Press Club …

CNN and MSNBC Pundit Arrested for Vandalizing Anti-Muslim Ad In N.Y. Subway System  —  The New York Post reported Egyptian-American columnist Mona Eltahawy has been arrested for defacing an anti-Muslim ad in the New York subway system.  The video shows her spraying pink paint on the ad while a supporter of the ad tries to block her.

Extra Bonus Quote of the Day  —  “Frankly at this early stage, polls go up, polls go down.”  — Mitt Romney, quoted by ABC News, apparently not aware the election is 41 days away.

US calls Assange ‘enemy of state’  —  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange addresses a UN in event in New York via video link from the Ecuadorian embassy in London.  —  THE US military has designated Julian Assange and WikiLeaks as enemies of the United States - the same legal category …

WATCH: Samuel L. Jackson debuts profanity-laced pro-Obama ad  —  He's hoping this scary bedtime story will make you run to the polls.  —  Samuel L. Jackson, whose video reading of the book “Go the F—k to Sleep” went viral on the Internet, is releasing a pro-Obama ad today in the spirit of Dr. Seuss …

“Questionable” Palm Beach County voter registration forms forwarded to state attorney for review  —  The Republican Party of Florida is dumping a firm it paid more than $1.3 million to register new voters, after Palm Beach County Elections Supervisor Susan Bucher flagged 106 “questionable” …

Illinois Court Permits Religious Pharmacists To Refuse To Dispense Emergency Contraception  —  An Illinois appeals court upheld a ruling Friday that exempted pharmacists with religious objections from prescribing emergency contraceptives, finding that the medical professionals were protected by state law.

The Libya Debacle  —  The more we learn, the more Benghazi looks like a gross security failure.  —  In his United Nations speech on Tuesday, President Obama talked about the September 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya and declared that “there should be no doubt that we will be relentless …

Police Search for Jimmy Hoffa's Body in Michigan Driveway  —  “Where is Jimmy Hoffa's body?” is a question that has spawned thousands of theories.  Now, one Michigan police chief believes a break in the famous cold case could be close at hand.  —  James Berlin, the police chief in Roseville …

100 mln will die by 2030 if world fails to act on climate - report  —  (Reuters) - More than 100 million people will die and global economic growth will be cut by 3.2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2030 if the world fails to tackle climate change, a report commissioned by 20 governments said on Wednesday.

My “mental health” problems, revealed!  —  Note: Inside baseball.  Read at your own peril.  —  Some folks on Twitter yesterday expressed concern/confusion/dismay over my repeated and pointed attempts to contact both Michelle Malkin and Allah Pundit — with limited success.

Sex scandal hits PA on eve of statehood bid  —  Abbas instructs PA security forces to put on hold investigation into sex scandal involving Palestinian minister until he returns from NY.  —  PA President Mahmoud Abbas refused to open an investigation into a sex scandal involving …

If the Greens are to Bam's right ...  It's a hell of a thing when the nominee of the far-left Green Party espouses a stronger work ethic than the President of the United States.  But that's what we've come to.  —  For all the talk sparked by Mitt Romney's remarks about the 47 percent …

Romney: Massachusetts health care law is proof of empathy  —  TOLEDO, OH — Mitt Romney on Wednesday pointed to the health care reform law he enacted as governor of Massachusetts as proof of his empathy and care for the American people.  —  In an interview with NBC News …

UC pepper-spray settlement about $1 million  —  By Sam Stanton, Denny Walsh and Andrea Gallo  —  The University of California regents have agreed to pay out roughly $1 million to end a lawsuit over last November's pepper spraying of UC-Davis students, part of a deal that also calls …