US jobless rate falls to 7.8 pct., 44-month low  —  US unemployment rate falls to 7.8 pct., lowest since 2009, giving Obama a potential boost  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent last month, dropping below 8 percent for the first time in nearly four years …

Romney says he was ‘completely wrong’ on ‘47 percent’ comment  —  GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Thursday night he was “completely wrong” when he made comments about the 47 percent of Americans who do not pay taxes at a secretly recorded fundraiser in May.

Top Obama Fundraiser To Release Bin Laden Film 2 Days Before Election  —  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A film dramatizing the death of Osama bin Laden is set to debut next month on the National Geographic Channel, two days before the presidential election.  —  “Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama bin Laden …

Dems hope Biden can blunt Romney momentum post-debate  —  Democratic strategists are eyeing the forthcoming debate between Vice President Biden and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) with a mix of hope and nervousness in the wake of President Obama's widely panned performance in his initial encounter with Mitt Romney Wednesday night.

Was Obama rattled by developing donor scandal story? … President Obama reelection campaign, rattled by his Wednesday night debate performance, could be in for even worse news.  According to knowlegable sources, a national magazine and a national web site are preparing a blockbuster donor scandal story.

How Obama's debate strategy bombed  —  DENVER - A stunned Obama campaign acknowledged Thursday that President Barack Obama delivered a lackluster and even ineffectual performance in his leadoff debate against Mitt Romney, mistakenly opting for a cautious approach to handling his opponent …

Iran on the Verge of Hyperinflation  —  Sanctions wreak havoc on the rial  —  In fact, on the verge might not be the right way to put it; in the middle of might be more accurate.  Steve Hanke estimates that inflation is running at 70% a month.  This is, as Alex Tabarrok points out, nowhere near a record.

NAACP Official: Obama Campaign Staffer Threatened Me  —  CHICAGO (CBS) — The President of the South Suburban Branch of the NAACP alleges a director of the re-election campaign of Barack Obama has threatened and intimidated him because he doesn't support the president.

The Parent Loan Trap  —  More than a decade after Aurora Almendral first set foot on her dream college campus, she and her mother still shoulder the cost of that choice.  —  Ms. Almendral had been accepted to New York University in 1998, but even after adding up scholarships, grants …

For Some, DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz Goes Too Glam  —  Critics call her “almost unrecognizable” in a Vogue profile.  So what?  —  Wasserman Schultz in Derek Lam in the October 2012 Vogue profile.  —  Source: Marcus Mam / via: seemanagement.com

Email Shows State Department Rejecting Request of Security Team at US Embassy in Libya  —  (Image Credit: Ibrahim Alaguri/AP Photo)  —  ABC News has obtained an internal State Department email from May 3, 2012, indicating that the State Department denied a request from the security team …

Idiot's Delight  —  You're an undecided voter.  Your time is up.  The rest of us are sick of pretending to care about you, saying nice things to you, doing your damn laundry.  —  Decide, O.K.?  When the choice was between Scrooge McDuck and the Kenyan Socialist, you couldn't make up your mind.

Unemployment Rate Plummets to 4.3%—For Government Workers  —  (CNSNews.com) - The best news anywhere in the U.S. economy over the past three months has been in the government sector, where unemployment has dropped dramatically from 5.7 percent in July to 5.1 percent in August to 4.3 percent in September …

Noonan: Romney Deflates the President  —  The first debate was a surprise.  Now the challenger has to prepare for more surprises.  —  Out on a limb, where the breeze is best:  —  The impact of the first debate is going to be bigger than we know.  It's going to affect thinking more than we know …

Pro-Muslim Subway Ads to Hang Near Anti-Jihad Ads  —  Striking back against an anti-jihad advertisement in the subways widely perceived as anti-Muslim, two religious groups - one Jewish, one Christian - are taking out subway ads of their own to urge tolerance.

Former college hoops star endorses Romney in new ad  —  Former National Basketball Association player Greg Anthony is featured in a new ad for the Romney campaign, in which he explains why he voted for President Obama in 2008 but is switching to the GOP candidate in 2012.

Presidential Debate Drew More Than 70 Million Viewers  —  The first of three presidential debates between President Obama and Mitt Romney reached more than 70 million viewers on Wednesday night.  —  Nielsen, a television measurement company, said 67.2 million viewers watched on television at home …

The US presidential debates' illusion of political choice |  Glenn Greenwald  —  The issue is not what separates Romney and Obama, but how much they agree.  This hidden consensus has to be exposed  —  Wednesday night's debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney underscored a core truth …