King's crisis  —  About 2,000 people gathered on Sept. 28 at First Baptist North in Spartanburg, S.C., to hear high-profile Christians speak on defending the faith and applying a Christian worldview to their lives.  Among the speakers: Eric Metaxas, Josh McDowell, and—keynote speaker for the evening …

Daily Kos/SEIU State of the Nation poll: Romney's best numbers of the week  —  Public Policy Polling for Daily Kos & SEIU.  10/12-14.  Likely voters.  MoE ±2.5% (10/4-7 results) … Obama 46 (47)  —  Romney 50 (49)  —  At a time when other polls are moving back in the president's direction …

Former aide sorry for dissing Obama … Former Obama aide Neera Tanden took to Twitter on Tuesday to apologize for some choice words she uttered about her former boss.  —  In an interview with New York magazine published on Sunday, Tanden had been trying to explain why Obama …

Washington Post Columnist Launches Sexist Diatribe Against Hillary Clinton On Twitter  —  Tonight, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took responsibility for the tragic death of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans in Libya.  Clinton told CNN: “I take responsibility.

Green Party ticket arrested at debate site  —  Police arrested Green Party presidential nominee Dr. Jill Stein and her running mate, Cheri Honkala, on Tuesday after a failed attempt at attending the second presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y.

Obama's Town Hall Debate Dilemma  —  Friends.  —  President Obama's first debate was disastrous in two distinct ways.  He appeared listless and professorial, unable to boil down his beliefs into crisp statements, and generally looked far less like a president than did Romney — forceful …

CNN Anchor Battles Anti-Gay Activist, Kicks Him Off After He Trashes ‘Toxic’ Homosexuality  —  CNN host Carol Costello could only stand so much anti-gay rhetoric this morning.  After allowing American Family Association spokesman Bryan Fischer to claim that Adolf Hitler's Nazi Stormtroopers …

Mitt Romney's ‘new math’ for jobs plan doesn't add up  —  “Let me tell you how I will create 12 million jobs when President Obama couldn't.  First, my energy independence policy means more than 3 million new jobs, many of them in manufacturing.  My tax reform plan to lower rates …

French president pushing homework ban as part of ed reforms  —  How do you think this would go over in the United States?  French President François Hollande has said he will end homework as part of a series of reforms to overhaul the country's education system.  —  And the reason he wants to ban homework?

Candy Crowley to defy debate contract  —  In an interview with CNN this afternoon, Candy Crowley reiterated that, like past town-hall debate moderators, she intends to do more than just hold the microphone at tonight's debate in Hempstead, N.Y. — an intention that has caused concern for both campaigns.

High court allows early voting in Ohio  —  (CNN) - The United States Supreme Court has given the green light to early voting in Ohio in the three days prior to November's election.  —  The brief, one sentence order from the court Tuesday is a setback for Republican leaders in the state …

No Guarantee of Obama Rebound in Second Debate  —  President Obama was soundly defeated in the first presidential debate in Denver, contributing toward about a four-point swing toward Mitt Romney in head-to-head polls — enough to turn the race from one in which Mr. Obama had a clear lead into a very close contest.

Romney for President  —  The crisis of leadership in American government is easily explained: thanks to a flawed presidential primary system that rewards strident rhetoric and hyper-partisanship, candidates tailor their messages to fringe elements in small, unrepresentative states.  The result?

It may seem like President Obama has a big ego, but the first lady says that isn't the case.  —  “You know, Barack doesn't have a big ego,” Michelle Obama said in an excerpt from an interview with CNN that aired Tuesday.  —  “You see this in, you know, how he leads the country,” …

Mitt Romney's Bain Helped Philip Morris Get U.S. High Schoolers Hooked On Cigarettes … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  Elections 2012, Barack Obama , Mitt Romney, Smoking, Economy, Elections 2012, Health Care, Careers, Barack Obama , Politics, Smoking, Video, Bain & Co., Big Tobacco, Marlboro Man …

Romney Campaign Makes $12 Million Ad Buy  —  The Romney campaign, flush with cash from its impressive haul of $170 million last month, is reserving large quantities of airtime for the coming week.  —  In one of his biggest ad buys of his campaign so far, the Republican nominee has booked …

Embattled California Democrat's coffers running dry  —  Rep. Laura Richardson's (D-Calif.) ethics troubles have caused her coffers to run dry, according to Rep. Janice Hahn, the Democratic challenger vying for Richardson's seat.  —  During the last three months, as the House Ethics Committee issued …

Romney 50%, Obama 46% Among Likely Voters  —  Obama down sharply among men, college grads, and Southern voters vs. 2008  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Half of likely voters now prefer Mitt Romney for president and 46% back President Barack Obama in Gallup interviewing through Monday.

In VP Debate, Biden Seemed to Overstate His Role in Social Security Reform  —  During the vice presidential debate last week, Vice President Joe Biden seemed to significantly overstate his role in the 1983 negotiations over Social Security.  —  Asked about Medicare reform, the vice president said …

Sorry, U.S. Recoveries Really Aren't Different  —  Five years after the onset of the 2007 subprime financial crisis, U.S. gross domestic product per capita remains below its initial level.  Unemployment, though down from its peak, is still about 8 percent.  Rather than the V- shaped recovery …