Barack Obama for Re-Election  —  The economy is slowly recovering from the 2008 meltdown, and the country could suffer another recession if the wrong policies take hold.  The United States is embroiled in unstable regions that could easily explode into full-blown disaster.

Ten Questions for the White House  —  Friday, in response to questions regarding the events of September 11 in Benghazi, President Obama said this: “Nobody wants to find out more what happened than I do.  But we want to make sure we get it right, particularly because I have made a commitment …

Spare Me  —  Karen Tumulty has a piece in tonight's Post on the non-trivial chances that we could have a split between the popular vote and the electoral college.  —  I don't want to make this about her because it's a very timely question and clearly it's already getting canvassed and frothed up by partisans.

Fortune Favors the Brave  —  For a few days there the Romney campaign was boasting a lot about having Big Mo — and the press corps actually fell for it, briefly.  At this point, however, the reality seems to be sinking in: if Romney has Big Mo, it looks like this:

State polling averages support Obama camp's view of the race  —  This presidential race remains a national dead heat, and Mitt Romney could still very well become our next president.  But right at this moment, it needs to be reiterated that the state polling averages support the Obama campaign's view …

AP poll: Majority harbor prejudice against blacks  —  Associated Press/Pablo Martinez Monsivais - FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks to supporters at a campaign event at Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport, in Cleveland Ohio. ...more

Todd Akin draws closer to Claire McCaskill in Missouri Senate poll  —  • By Kevin McDermott kmcdermott@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8268  —  ST. LOUIS  • Congressman Todd Akin has dramatically narrowed the lead of Sen. Claire McCaskill in Missouri's nationally watched Senate race, according to a new poll.

Colin Powell's Former Chief Of Staff: ‘My Party Is Full Of Racists’  —  Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, the former Chief of Staff to General Colin Powell, appeared on The Ed Show Friday night, where he responded to Romney surrogate John Sununu's recent remark that Powell's endorsement of the President may be based on race.

OMG!  Birther Morons Tout Hilariously Faked Video of Obama Birth as Real  —  Okay, so there this video going viral on the Right purporting to be actual footage of Barack Obama's birth taking place in a hospital in Kenya.  —  I kid you not.  —  The footage is supposedly a VHS transfer …

Rubio: Obama's Ideas Are “The Ideas Of Countries People Come Here To Get Away From”  —  His family left Cuba.  The Florida Senator was introducing Romney in Florida on Saturday.  —  Source: youtube.com  —  UPDATE: On Mitt Romney's campaign plane shortly after the rally, Rubio was asked what he meant by the comments.

Obama's birth certificate quip  —  (CNN) - It's back: President Barack Obama's birth certificate.  —  But instead of Donald Trump - a famous “birther” who posted online this week a video asking Obama to go public with his college records and passport - it was Obama himself raising the issue.

IS VOTER FRAUD BEING COMMITTED IN OHIO?  —  RESIZE:  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio — In Ohio, a person can register to vote up to 30 days before the election, with absentee voting starting 35 days before the election.  The 5 day overlap is referred to as the “golden week” — the days during which someone …

Republican upset brewing in RI-01 (Patrick Kennedy's former seat)  —  Democrat David Cicilline appears to be crumbling under devastating ads run by Brendan Doherty highlighting Cicilline's mismanagement of Providence when he was Mayor, his lies during the 2010 congressional campaign …