Obama's ratings tumble after health-care flaws  —  The flawed rollout of the Affordable Care Act has pushed President Obama to the lowest point of his presidency, with dwindling faith in his competence and in many of the personal attributes that have buoyed him in the past, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

Census ‘faked’ 2012 election jobs report  —  In the home stretch of the 2012 presidential campaign, from August to September, the unemployment rate fell sharply — raising eyebrows from Wall Street to Washington.  —  The decline — from 8.1 percent in August to 7.8 percent in September — might not have been all it seemed.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren Calls For Expanding Social Security  —  American values demand that Congress boost retirement benefits rather than shrinking them to satisfy deficit hawks, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said on the Senate floor Monday afternoon.  “We should be talking …

Chris Christie Knocks GOP, Says Washington Is Full of ‘Absolutists’  —  WASHINGTON — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie had some harsh words for Washington, D.C. Monday night, telling a group of CEOs that “both parties” in Washington are the problem, but still harshly criticizing the GOP …

Cheney Family Values  —  If Liz Cheney, whose bid for the Senate has always had a stench of extreme opportunism, wants to discuss traditions and values, I'm all for it.  Let's start here: Isn't there a tradition of close-knit family members' taking care not to wound one another?  Is there not value in that?

Judge To Decide If Zimmerman Is Released On Bail  —  SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — George Zimmerman's arrest following a domestic dispute with his girlfriend marks the latest in a series of brushes with the law he has had since his acquittal in a murder case that sparked nationwide debates about race and self-defense laws.

Edwards teaming up again with former law partner  —  RALEIGH, N.C. — Two-time Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards will soon begin practicing law again with his former law partner, David Kirby, and his daughter Cate.  —  The Edwards Kirby law firm will have offices in Raleigh and Washington, D.C.

The analogy is less telling than who is employing it.  —  Granted, it's an imperfect analogy.  So is every other analogy, but there are some particularly glaring differences here.  As Karl Van Zandt observes on Twitter, President Bush didn't push Hurricane Katrina through Congress without a single vote from the other party.

Martin Bashir apologizes for dirty, disgusting slam at Sarah Palin  —  FILE: Martin Bashir on the second day of Michael Jackson's child molestation trial in Santa Maria.reuters  —  When I first saw a headline about what Martin Bashir said, I figured it must be exaggerated.

Chat wrap: OUR Walmart rep answers your questions about this story  —  Is the food drive proof the retailer pays so little that many employees can't afford Thanksgiving dinner?  —  Norma Mills of Canton, who lives near the store, saw the photo circulating showing the food drive bins, and felt both “outrage” and “anger.”

Ford Nation hits the airwaves … Mayor Rob Ford and Coun.  Doug Ford debuted their talk show ‘Ford Nation’ on the Sun News Network Monday evening shortly after council voted to futher strip the mayor's power and budget.  Video courtesy: Sun News … Photos View photos  — zoom

Morose Obama asks his base for psychological intervention  —  A downbeat President Barack Obama repeatedly asked his worried supporters Monday night to help resurrect his spirits, following weeks of political disasters and personal humiliations caused by the cascading collapse of Obamacare.

Court order that allowed NSA surveillance is revealed for first time  —  Fisa court judge who authorised massive tapping of metadata was hesitant but felt she could not stand in the way  —  A secret court order that authorised a massive trawl by the National Security Agency of Americans' email …

Monty Python to reunite for stage show  —  All of the surviving members of comedy group Monty Python are to reform for a stage show, one of the Pythons, Terry Jones, has confirmed.  —  “We're getting together and putting on a show - it's real,” Jones told the BBC.  —  “I'm quite excited about it.

Stephens: From ‘Four Score’ to ‘Yes We Can!’  —  Sudden modesty from the selfhyperadulated president.  —  Seven score and 10 years ago, Abraham Lincoln delivered his sacred speech on the meaning of free government.  Edward Everett, a former secretary of state and the principal speaker …

NFL, Major League Baseball Warn That Aereo Could Trigger End of Free TV Game Broadcasts  —  The National Football League and Major League Baseball are urging the Supreme Court to grant broadcasters' petition to hear their challenge to the legality of Aereo, the startup that features unauthorized streams of local broadcast signals.

Meet The ‘Assassination Market’ Creator Who's Crowdfunding Murder With Bitcoins  —  As Bitcoin becomes an increasingly popular form of digital cash, the cryptocurrency is being accepted in exchange for everything from socks to sushi to heroin.  If one anarchist has his way, it'll soon be used to buy murder, too.