Even a Senate victory won't heal GOP divisions  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) made news recently by announcing he might run for president in 2016.  He later explained that his potential candidacy is less about “personal ambition” than about “concern for where the party is going.”

Leaning Forward, MSNBC Loses Ground to Rival CNN  —  Rachel Maddow, the biggest star on the MSNBC cable network, just posted her lowest quarterly ratings results ever.  —  “Morning Joe,” MSNBC's signature morning program, scored its second-lowest quarterly ratings, reaching an average …

Greg Abbott: Texas gay marriage ban reduces out-of-wedlock births  —  AUSTIN - Attorney General Greg Abbott says Texas' same-sex marriage ban should remain in place because legalizing it would do little or nothing to encourage heterosexual couples to get married and have children.

Braced for Voter Fraud in Colorado  —  Perhaps the most hard-fought Senate race this year will be Colorado's showdown between Democratic senator Mark Udall and Republican congressman Cory Gardner.  The RealClearPolitics average of polls in the race shows Gardner holding a lead of 1.3 percentage points.

Bernie Sanders Takes Over Sunday Morning And Shreds John McCain's ISIS Warmongering  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders knocked John McCain off of his usual Sunday morning warmongering turf by following a typical McCain appearance on CNN State Of The Union with a fact laced shredding of McCain's pro-war propaganda.

Times Touts Tours of Iran  —  For the price of $6,995, the New York Times is offering 13-day tours of Iran guided by Times journalist Elaine Sciolino.  Promotional material for the tour on the Times website promises “luxurious hotels” and describes Tehran as a city where “the young and fashionable adopt a new trendy joie de vivre.”

Krugman: Obama One of ‘Most Consequential’ Presidents in Modern History  —  New York Times columnist Paul Krugman told ABC News' Jon Karl Sunday morning that President Barack Obama was one of the most consequential commanders in chief in modern history, arguing that his policy accomplishments far outstripped …

How Republicans lost the culture war  —  On Aug. 17, 1992, Pat Buchanan and the Republican Party declared a “culture war ... for the soul of America.”  On Oct. 6, 2014, Republicans surrendered.  —  Twenty-two years ago at his party's national convention, Buchanan thundered, “we stand with …

CDC director: Second case of Ebola in US result of ‘breach of protocol’  —  The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said a “breach of protocol” caused a health care worker at a Dallas hospital to preliminarily test positive for Ebola.  —  The health care worker …

Ebola Vaccine Would Likely Have Been Found By Now If Not For Budget Cuts: NIH Director  —  BETHESDA, Md. — As the federal government frantically works to combat the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, and as it responds to a second diagnosis of the disease at home, one of the country's top health officials …

Comedy club uses iPad facial recognition to charge by the laugh  —  A Barcelona comedy club brings rationality to humor.  How funny. … This, I imagine, was the sweet sound of the checkout at one Barcelona comedy club, after it took the bold step of charging its customers not for the fun, but for every single sign of humor.

Muhammad Ali is so ill from Parkinsons that he cannot speak, his brother says  —  Rahman Ali at premier of new movie I Am Ali says boxing legend is frail and housebound  —  He was known as the “Louisville Lip”, thanks to his sharp patter and devastating wit which skewered his opponents both in and out of the ring.

Obama's Great Big Ebola Error  —  “The last time a president tried to make a disease a national-security issue, he helped trigger a global pandemic that killed 50 million people.”  —  The White House has declared Ebola to be a top national-security concern.  That ought to worry Americans.

President Nixon offered to illegally wiretap Mayor John Lindsay for Gov. Nelson Rockefeller: report  —  A new biography of Rockefeller, ‘On His Own Terms,’ by Richard Norton Smith reports the proposal, which is based on previously undisclosed material.  —  WASHINGTON — President Richard Nixon offered …

U.S. Troops to Use Bases in Turkey  —  WASHINGTON — Turkey will allow American and coalition troops to use its bases, including a key installation within 100 miles of the Syrian border, for operations against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq, Defense Department officials said Sunday.