Cancel the Midterms  —  DURHAM, N.C. — By Tuesday night about 90 million Americans will have cast ballots in an election that's almost certain to create greater partisan divisions, increase gridlock and render governance of our complex nation even more difficult.

Tom Harkin: Don't Be Fooled Because Joni Ernst Is “Really Attractive,” “Sounds Nice”  —  “I don't care if she's as good looking as Taylor Swift...”  —  Retiring Democratic Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin says that Iowa voters shouldn't be fooled because Joni Ernst is “really attractive” and “sounds nice.”

Terminally Ill Woman Brittany Maynard Has Ended Her Own Life  —  Brittany Maynard, who became the public face of the controversial right-to-die movement over the last few weeks, ended her own life Saturday at her home in Portland, Oregon.  She was 29.  —  “Goodbye to all my dear friends and family that I love.

Reid on the Ropes  —  It looks as if Harry Reid is at high risk of losing any Senate leadership role after Tuesday's election.  —  Reid said Saturday that it's all up to Iowa to determine whether he keeps his job.  He told Democratic donors that if Republican Joni Ernst wins her victory …

Rogue pastors endorse candidates, but IRS looks away  —  A record number of rogue Christian pastors are endorsing candidates from the pulpit this election cycle, using Sunday sermons to defiantly flout tax rules.  —  Their message to the IRS: Sue me.  —  But the tax agency is doing anything but.

AP Exclusive: Ferguson no-fly zone aimed at media  —  1 photo  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government agreed to a police request to restrict more than 37 square miles of airspace surrounding Ferguson, Missouri, for 12 days in August for safety, but audio recordings show …

Rand Paul courts the black vote  —  DETROIT — The GOP field office on Livernois Avenue is a squat, brick building with a grillwork of bars on its windows.  The outpost in the predominantly Democratic, African-American neighborhood is a place where prominent Republicans don't often venture.

Second Campaign Staffer Accuses GOP Congressional Candidate Carl DeMaio Of Sexual Harassment  —  Justin Harper, a staffer for Carl DeMaio's congressional campaign, works the phones in DeMaio's campaign office on May 28, 2014.  Harper is on the far left.  Less than two months later, Harper says DeMaio sexually harassed him.

Can Obama Reboot?  —  Does he even want to?  —  But those numbers are now crushing his presidency, like the converging trash compactor walls in Star Wars, forcing him into a narrower political space than that occupied by presidents of the past.  “We'll never see 51 percent again …

Obama Declares Stay-at-Home Moms Aren't Worth a Hill of Beans; Says It's a Choice 'We Don't Want Americans to Make'  —  Well that just takes the cake.  Sure, Obama's latest shot across the bow in his own “War on Women” is easily deflected by women like my friends and me testifying to the most precious …

Fanatics sink to a new low: Shocking photograph shows ISIS supporter getting a BABY to kick the severed head of a Syrian soldier  —  A sickening photo has emerged social media showing a toddler kicking the severed head of a dead soldier in Syria.  —  The toddler's father is believed …

Ex-Gov. Edwards Won't Agree With Landrieu About Blacks In The South  —  Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) made something of a splash last week when she said that the South isn't always the “friendliest place” for blacks.  But Edwin Edwards (D), the colorful ex-governor who spent time in prison …

Pope Francis agitates conservative U.S. Catholics  —  Pope Francis tells an audience that the Big Bang does not contradict the “creative intervention of God”.  He says, “on the contrary, it requires it”.  Rough Cut (no reporter narration).  Newslook  —  A senior American cardinal …

Crist Opens Up 7 Point Lead Over Scott in Florida  —  In the race for Florida Governor, which has been neck and neck for months, a new poll by Zogby Analytics shows former Governor Charlie Crist now leading incumbent Governor Rick Scott 45% to 38%.  Libertarian Adrian Wyllie is polling an impressive 8% and 9% are undecided.

Kaci Hickox Vows to Stay Away From Public Places, Apologizes to Her Town  —  Kaci Hickox, the nurse who was quarantined despite testing negative for the Ebola virus after returning home from Sierra Leone, said this morning on Meet the Press that she will stay away from public places in her Maine town …

A lot of the celebrities who appeared in the midterm Rock The Vote PSA didn't actually vote in the last midterm  —  Celebrities are less likely to vote in midterm elections, just like us!  —  Rock The Vote released a public service announcement last month with a parody of Lil Jon's …