‘That Face’ Surpasses Trump in New Hampshire  —  Donald Trump will certainly want to take a closer ‘look at that face’ now that Carly Fiorina has surpassed him in a new New Hampshire poll.  In a Voter Gravity survey conducted the day after Wednesday night's second presidential GOP debate, Fiorina comes out on top:

I Guess Muhammad's Pencil Box is Cooler Than the Palin Kids'  —  “It doesn't look like a pencil box to me.”  I love Bristol's perspective on this.  You have to read this:  —  http://www.patheos.com/.../obama- invites-kid-mistakenly-arre.../  —  Talk about the dangers of a reactionary-slash-biased media!

Huckabee: Obama Just ‘Appeasing Homosexuals’ With Gay Army Leader  —  Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee on Saturday criticized President Obama for nominating an openly gay man to be the Army's secretary, charging that the President only did so to curry favor with the LGBT community.

Joe Biden Edges Closer to Joining Presidential Race  —  Vice president's aides debate timing of entry and hone message for a possible campaign  —  Vice President Joe Biden's aides in recent days called Democratic donors and supporters to suggest he is more likely than not to enter the 2016 race …

Phoenix freeway-shootings suspect Leslie Allen Merritt Jr. tied to first 4 incidents  —  After arrest, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey tweets: ‘We got him!’  —  CONNECT  —  For nearly three weeks, life in Phoenix and the Valley was under a darkening cloud of fear as vehicles driving on freeways were hit …

The White House is more afraid of offending China's president than the pope  —  THE VATICAN has raised objections to a few of the guests invited to the White House arrival ceremony next week for Pope Francis.  The Wall Street Journal reported that the guests include transgender activists …

Pope Francis' fact-free flamboyance  —  Pope Francis embodies sanctity but comes trailing clouds of sanctimony.  With a convert's indiscriminate zeal, he embraces ideas impeccably fashionable, demonstrably false and deeply reactionary.  They would devastate the poor on whose behalf he purports to speak …

Are Democrats and Republicans talking about the same country?  —  To the Democratic candidates, the 2016 presidential campaign is about shrinking the gap between rich and poor; combating climate change; and expanding voting rights, gay rights and workplace equality for women.