As Rick Perry announces he’ll possibly skip a few upcoming GOP debates (for the dual reason that they aren’t really “debates,” and he hasn’t looked particularly comfortable with the formats), Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich announce they’ll do a Lincoln-Douglas-style debate (tickets are at a premium), and Cain will open up a discussion on his 9-9-9 plan by appearing at AEI. Cain’s decisions show his typical flair for boldness —

Looks like a bedrock principle of the American Bill of Rights is fixin’ to get the bureaucratic treatment, where freedom is allowed provided it’s wrapped in the kind of red tape that, over time, becomes a strangle hold. And just in time for election season, too! Which is probably just a coincidence.

Here. You do the assembling. 1) From James Pethokoukis: “The Obama Boom”: disposable income adjusted for inflation fell 0.1% in Sept., after -0.3% in July, -0.4% in August. 2) From Rush Limbaugh: Entry into the “Top 1%”? $343,000 annual salary.

…Is that they’ve learned how to keep that title through an incestuous relationship with other “experts” who, like them, are so often completely and utterly wrong. Misery loves company, I believe it’s called. What I don’t understand is why, after such a dramatic record of bad advice and failed predictions, people not only still listen to them — but they continue to pay them handsomely for their willingness to put

“Cahill bashes state — and national — health care reform law”, Boston Globe: State Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill, an independent candidate for governor, today offered a wide-ranging and scathing criticism of the state’s universal health care law, saying it is bankrupting Massachusetts and will do the same nationally, if a similar plan is passed in Congress. “If President Obama and the Democrats repeat the mistake of the health insurance reform

CNSnews: […] the so-called mainstream media are not reporting much of anything about this anti-Semitism. These are the same media that went ballistic when it was claimed – without a shred of video or audio evidence – that Tea Party protestors on Capitol Hill last year had hurled the N-word against Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.). Typical was ABC World News’ David Muir who reported on Mar. 10, 2010: “And now

This time, Dick Durbin’s come asking for money to help him fight the real evils in this country and create jobs. He writes: Dear Jeff, Big Oil profits at the expense of the environment – this week reporting they made billions. Big Banks profit at the expense of Americans – sticking the middle class with unfair fees as corporate bottom lines soar. The GOP profits by coddling both of them.