Gay rights advocate, on J. Edgar Hoover: “If the FBI and J. Edgar Hoover’s friends and associates resist the notion that the blackmailing, extorting, empire-building, racist, homophobic man was gay, fine, whatever they wish to think. The straights can have him.”

Jon Stewart on Rick Perry’s birtherism: “See, now he’s only six months behind the national conversation. But his ‘n-word’ family hunting ground was, like, 150 years behind. In many ways, Perry’s actually gaining time.” Watch.

Herman Cain edges into the national lead over Mitt Romney in new CBS News/New York Times poll.

Evaluating the prospects of the minor leaguers in the GOP presidential field. Part II in this week’s series.