Over recent months, as Congress has shown itself unable to act to jolt the national economy back to life, there’s been a big fight between Dems and a decent cross-section of economists on the one hand and Republicans and hard-money advocates on the other over whether the Fed should juice the economy with more ‘quantitative easing’ or just do nothing.

This you’ll remember is what Rick Perry said Ben Bernanke might get a horse-whuppin’ for doing if he ever came down to Texas. Well, even Goldman Sachs is telling the Fed: Dudes, just bring back the growth already!

Who has gotten the most positive news coverage among the presidential candidates? The most negative? Take a look.

Chinese researchers have developed new Ping-Pong playing robots. To take over the world or possibly just to play ping-ping. Kind of cool video though.

Inspired by video of Herman Cain channeling John Lennon with his rendition of “Imagine There’s No Pizza,” TPM Benjy Sarlin launches the day’s Twitter meme: #HermanCainPizzaJams.

GOP says Congressman’s sushi-eating should be off-limits for political ads.

A new poll says 7 in 10 New Yorkers broadly sympathize with Occupy Wall Street and think they should be allowed to keep protesting.

Photos of this weekend’s effort to take #OWS global. Take a look.

Herman Cain is now saying that his plan to electrocute Mexicans trying to come in illegally over the US-Mexico border was a joke. And now it turns out that back in August — when he was still in Newt/Santorum/Gary Johnson territory — he suggested building a moat filled with alligators. And presumably that was a joke. But how do you know other than by the increasingly hard to spot criterion of objective ridiculousness? Read More

Recalled ex-state senator from Wisconsin arrested for DUI in Wisconsin.

Herman Cain belts out Lennon homage with “Imagine There’s No Pizza”. Watch.