Nancy Pelosi: I can’t debate Rick Perry because on that day I have to be in Oregon, California, and … I forget the third one.

Presidential campaigns are rarely if ever the scene of careful, nuanced, or dispassionate foreign policy analysis, but the Republican candidates’ attacks on Obama over his Iran policy have been notable for their cravenness and lack of seriousness. Check it out.

Christmas tree farmers are up in arms that the White House caved so quickly in the face of an ‘Internet rumor’ over a “Christmas tree tax”.

Rule of Thumb: Don’t say Barney Frank should go to jail for coddling Freddie Mac when you were one of their lobbyists/’historians’ for almost $2 million. Best line from Frank: ‘I Thought The Gingrich Group Was His Wives’. Watch.

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In new comments about Obama, Rick Perry takes nostalgic journey back to N-head rock.

Our reporter takes a deep dive into pizza sauce. Should it really be considered a vegetable?

AZ Supreme Court reinstates redistricting chair sacked by Gov. Brewer.

AFL warns Super Committee Dems: Not one vote for GOP plans.

You may have seen yesterday that Herman Cain requested and received Secret Service protection yesterday. Turns out he requested them to control over-aggressive media.