For reasons I’m not sure I can explain or understand, Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich held a one on one debate this evening in Texas, which they dubbed a ‘Lincoln/Douglas style’ debate. Here’s our report on what happened.

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A new poll out tonight shows Ohio Democrats and public employees unions poised to deliver a crushing rebuke to Gov. John Kasich (R) at the polls on Tuesday. 59% say they plan to vote to repeal SB-5, Kasich’s signature anti-union legislation passed earlier this year.

Convicted felon Jack Abramoff is back pitching his new memoir and saying that hill staffers should be banned from becoming lobbyists.

We’ve officially entered the Gloria Allred phase of the Herman Cain scandal.

FBI Chief J. Edgar Hoover feared “lice-covered ferret’ journalist Jack Nelson would report that he was gay.

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Sen. Schumer (D-NY) predicts the supercommittee will fail because of Republican intransigence on taxes.

Bachmann lambastes fellow Republicans (and particularly Mitt Romney) as “frugal socialists.”

Kentucky Governor candidate says Dem Governor “needs to treat Christians as well as he does Hindus.”