Poll: Sarah Palin Favorable Rating Just 22 Percent  —  CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto.  —  Sarah Palin is viewed unfavorably by nearly 50 percent of Americans, a new CBS News poll finds …

CNN/Time Poll: 1 in 10 in Nevada say ‘none of the above’  —  (CNN) - Nevada voters get to do what most Americans don't: They can vote for “none of the above.”  —  And a new survey in the deadlocked battle between Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Republican challenger Sharron

Armstrong Williams Who Rules the Tea Party?  —  Who rules the tea party?  —  Is it Sarah Palin and her lunch pail brand of God, guns and the Constitution?  Is it Dick Armey, the former House majority leader who danced to his own tune and was the mastermind behind the GOP's Contract with America?

Federal subpoenas issued in John Edwards investigation  —  john edwards, rielle hunter, local/state  —  RALEIGH (WTVD) — The ABC11 Eyewitness News I-Team has learned federal prosecutors in Raleigh have issued a new round of subpoenas in their investigation of former NC Senator John Edwards.

Santorum Forums Iowa PAC  —  He's serious, folks.  Former Senator Rick Santorum is abetting speculation that he's planning a presidential run 2012 in a serious way.  Today, he's formed a political action committee in Iowa, called the Iowa Keystone Political Action Committee …

Panel: Gov't blocked scientists on spill estimate  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration blocked efforts by government scientists to tell the public just how bad the Gulf oil spill could become and committed other missteps that raised questions about its competence and candor during the crisis …

Rand Paul: I Really Meant It When I Said Let's Have A $2,000 Medicare Deductible (VIDEO)  —  For the past few days, the Kentucky Senate race has been about Medicare.  More to the point, it's been about a grainy video of Republican nominee Rand Paul taken in June 2009 showing Paul calling …

Senator Jim DeMint and Morality  —  I'm stunned by what Senator Jim DeMint says about moral requirements for teachers.  Not only is he against gay teachers, but also against single women who sleep with their boyfriends.  Not clear what he thinks of those boyfriends having sex before marriage, but they don't seem to alarm him so much.

Great Moments in Media Buys: Col. Allen West Challenges Obama to a Debate  —  Gotta love this guy:  —  Now there's a debate we'd pay to see.  Who do you think would win?  —  Col. West?  —  Or the Commander-in-Chief?

The .ly domain space to be considered unsafe  —  I would like to warn current and future owners of .ly domains of a concerning incident regarding the deletion of one of our prime domains ‘vb.ly’ by NIC.ly (the domain registry and controlling body for the Libyan domain space '.ly').  —  In short:

Apple Making Verizon-Ready iPhone by Year End  —  Apple Inc. plans to begin mass producing a new iPhone by the end of 2010 that would allow Verizon Wireless to sell the smartphone early next year, said people briefed by Apple.  —  The new iPhone would be similar in design to the iPhone 4 currently sold …

Waivers Address Talk of Dropping Health Coverage  —  As Obama administration officials put into place the first major wave of changes under the health care legislation, they have tried to defuse stiffening resistance — from companies like McDonald's and some insurers …

Congressional Candidate Steve Pearce To Birther: ‘Those Questions Need To Be Asked’ (VIDEO)  —  What's Your Reaction: … During a recent town hall meeting, New Mexico Republican congressional candidate Steve Pearce cast doubt on President Obama's citizenship and said that while the economy …

GOP casting call: ‘hicky’ W.Va. look  —  A new Republican ad that shows a couple of guys at the counter of a diner, wearing ball caps and plaid shirts as they take shots at West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin (D), was shot with actors, from a script, in Philadelphia.

Richard Johnson LA-bound  —  Tweet  —  It's the end of an era — Richard Johnson is leaving Page Six after nearly 25 years as editor of the world's most famous gossip column.  —  Emily Smith, who cut her teeth on Fleet Street before coming to New York five years ago …

Murkowski's ‘Alaska Mafia’ and the public dole  —  Once insurgent conservative Joe Miller knocked off moderate Sen. Lisa Murkowski in Alaska's Senate primary, almost all Beltway Republicans lined up behind Miller.  But thanks to Alaska's unique political culture, there is a small cadre …

New York Asks to Bar Use of Food Stamps to Buy Sodas  —  Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg sought federal permission on Wednesday to bar New York City's 1.7 million recipients of food stamps from using them to buy soda or other sugared drinks.  —  The request, made to the United States Department of Agriculture …

The Westboro Baptist Church politely shows the court how to be obnoxious.  —  Quick constitutional pop quiz: What do you hate?  (And by you, I mean you.)  —  If you answered: homosexuals, Jews, Catholics, the military, the pope, and more or less everyone except Fred Phelps …

Memo Hints at Name Change for MSNBC.com  —  NBC Universal and Microsoft, the parents of MSNBC.com, are holding high-level talks about a name change, something that could be a risky endeavor for the second most popular news Web site in the United States.  —  The two parents have determined …

DCCC Reducing Ad Buys In Key Districts  —  With less than four weeks left to Election Day, the DCCC is reshuffling where it plans to air ads in the final weeks of the campaign - a key indicator of the its candidates' strength in key battleground states.  —  According to ad buy data confirmed …

Voters Are Much Less Optimistic About Black-White Relations  —  Perceptions about the state of black-white relations in America have fallen dramatically since the summer of 2009.  But voters are still more optimistic about that relationship than they are about relations between whites and Hispanics and between blacks and Hispanics.

STUDENTS GET NAKED FOR HEALTH CARE  —  We all know that sex sells and the folks at Campus Progress are using that to their advantage in a new video promoting youth involvement in the upcoming midterm elections.  —  “Back off my Coverage!” features college students bemoaning their lack …

Once Again- Greta Takes Down Gloria Allred: “You Know What Gloria... If You Can't Protect the Client You Shouldn't Do the Job” (Video)  —  Similar Situation - Similar Results  —  Greta Van Susteren and Gloria Allred went back at it tonight on FOX News.  Greta schooled the Brown supporter and democratic hack.