Mike Huckabee: Rick Perry timing ‘bad form,’ ‘tactical blunder’  —  Mike Huckabee is giving a big thumbs-down to Rick Perry's campaign rollout, telling Fox News that the Texas governor's decision to announce on the day of the Iowa straw poll is a big “tactical blunder.”

The Hijacked Crisis  —  Has market turmoil left you feeling afraid?  Well, it should.  Clearly, the economic crisis that began in 2008 is by no means over.  —  But there's another emotion you should feel: anger.  For what we're seeing now is what happens when influential people exploit a crisis rather than try to solve it.

NY turns negative on Bam  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama might need to start taking a few more campaign trips to New York — and not just to raise cash.  —  A stunning new survey gives the president a negative approval rating in the Empire State for the first time, with just 45 percent approval …

All The Anti-Gay Rhetoric From The GOP Presidential Debate...In Under 2 Minutes  —  The GOP presidential candidates reiterated their opposition to same-sex marriage during Thursday's debate in Ames, Iowa, even as the majority of Americans now support marriage equality and 11.4 percent …

Democrats Enjoy Slight Edge on 2012 Congressional Ballot  —  Twice as many voters say Tea Party endorsements are a negative rather than a positive  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup's first measure of the 2012 congressional elections shows Democrats leading Republicans, 51% to 44% …

JetBlue flier who ‘peed’ on girl could be axed from US Ski Team  —  By GORDON BOCK in Warren, Vt., and DON KAPLAN in NY  —  He probably just pissed away his Olympic dreams.  —  The drunken JetBlue passenger who treated a sleeping 11-year-old girl like his personal potty is a member …

John Roberts Is No Fool  —  The White House tries to put one over on the Supreme Court.  —  “The White House . . . has quietly altered its website to remove the references to Jerusalem being in ‘Israel,’ ” the New York Sun reports.  It sounds like another make-work Keynesian stimulus: dig a hole, fill it up.

Woman sues for sexual harassment at People's Choice Realty; Their response?  She's too ugly to touch  —  A 23-year-old lesbian says the Brooklyn real estate office she once worked in is a den of deviants where raunchy sexcapades were the norm.  —  But the bosses she's suing say she's too ugly to harass.

O'Donnell: ‘Witch’ was the worst  —  Christine O'Donnell reveals in her new book that the “lowest moment” of her failed 2010 Senate campaign came when the Delaware Republican made the now-infamous assurance to voters: “I am not a witch.”  —  Writing in her memoir, “Troublemaker …

Postal Service proposes cutting 120,000 jobs, pulling out of health-care plan  —  SEATTLE — The financially strapped U.S. Postal Service is proposing to cut its workforce by 20 percent and to withdraw from the federal health and retirement plans because it believes it could provide benefits at a lower cost.

Obama: ‘Last thing we need’ is for Congress to return to DC  —  President Obama blasted Congress from the road on Thursday, saying things would be worse if lawmakers returned to Washington.  —  “There is nothing wrong with our country,” Obama said in a speech at a Holland, Mich. plant.

Proposed rule on farms called ‘absurd’  —  A new rule being proposed by the federal Department of Transportation would require farmers to get commercial drivers licenses.  —  The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, which is a part of DOT, wants to adopt standards that would reclassify …

David Axelrod Promises To Fire Any Team Obama Staffer Who Calls Mitt Romney ‘Weird’  —  On MSNBC's Morning Joe, former RNC Chairman Michael Steele pressed senior Obama adviser David Axelrod on the Politico piece that suggested Team Obama's strategy would be to paint GOP hopeful Mitt Romney as “weird.”

The moral decay of our society is as bad at the top as the bottom  —  David Cameron, Ed Miliband and the entire British political class came together yesterday to denounce the rioters.  They were of course right to say that the actions of these looters, arsonists and muggers were abhorrent and criminal …

Obama sets fuel efficiency standards for big rigs  —  Obama sets new regs for trucks ((Daily Press file photo))  —  WASHINGTON—President Obama announced the first-ever fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas standards for long-haul rigs, work trucks, and other heavy duty vehicles Tuesday …