Obama's whopper of a claim on tax cuts  —  “We said working folks deserved a break , so within one month of me taking office, we signed into law the biggest middle-class tax cut in history, putting more money into your pockets.”  —  The president's Labor Day speech in Detroit featured …

Enough  —  “[A]t some point, Sarah Palin has to take some responsibility for her supporters as Ron Paul must for his.  Palin's dragging out the tease on her decision has compounded the problem and we've reached a breaking point.”  —  On Fox News, Ann Coulter and Laura Ingraham had the best discussion on Sarah Palin I have seen.

Video Game Allows Players to Slaughter “Tea Party Zombies” Like Sarah Palin and Bill O'Reilly  —  Have you ever fantasized about beating Bill O'Reilly to death with a crowbar or shooting up the offices of Americans for Prosperity with an Uzi?  Well, the folks at StarvingEyes Advergaming apparently …

Message to nudists: At least be sanitary  —  The naked truth, it seems, is that San Francisco is once again going to emerge as a city ripe for ridicule — or a beacon of free expression — depending on your point of view.  The latest issue?  Public nudity.

Rove: ‘Fed Up!’  Perry's ‘greatest challenge’  —  It's hard to overstate what a liability “Fed Up!”  — published just last year — is for a guy who is otherwise an extremely strong candidate.  You have to take him at his word that he would never have written it if he'd planned to run …

Palestinians deploy Obama speech in U.N. campaign  —  (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is an unlikely participant in a Palestinian campaign to drum up support for a bid to win U.N. recognition of their statehood — a diplomatic move opposed by both his administration and Israel.

In Euro Zone, Banking Fear Feeds on Itself  —  Remember the collapse of Lehman Brothers?  Europeans certainly do.  —  As Europe struggles to contain its government debt crisis, the greatest fear is that one of the Continent's major banks may fail, setting off a financial panic like the one sparked …

Barbara Boxer: I hope greens sue President Obama  —  Senate Environment and Public Works Chairwoman Barbara Boxer said she hopes green groups sue President Barack Obama over his decision to punt a regulation curbing smog-creating emissions until at least 2013.

Treasuries, TIPS, and Gold (Wonkish)  —  (Yes, it's 4:30 AM where I am.  I found myself wide awake, thinking about gold prices.  You got a problem with that?)  —  In assessing economic prospects since the financial crisis of 2008, there have been two kinds of people: inflationistas and deflationistas.

Perry Heads Into Debate as Front-runner, Target … Keywords: - Texas Governor Rick Perry, - 2012 Presidential Race, - Rick Perry Issues, - Rick Perry Politics  —  Gov. Rick Perry heads into tonight's nationally televised Republican debate — his first on the presidential campaign circuit — as the front-runner.

More Republicans skipping Obama's jobs speech  —  When President Obama delivers his address on a new job-creation plan to a joint session of Congress on Thursday, he won't be speaking to a sold-out crowd.  Several lawmakers are still determining whether it is worth their time to stay …

G.O.P. Legislators Balk at a Call to Tie Storm Aid to Budget Cuts  —  WASHINGTON — As Congress prepares to tackle the issue of providing aid to areas ravaged by Tropical Storm Irene, a rift has opened among House Republicans over the federal government's role in providing disaster relief.

Rummy: Bush Doctrine now Obama's  —  Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says President Barack Obama has come to accept much of the Bush Doctrine out of necessity, despite what he campaigned on in 2008.  —  Rumsfeld said that Obama needed to keep the Guantanamo Bay detention center open …

Mitt Romney's 59 Economic Flavors  —  A jobs plan that shrinks from some of the biggest issues.  —  Mitt Romney rolled out a major chunk of his economic agenda yesterday, and we'll say this for it: His ideas are better than President Obama's.  Yet the 160 pages and 59 proposals also strike us …

Achieving Mitt Romney's Tax Fantasy Would Require Medicare Repeal  —  The Mitt Romney jobs plan is a very savvy document.  It's not all ranting and raving about how everything is unconstitutional, and indeed it doesn't even say he wants to repeal Medicare.  And yet lurking between the lines …

Families Feel Sharp Edge of State Budget Cuts  —  LANSING, Mich. — Stretched beyond their limits and searching for new corners of their budgets to find spending cuts, states are now trimming benefits for residents who are in grim financial shape themselves.