Why the Chicago teacher's strike is bad news for President Obama  —  For the first time in nearly three decades, Chicago public school teachers went on strike this morning.  At first glance, you might be tempted to think that what happens in Chicago has little to no effect on the politics of Washington and the presidential race.

Romney Campaign Memo: Don't Panic  —  As Obama enjoys a hefty post-convention bump, Romney's pollster insists “the basic structure of the race has not changed significantly.”  —  Image by Brian Snyder / Reuters  —  BOSTON, Mass. — As new polls show President Obama opening up a wider lead coming …

President Obama to Bob Woodward: ‘Mistake’ to Dress Down Paul Ryan to His Face in Budget Speech  —  President Obama told author Bob Woodward that he didn't know Rep. Paul Ryan was going to attend at a major speech he delivered last year on spending and debt, and says in retrospect that it was …

Within Hours, Mitt Romney Takes Back Everything He Said About Preexisting Conditions  —  On national TV on Sunday morning, with millions of people watching, Mitt Romney told David Gregory that there were parts of Obamacare he actually liked.  In fact, he said, one of the goals of his health care plan …

Insight: GM's Volt - The ugly math of low sales, high costs  —  (Reuters) - General Motors Co sold a record number of Chevrolet Volt sedans in August — but that probably isn't a good thing for the automaker's bottom line.  —  Nearly two years after the introduction of the path-breaking plug-in hybrid …

FBI Arrests Trenton Mayor, Others in Corruption Probe  —  Details of the charges are expected to be released later Monday  —  Federal authorities arrested Trenton, N.J., Mayor Tony Mack and more than half a dozen other people early Monday in connection with an ongoing corruption probe, NBC 4 New York has learned.

EXCLUSIVE: The real source of Apple device IDs leaked by Anonymous last week  —  BlueToad.com's CEO, Paul DeHart talks with NBC's Kerry Sanders about a security breach at the company.  —  NBC's Kerry Sanders  —  A small Florida publishing company says the million-record database …

Sept. 9: Call It as You See It  —  I've been picking up some sentiment from analysts and journalists in my Twitter feed recently, who correctly note that polling around the party conventions can be volatile.  They suggest that we ought to wait for more data before concluding very much about the bounces …

Cops: Woman pointed gun at Rep. Trey Gowdy  —  A woman was arrested Sunday evening for threatening freshman Rep. Trey Gowdy with a gun, according to police.  —  The South Carolina Republican was in the parking lot of his church in Spartanburg waiting for his daughter when Gloria Yvonne Brackett pointed …

Poll: Bachmann in danger  —  A new survey provided exclusively to Salon shows the Minnesota congresswoman's lead down to just 2 points  —  Despite her national fan base and a massive war chest, Rep. Michele Bachmann may be in more danger than most suspect, with a new poll showing her lead diminished to just two points.

Rep. Allen West Finds Hidden ‘Soviet Union, Marxist-Socialist’ Meaning In Obama Campaign's ‘Forward’ Slogan  —  “Forward” may be an innocuous slogan to most Americans, subtly contrasting the Democrats' progressive policies to the Republicans' desire to reverse most Obama-era laws.

The Ryan Sinkhole  —  Unlike the Republican platform, which has mostly been ignored outside of the abortion issue, the Paul Ryan budget is the core document of the 2012 campaign.  It is the most explicit expression of the Republican agenda, endorsed by the party's presidential candidate …

Obstruct and Exploit  —  Does anyone remember the American Jobs Act?  A year ago President Obama proposed boosting the economy with a combination of tax cuts and spending increases, aimed in particular at sustaining state and local government employment.  Independent analysts reacted favorably.