Axelrod: Obama ‘taken aback by the brazenness’ of Romney's debate performance  —  Obama senior campaign adviser David Axelrod on Sunday said Republican Mitt Romney delivered a “very good performance” at the first presidential debate that was “completely un-rooted in fact” and the president was …

Gingrich Concedes Romney Wasn't Honest About His Tax Plan During Debate  —  This morning on Meet The Press, Obama campaign adviser Robert Gibbs confronted Newt Gingrich on a fundamental inconsistency in Romney's description of his tax plan.  During the primary debates, Romney insisted …

Mary Matalin Calls Paul Krugman A ‘Liar’ For Telling The Truth  —  During a roundtable discussion on George Stephanoupolos' This Week Sunday morning, GOP political consultant Mary Matalin got into a heated exchange with Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman, calling him a “liar” …

Rumors Swirl: How Bad Will The Obama Foreign Donor Scandal Be?  —  Since last week, the news sphere has been buzzing about the possibility of an Obama campaign foreign donor scandal being the big October surprise of 2012.  Since the Washington Examiner first reported the story last week …

Enter At Your Own Risk: Police Union Says ‘War-Like’ Detroit Is Unsafe For Visitors  —  DETROIT (WWJ) - The men and women of the Detroit Police Department believe the city is too dangerous to enter, and they want citizens to know it.  —  Detroit Police Officer Association (DPOA) …

Oct. 7: National Polls Show Signs of Settling  —  Mitt Romney remains in a considerably stronger polling position than he was before last Wednesday's debate in Denver.  But the polls released on Sunday did not tell quite as optimistic a story for him as those in the debate's immediate aftermath.

Allen West rouses crowd for Mitt Romney  —  PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Firebrand Congressman Allen West promised Sunday to be “a loyal lieutenant” to Mitt Romney “when” — not if — he becomes president.  —  The tea party favorite, appearing on stage with Romney, used a rousing introduction …

Biden Takes 6 Days Off Campaign Trail  —  With just about a month until Election Day, Vice President Joe Biden is in the middle of taking nearly a week off the campaign trail.  He will return to doing campaign events on Thursday, when he will debate Rep. Paul Ryan in the vice presidential debate.

Patients starve and die of thirst on hospital wards  —  Forty-three hospital patients starved to death last year and 111 died of thirst while being treated on wards, new figures disclose today.  —  There were 558 cases last year where doctors recorded that a patient had died in a state of severe dehydration in hospitals

Large Turnout as Venezuela Goes to Polls  —  CARACAS, Venezuela — Voters across this country turned out in large numbers on Sunday, standing in lines that snaked around city blocks to cast ballots in a landmark presidential election that could give the fiery socialist Hugo Chávez …

Liberals fret: Is Obama bored?  Does he want a second term?  Maybe not.  —  There's no doubt President Obama's liberal supporters are worried by his lackluster performance in the Denver debate.  “Everyone is in shock,” one show-business liberal told the Hollywood reporter.  “No one can understand what happened.”

Big Bird Responds To Mitt Romney On SNL  —  With Mitt Romney's PBS-Big Bird slam a ripe source for comedy this week, who better to add to the mockery than the Sesame Street character himself?  Big Bird showed up on Weekend Update opposite Seth Meyers to react to his newfound celebrity.