George McGovern, RIP  —  Everyone who knew George McGovern will tell you—I heard this first from George Will many years ago—that McGovern was one of the most gentle, decent persons you'd ever encounter in American politics.  “He comes on like Muzak,” James Jackson Kilpatrick wrote of him, “which descendeth like the gentle dew.”

George McGovern: He deserved better  —  In 1972 the populist war hero was destroyed by Richard Nixon's dirty tricks and Democrats' self-destructive fear  —  Sen. George McGovern accepts the Democratic presidential nomination at the closing session of the Democratic National Convention in Miami Beach …

U.S. Officials Say Iran Has Agreed to Nuclear Talks  —  WASHINGTON — The United States and Iran have agreed for the first time to one-on-one negotiations over Iran's nuclear program, according to Obama administration officials, setting the stage for what could be a last-ditch diplomatic effort to avert a military strike on Iran.

Romney Surges to Tie Obama in National Poll  —  A late surge in support for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has put him in a dead heat with President Barack Obama with just over two weeks to go before the election, according to a new nationwide Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released Sunday.

Romney, Obama tied in new NBC/WSJ poll  —  One of the last pollsters to catch up to Mitt Romney's momentum in the presidential race has been the NBC/Wall Street Journal poll conducted by Marist, which just got done insisting that Obama has a large lead in Iowa — the only pollster to find one in October.