Immigration will doom the Secessionist’s campaign. Willard is already running attack ads against him on the issue, and now, Texas Teabaggers — who never liked the Secessionist — are piling on, too.

Last night, the occupiers took off on a march in the evening, as they have done for the duration of the occupation. They had drums and were chanting loudly, “All day, all week Occupy Wall Street.” A dance party was happening in an intersection.

The Obama Administration wants Congress to move on the American Jobs Act and “pass the bill,” but Harry Reid wants to postpone consideration for now while the Senate focuses on the China Trade Bill.

Bloomberg asked 34 economists about the American Jobs Act, and by and large they said passage of the bill would prevent a recession.

Trust in the federal government has now reached an all time record low according to CNN’s polling. The previous low was set back in 1994. And the reasons have a lot to do with years of 9 percent unemployment, with no major recovery in sight.

The Greek Parliament passed a property tax levy, the latest austerity measure imposed by Greece’s creditors as a condition for receiving the next installment of funding from the Euro bailout mechanism. It’s looking like a morality play, in which creditors feel morally justified in punishing debtors.

Dear NCGA,

Hey, it’s me. I don’t know if you remember me or not, but we used to be pretty good friends. Do you remember that awkward high schooler who stood at the dais of the Senate back in 2007 when he was a Senate page? You remember, the one who had just gotten a haircut because his father said that he should look presentable at the legislature. The one who had long, brown, curly hair before then. You don’t remember me? But I stood right at the front of the Senate sessions, just to the right of the now-governor Beverly Perdue.

We’re being threatened with the imminent demise of the US Postal Service, and the potential loss of 120,000 good-paying jobs. But most of the near-term funding “crisis” for the USPS comes from an unusual pre-funding mandate for retiree benefits.

David Dayen’s News Roundup from Tuesday night, September 27, 2011.

• And that’s why Republicans will kill it.
• Can the EU stave off disaster?
• Everyone hates Perry now.
• America, the police state.
• Blaming the victim: it’s what the GOP does.

Well it appears that the latest attempt to draft a prospective Republican candidate has run aground. Chris Christie and his hip-waders are staying in New Jersey.