More Americans now think marijuana should be legal than approve of Obama’s job performance as President. Gallup found 50 percent of American adults think marijuana should be legal, but they found only 41 percent of Americans approve of Obama’s job performance, while 52 percent disapprove. Those numbers won’t help Obama’s voter turnout efforts in 2012.

Just when you thought the bloggerminions of Andrew Breitbart had finally broken the the “too stupid to breathe” barrier and mankind could go no further, another one huffs a can of Krylon, and “Breitbart Big Exclusive!!” — Seems Obama faked his assembly line speech! Not.

EPI is a small, respected economic policy think tank focusing on progressive economic issues. They do good work, so naturally, James O’Keefe tried to discredit them by conning them into a phony effort to pay for favorable findings — but EPI’s folks saw the ruse.

The Secessionist will try to stop the bleeding at tonight’s Republican debate in Las Vegas, but he’s got his work cut out for him: his campaign is folding like a cheap suit.

Minnesota’s Archbishop has directed priests to organize efforts to create a ballot initiative that would make same-sex marriage unconstitutional in that state. The pattern looks similar to efforts in California to pass Proposition 8.

The remaining state AG’s still trying to reach a settlement with banks over foreclosure fraud have come up with yet another idea: require the banks to allow some “underwater” owners to refinance. It looks similar to a plan proposed for mortgages owned by Fannie/Freddie.

Overwhelmingly 67 percent of Americans hope President Obama’s policies will succeed, but by an overwhelming 59-36 percent margin the American people think his policies are more likely to fail than succeed according to a new CNN/ORC international poll. Part of this pessimism is likely due to the terrible state of the economy, or because of [...]

Mayor Bloomberg has declared that a tent is not Constitutionally protected, which rules out tents as free speech zones. Last night, police threatened to take down the medical tent at OWS, but the Occupiers, joined by Jesse Jackson, apparently talked them out it.

Euro nations have been hoping they could agree on an adequate framework for shoring up their banks, and for some, their own credit, in the event an expected Greek default occurs. But claims of an agreement are still premature, and so markets are reacting to the continued uncertainty.

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