Mitt Romney's speech before a millionaire's club campaign stop has taken the political world by storm. In one part of it, he says that 47% of Americans are dependent on government handouts and will automatically vote for Obama to keep that cash rolling in.

It's a gaffe-tastic day of disaster for the Todd Akin for Senate campaign even as the eyes of the political media are on the secret Romney tapes.

First, Akin's wife Lulli compared his treatment by the press and his parties to... you guessed it...rape. The one word no one associated with Akin should probably ever say again.

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Which right-winger is most in need of a biology refresher? Which of them said the most outrageous thing about gender and reproductive rights? Hard to choose, isn't it?

Today is a bad day for American Democracy. A federal appeals court in Washington has ruled in a complex case that the political groups that are raising millions in anonymous donations from multi-millionaires in 2012 and not-so-secretly spending it on political attack ads do not have to reveal their donors.

Would you pony up to see "fake" news-meister Jon Stewart go head to head with right wing tough-talker Bill O'Reilly? They're counting on your answer being "yes." 

How should the Obama campaign use Romney's recently exposed "47 percent" statement? They just need to play it. No edits. Maybe add a quick question, like "Really?" "Seriously?" or "WTF?"