The Obama administration has folded, blowing through its self-imposed deadline and agreeing to “talks” that Iran has declared won’t concern limits on its nuclear program.

Meanwhile: “Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in his second address to the nation since the turmoil over the June presidential election, set a tough tone for where the country is heading: No compromises with opponents outside or inside Iran. … Mr. Khamenei reiterated that Iran wouldn’t bend to Western powers when it comes to its nuclear program. To give up rights, ‘whether nuclear right or otherwise, would result in a nation’s demise,’ he said.” One sense that Obama is morphing into Jimmy Carter before our eyes—with potentially more dangerous results.

The Census Bureau is forced to sever—finally—its ties with ACORN after it was caught on video counseling a pimp and prostitute on “how to falsify tax forms and seek illegal benefits for 13 ‘very young’ girls from El Salvador that pair said they wanted to import to work as child prostitutes.”

Larry Summers concedes what conservative economists and pundits have been saying for some time: there will be high unemployment for years and the Obama team has no clue what to do about it. The administration might start by taking business tax hikes and stifling regulations off the table, but they are pushing for tax hikes and more mandates, fees, and regulations. No wonder unemployment is such a “tough nut to crack” for them.

And there is more: “The federal deficit surged higher into record territory in August, hitting $1.38 trillion with one month left in the budget year. The Treasury Department said Friday that last month’s deficit was $111.4 billion, below the $152 billion that economists expected. Still, the imbalance added to a flood of red ink already accumulated through a severe recession and massive spending needed to stabilize the banking system. The soaring deficits have raised worries about the willingness of foreigners to keep purchasing Treasury debt.” You’d think with soaring debt and unemployment we’d be focused on fiscal discipline and pro-growth politics, but the reverse is true.

Bradley Smith: “Do Republicans have a civility problem? They sure do. But what do you expect? As Obama appointee Van Jones points out of Republicans, ‘they’re a bunch of a**holes.’ It’s no wonder former DNC Chairman would say, ‘I hate Republicans.’ Just ask Senator Franken: Republicans are a bunch of ‘ lying liars.’ (Poor Joe Wilson didn’t think to use the redundant form.) Yeah, those Republicans are a particularly nasty bunch.”

As if we didn’t have enough economic problems: “President Barack Obama on Friday slapped punitive tariffs on all car and light truck tires entering the United States from China in a decision that could anger the strategically important Asian powerhouse but placate union supporters important to his health care push at home.” It seems a trade war is the only war Obama is unreservedly enthusiastic about.

And this is in a deep Blue State: “14 months out from election day, Democratic Senator Chris Dodd is in a heap of trouble. According to Rasmussen Reports, not only is he below 50%, he is below 40%, and his likely GOP opponent, former Representative Rob Simmons, is almost at 50%. Dodd trails 49%-39%. Dodd trails former ambassador Tom Foley 43%-40%. He leads state Senator Sam Caliguri 43%-40%, and venture capitalist Peter Schiff 42%-40%. His statewide favorables stand at 40%; his unfavorables stand at a whopping 59%.”

Matt Continetti: “The partisan and misleading speech that President Obama delivered to a joint session of Congress last week revealed the president’s preferences—more government mandates, regulations, and taxes—when it comes to refashioning the American health care system. It also showcased the contempt for debate and smug sense of moral and intellectual superiority that is now as much a part of contemporary liberalism as sympathy with the nuclear freeze movement and the RainbowPUSH coalition was two decades ago.”

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