TWILIGHT ZONE: How Biden could become Romney's VP. Also read the comments.

DEMOCRATS: Let's go over the fiscal cliff (second item).

FIGHTING BACK: Another CEO threatens to fire employees if Obama wins. Read the email; it isn't a threat, it's the private sector equivalent of a WARN Act notice. (Now you know why Obama doesn't want defense contractors to issue legally required WARN Act notices before the election.)

TYPICAL OF THE 'REALITY-BASED' COMMUNITY. Washington Post reporter calls Paul Ryan 'Law & Order: SVU' 'perp of the week'. My wife and I both enjoy watching Law & Order, but neither of us is stupid naive enough to believe television resembles the real world in any way, shape, or form. This 'JournoList' clearly believes it does.

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: "[I]t is becoming OK to vote 'No, you can’t!'”

This post is a must-read.

I GUESS CIVICS is now part of the 'social justice' curriculum. If it's taught at all.

LET'S GET FISCAL: Goodbye, Obama girl.

FEDERAL REGULATIONS cost small businesses $1.7 trillion per year.

Right now, I spend more than 40 cents of every dollar the company takes in on complying with regulations. You heard that right: more than forty cents. When I first started using that figure, people would say, ‘wait, you’re talking about taxes too, right’? Nope, that is just what we spend on regulations.

Read it all.

JOBS AND UNEMPLOYMENT: some things to remember.