Mich. Macomb County GOP Chairman James Carabelli, "We will have a list of foreclosed homes and will make sure people aren't voting from those addresses". DNC & Obama campaign have filed federal lawsuit to block controversial voter suppression tactic.

Justice Antonin Scalia, interview with Lesley Stahl on CBS's 60 Minutes, claims prisoner torture does not violate 8th Amendment's ban on "cruel and unusual punishment". Scalia, "Has anybody ever referred to torture as punishment? I don't think so".

American Society of Civil Engineers "It would take nearly $190 billion to fix 70,000 structurally deficient bridges over next 2 decades". $23 billion surplus when Bush took office, Highway Trust Fund to go broke because Bush killed gas tax increase.