ACORN IN IRAN? Over 100% voted in 50 cities.

THREATSWATCH: Regime Change Iran: Movement Seeks to Eliminate ‘Supreme Leader’ Position. “A report from Saudi Arabia’s al-Arabiya, Iranian clerics seek supreme leader alternative, indicates that Rafsanjani is seeking to eliminate the Supreme Leader. Not just the man, but the position and role presiding over Iranian politics and the Iranian society.” Note, too, the role of Sistani.

ROGER KIMBALL ON THE NEW YORK TIMES HEALTH CARE POLL: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics, Division of Health Care Legerdemain.

And then there’s the headline-juxtaposition problem.

Plus, McCain voters not Americans? Not to the folks at the Times, I guess. More on the poll-cooking charges here.

SCOTT JOHNSON on secrets the New York Times is willing to keep.

TIGERHAWK PRESENTS the grim economic chart of the day. “It basically shows how much economic growth would be required to return the unemployment rate to ‘only’ 6%.”

Of course, if Congress and the Administration knew they had to boost the economy or face hanging in a year they’d be cutting regulations and taxes like mad. That they aren’t doing so suggests that growth isn’t really their top priority.

UPDATE: Rand Simberg says it’s a case of economic Munchausen’s Syndrome by proxy.

INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY: ABC Self-Nationalizes.

HOPE AND CHANGE: U.S. Unemployment Rate Approaching Europe’s.

MICKEY KAUS: “Like CNN, Twitter seems like a pretty joyless place–but like CNN used to be, it’s good in a crisis.”

GATEWAY PUNDIT interviews Iranian activist Ahmad Batebi.

IRAN: Revolutionary Guard Threatens Protesters.

HEH: “Under the Obama Plan, 95% of Americans will receive a tax cut, except for the ones who drink soda.”

STEELY TEMPORIZING will save us!