LOOKING AT THE ECONOMIC BRIGHT SIDE: Many economic sectors don’t have much more room to fall. Actually, I wish that were true.

AT AMAZON, the home audio and video outlet.

CHANGE: Gallup shows Obama trailing generic Republican, 46/38. Mitt Romney: Hey, I’m as generic a Republican as you’re gonna find!

UPDATE: Heh.

WHEN YOU’VE LOST THE GUARDIAN:. . . . How Barack Obama went from cool to cold.

MEGAN MCARDLE ON CLAIMS OF “GOP OBSTRUCTION:”

The GOP voted against TARP before there was any electoral benefit to doing so. To coin a phrase, they were against stimulus before they were against it.

This seems to signal that they were against these things because they thought that they were wrong, not because they thought that it was tactically useful to oppose it.

Indeed.

ROGER SIMON: Herman Cain and the Death of the Political Pro.

THOUGHTS ON Michael Moore, Occupy Wall Street, and Anti-Semitism.

HOW’S THAT HOPEY-CHANGEY STUFF WORKIN’ OUT FOR YA? (CONT’D): In a Down Economy, Fewer Births.

POTATO WARS: An Eye For An Eye. “The Irish potato folks — and Collins in particular — are mad as hell and vowing not to take it any more in the face of proposed Agriculture Department rules to bar white potatoes from school breakfast plans and limit consumption to one to two servings per week at lunch.”

JAMES TARANTO on the failure of Krugman’s Army. “Having seen the so-called Recovery Act squander hundreds of billions without producing a recovery, voters are smart enough not to fall for that obvious ploy again. . . . The left would benefit politically if it learned to be as honest as corporate America is.”

THE HILL: Boehner confronts Obama on claim that GOP has no jobs plan. “House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) challenged President Obama in a phone call over the president’s assertions that he has not yet seen the Republican jobs plan, the Speaker’s office said.”

PLAN B BECOMING PLAN A? Blogger claims she’s part of emergency birth control epidemic.

CIVIL RIGHTS PROGRESS: Bringing Firearms Sales Into The 20th Century. “Though it does require face to face transfers, so no internet sales, which isn’t quite modern.” It says 20th, dude, not 21st.

SO WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN “SEARCHING FOR A NARRATIVE” AND TRYING TO GET YOUR STORY STRAIGHT?

DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT history.

DRUG WAR UPDATE: We fabricated drug charges against innocent people to meet arrest quotas, former detective testifies.

DAVID MOORE: “I do not recall another president whose negative drumbeat about large segments of the population has been so relentless.”

HAPPY TO HELP: Reader Jon Shore writes: “Hi Glenn, I saw your link a week ago about the Hitachi G-Drive slim and I was in the market so I gave it a shot. I plugged it into my iMac and it worked beautifully. I was amazed at how small and thin it was and it blends in the rest of the Apple stuff I’ve got on my desk. Thanks for the recommendation!” Yeah, the design is elegant, it works well, and the price isn’t bad at all.

NOT THE CARTER ERA, A RETURN TO THE LBJ ERA? Occupy Boston protesters spit on Coast Guard member. “The Coast Guard in Boston confirmed that a woman in uniform was harassed and spat upon by Occupy Boston protesters. The woman was walking to the train and said protesters spit on her twice, called her foul names and even threw a water bottle at her.”

Related: Does Elizabeth Warren *also* support spitting on our troops? #OWS. “I ask this because back at the beginning of October Ms. Warren seemed to be very much in favor of the entire Occupy Wall Street ‘thing.’”

UPDATE: Reader John Steakley writes: “No one spits on a service member on their own. Others contribute to make it possible. Without those contributions there would not have been a street to walk down, a service member to spit on, or a uniform to defile. So yes, by her logic Elizabeth Warren not only supports the act, she contributed to it. “

SPACE: Iranian Guidance Systems Compromised.

CHANGE: S&P downgrades Spain’s debt rating on weak economy.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: Tea party fuels rise of Herman Cain. So how can it be racist? I’m sure someone at MSNBC has an explanation.

SKIN THIN, GETTING THINNER: “I didn’t know you were the spokesman for Mitt Romney.”

CHANGE: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania files for bankruptcy. “Harrisburg, Pennsylvania now has the distinction of becoming the second U.S. city to file for bankruptcy protection this year. Pennsylvania’s capital and the city of 49,000 has been struggling under a massive debt burden for years after an incinerator project ballooned to $300 million – 5 times the city’s budget.” Somebody tell Elizabeth Warren.

APPRECIATING Matt Drudge’s skill at juxtaposition.