NICE POLLS, KID. DON’T GET COCKY. Republicans remain poised to take Senate. “Overall, the poll has the GOP taking the Senate at 51-49, but the close races suggest that they could get as many as 52 or 53 seats.”

ANN ALTHOUSE PARSES ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS: “Is Barry contemplative and public-spirited, or is Barry a politico who hates Bobby Jindal? The fact that the second option even occurs to me while reading this article — framed on Barry’s heroics — suggests that’s the correct one.”

THEY TOLD ME IF I VOTED FOR JOHN MCCAIN, WE’D GET A BLITHERING IDIOT AS VP. AND THEY WERE RIGHT! Biden Overstates Deaths in Joplin, Missouri Tornado By 160,839.

BILL QUICK IS SO CYNICAL: Shocking Surprise: BLS Unemployment Falls Sharply In Final Reporting Months Before Election. Yeah, just like 2012.

SO IF UNIVERSITIES OFFER ANTI-RAPE COURSES FOR WOMEN BUT NOT MEN, isn’t that a Title IX violation? Especially when CDC figures indicate that men are victimized by women at similar rates?

But luckily, we have a sophomore to offer a solution:

Psychology sophomore Anissa Garcia, who attended the class, said, while teaching women to protect themselves is beneficial, she still thinks men should be taught not to assault or rape women.

“In today’s society, I feel like people always blame the victim, so I feel like women should learn how to protect themselves,” Garcia said. “But to teach men not to rape — that aspect is going to take a while, so I think, in the meantime, doing something like this is a good idea.”

Hell, we can’t even seem to teach women not to rape.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Retired CUNY professor gets $560K a year pension. “He’s New York’s pension king.” It’s good to be the king.

HOW’S THAT HOPEY-CHANGEY STUFF WORKIN’ OUT FOR YA? (CONT’D): Rep. Elijah Cummings says black Americans fear Secret Service is racist. Me, I fear that Cummings may have forgotten his Aricept again.

Who am I kidding? I’m sure he’s never taken it a day in his life.

UPDATE: A commenter notes that — as the link above actually says — Cummings isn’t saying he fears the Secret Service is racist, just that black people in general do. Well, yeah, but. . . .