From the Pork Barrel: John Edwards for President

* The Onion endorses John Edwards for President! (This matters about as much as the Salt Lake Tribune's Obama endorsement.)

* Hispanic voters may decide the outcome in three important swing states. Good thing Romney had his son speak in Spanish at the convention. The electoral votes are as good as his!

* I worked really really hard on a joke for this story, so I hope you like it.

* Marriage equality is looking pretty safe in Maryland. If only Omar were around to see this.

* Download our free iPhone and iPad app Indecision Election Companion and jump up into the the Peanut Gallery — our liveblog/instant reaction arena — to watch and respond as Sen. Marco Rubio appears on NBC's Meet the Press Sunday morning at 10:30 am (EST).

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Tags: Barack Obama, John Edwards, LGBT, Marco Rubio, Marriage Equality, Maryland, Meet the Press, Mitt Romney, Pork Barrel, The Onion

From the Pork Barrel: Mitt Romney Loves to Laugh

* It's a near-perfect simulation of genuine emotions of humorishness.

* "The only relevant comparison that I see between [Mitt Romney's] campaign and Friday Night Lights is in the character of Buddy Garrity." -Peter Berg, FNL series creator and anti-BuzzBissinger

* Looks like the swings states are slowly but steadily swinging away from Barack Obama. Oh well. Who needs Iowa?

* Todd "Shut That Whole Thing Down" Akin is, it seems, also quite the scholar in the field of evolutionary science.

* Download our free iPhone and iPad app Indecision Election Companion and jump up into the the Peanut Gallery — our liveblog/instant reaction arena — to watch and respond with us as we watch CNN's State of the Union Sunday morning at 9 am (EST).

Tags: Barack Obama, Evolution, Mitt Romney, Pork Barrel, Science & Technology, Television, Todd Akin

From the Pork Barrel: The Empty Chair

* Oh, man! I wish we had an empty chair up there on stage Wednesday night. Just look at the charisma oozing from that empty chair. Besides, a chair sits. It doesn't just lie down.

* The actual truth behind Mitt Romney's handkerchief have finally been revealed!

* "You see! I told you! We've all been falling right into Obama's plans all along!" – your uncle who likes forwarding emails

* Rep. Paul Broun explains that evolution and the Big Bang are "lies straight from the pit of Hell," by which I'm pretty sure he means "a classroom."

* Download our free iPhone and iPad app Indecision Election Companion and jump up into the the Peanut Gallery — our liveblog/instant reaction arena — to watch and respond with us as we watch CNN's State of the Union Sunday morning at 9 am (EST).

Tags: Barack Obama, Debates, Evolution, Georgia, House of Representatives, Mitt Romney, New Yorker, Paul Broun, Pork Barrel, Science & Technology, Unemployment

From the Pork Barrel: Tastes Great, Less Socialist

* Is your choice of beer destroying America? Probably. Especially if you choice of blog-reading material is any indication.

* The way I see it, we're about a week away from Mitt Romney going onto Neil Cavuto and claiming to be George W. Bush.

* Finally! Republicans have proof of voter fraud in Florida. Just not the kind they wanted.

* In an apparent attempt to stimulate the base and get young people to feel involved and get excited to go out and vote, Barack Obama is organizing 3,200 debate-watching parties across the nation. That's one party for every young person who is expected to vote.

* Download our free iPhone and iPad app Indecision Election Companion and jump up into the the Peanut Gallery — our liveblog/instant reaction arena — to watch and respond with us as Paul Ryan lets his Rand flag fly this weekend on Fox News Sunday at 10 a.m.

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Tags: Alcohol, Barack Obama, Debates, Florida, George W. Bush, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Polls, Pork Barrel, Republicans, Voter Fraud

From the Pork Barrel: Con-text

* "Uh, pretty much every quote in this video is taken out of context, How do they get away with this kind of garbage." – Some YouTube comment, probably

Joe Biden has been revealed as the stingiest person alive. Or at least the stingiest person on a major presidential ticket this fall.

* Gary Johnson os still trailing in the polls by about 43 points. I'd be getting a little nervous if I were him. Though, I guess there's still a decent amount of time.

* MTV's Power of 12 website takes an in depth look at Mitt Romney's 47%.

* The Atlantic finds genuine beauty and poetry in Mitt Romney's doctor note.

* Download our free iPhone and iPad app Indecision Election Companion and jump up into the the Peanut Gallery — our liveblog/instant reaction arena — to watch and respond with us as Bill Clinton gets all Clintonesque all over the place on CBS's Face the Nation this Sunday morning 10:30 a.m.

Tags: Barack Obama, Gary Johnson, Mitt Romney, Polls, Pork Barrel