Last night, the remaining Republican presidential candidates met at Drake University in Des Moines for a debate that lasted almost two hours. What they said doesn't matter, however, as the only thing people will remember is the moment when Mitt Romney asked Rick Perry if he wanted to bet "ten thousand bucks" on whether or not his book had been edited to change passages regarding health care. Video above.

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​Earlier this afternoon, Herman Cain delivered what was promised to be an important announcement about his presidential campaign. Short version: He quit. Long version: The glorious, unwavering, never-ceasing Plan B! (Not that Plan B). While Plan A involved becoming president, Plan B looks to be much more ambitious. It consists of two main parts: Endorsing someone else for president and launching a website that links to an old website. Oh, and there was a Pokemon reference in there too. Yep, it was that kind of speech.

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The Republicans are engaging in their twelfth (that's right, an even dozen) debate tonight in Washington, D.C., in a CNN foreign policy debate sponsored by the Heritage Foundation and American Enterprise Institute. Mitt Romney got things off to a fun start by lying about his first name (or, at least, substituting his middle name for his first name). After Wolf Blitzer introduced himself by saying that "Wolf" is really his real first name, Mitt Romney followed up by saying, "I'm Mitt Romney, and yes, Wolf, that's also my first name."

Problem is, his first name is Willard. (Guess Willard Romney doesn't sound exactly presidential.)

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​With the New Hampshire primary less than two months away, candidates are taking to the airwaves with commercials and televised debates to get their messages out. They have been honing their talking points and refining their images to make you, the voter, comfortable enough to buy what they're selling. But what about the things they are literally selling?

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​While all NBA games are effectively cancelled until at least mid-December, a lucky few will be able to watch some top ballers in action--if they're willing to donate to the Obama Victory Fund. The first annual "Obama Classic" will feature current NBA stars, retired players, and even a few women's basketball legends on December 12th at a court in D.C. to be named later. Meanwhile, NBA team owners and the Republican Congress are planning to steal all of Obama's flubber before the game.

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​Tonight marks yet another Republican presidential debate, and podium enthusiasts across the country will be glued to their TV screens when the candidates take the stage. The CBS/National Journal/Pennzoil/Burger King/Papa John's/AMC Loews/Comcast/Olive Garden/Mercedes/StarKist/Beef 'O' Brady's/Meineke/SC GOP forum kicks off at 8 p.m. EST from Wofford College in South Carolina. Like Thanksgiving dinner, Republican debates are gatherings of familiar faces who routinely say such profoundly upsetting things that the only way you can cope with it is by getting drunk. Let's play the Republican Presidential Debate Drinking Game!

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These Republican debates are getting more bizarre every week, and last night, we were treated to not one but two epic moments. Herman Cain, the one time Godfather's Pizza CEO and implausible front runner in primary poling for the GOP nomination, has been on the ropes the past couple of weeks for, as Gloria Allred crudely put it, offering "his idea of a stimulus package" to female colleagues.

With woman after woman coming forward to charge him with sexual harassment, calling the previous Speaker of the House "Princess Nancy" may have not been Cain's best phrasing to show he has respect for professional women.

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The above clip shows one of the tensest moments from last night's debate between Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich. This no-holds-barred throwdown held in Texas was full of accusations, including Gingrich lambasting his opponent, "You had a great radio show," and Cain making the shocking assertion, "You spent a lot of years successfully in Congress."

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​There are still 376 days before voters hit the polls to decide the next president, but the Obama 2012 campaign has already launched their Tumblr account. It went up today, and they call it a "huge collaborative storytelling effort" in the inaugural post. The Obama campaign used Facebook and other digital platforms to their advantage in 2008, and they are utilizing any technological tools that have come to prominence since then for the reelection campaign. In related news, Michele Bachmann just bedazzled her Gateway 2000 laptop.

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​A new Gallup poll shows a majority of Americans want to get rid of the Electoral College. 62 percent of respondents say they would support a Constitutional amendment that would replace the president-making Rube Goldberg machine with a popular vote. For the first time since George W. Bush won the 2000 election because elderly people in Florida thought they were redeeming coupons for cantaloupe instead of voting, a majority of Republicans are in favor of scrapping the Electoral College as well. Full disclosure: This poll was conducted based on individuals' direct responses, not on a series of delegates elected to respond based on an agreement made at a convention held months prior.

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