A new word has crept into the Capitol Hill lexicon: "cromnibus." It refers to legislation to avoid a government shutdown that is part "continuing resolution" and part "omnibus spending" bill.

"Running for the presidency is not an IQ test." - Gov. Rick Perry, R-Texas answering a reporter's question, "are you smart enough to be president of the United States?"

President Obama ended the widely-hated practice of waterboarding and other types of "enhanced interrogation" of terrorist suspects and substituted using drones to kill them, along with innocent children and their families who might be in range.