Tuesday evening must-reads

Moody's lowers U.S. economic growth outlook

Obama: "I make no apologies for being reasonable"

Approval rating holds steady at 39%

Congressional approval rating ties all-time low

Obama campaign insists "we're not running against Bush"

Rick Perry stands by his Bernanke comments

NYTimes rushes to label Perry's remarks "horrifying"

ACLU sides with sex offenders over day care center

Michelle Malkin: Big labor's open season on Verizon

Protesting unions banned from throwing feces

Michael Barone: The fall of the Midwest economic model

$360 million in U.S. aid lost to corruption in Afghanistan

Obama's massive bus tour entourage wows locals in Minnesota

h/t WHD via RCP