◼ FOOD STAMP USE CLIMBS TO RECORD 46.7 MILLION - Alan Bjerga/Bloomberg
◼ POLL: Just 40% say Obama deserves second term - Sheldon Alberts/The Hill
◼ KING: Presidency has been time of deep Dem decline - John King/CNN
◼ Frustrated union leader throws empty chair - “Charlotte wouldn’t have been our choice as a city.” Lee Saunders beats the hell out of a chair. - Rosie Gray/Buzzfeed
◼ PAPER: Must build case for government - FT
◼ MICHELLE O TO OPEN - Charlotte Observer
◼ NYT: 'Will try to present herself as caring, wifely figure' - Jodi Kantor/NYT
◼ Her Second-Term Agenda: 'Impact Nature of Food in Grocery Stores' - Elizabeth Harrington/CNS News
◼ RYAN: President 'running campaign based on envy and division' - National Journal
◼ 'Four Years Into Presidency And It's Incomplete?' - Real Clear Politics
◼ Says Carter's Leadership 'The Good Old Days' - Jonathan Easley/The Hill
◼ Top California Dem likens Ryan to Nazi propagandist - CBS/SF
◼ Pelosi Refuses to Condemn - Jim Hoft/Gateway Pundit