Michele Bachmann: “For my tax plan, I take a page out of one of my great economists that I admire, Ronald Reagan. And under my tax plan I want to adopt the Reagan tax plan. It brought the economic miracle of the 1980s. Why not go with what works? I want to reinstitute the Reagan tax model from the 1980s.” PolitiFact: “The top [tax] rate dropped immediately to 50 percent in 1982 and stayed there through 1986.” [TPM]

Mrs. Perry on Mr. Perry: “He is the only true conservative — well, there are some true conservatives. And they’re there for good reasons. And they may feel like God called them too. But I truly feel like we are here for that purpose.” [MSNBC, via Political Wire]

[Messages from the Cloud]

While we remain on Impossible Project Deadline, please enjoy this Russian kitty who’s channeling our thoughts.

[via Know Your Meme]

“New Hampshire’s secretary of state warned Wednesday that he could set a primary date as early as Dec. 6 unless Nevada moves back the date of its caucuses. Bill Gardner, who has set the date of New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary since 1976, issued a memo calling Dec. 6 and Dec. 13 (both Tuesdays) ‘realistic options’ unless Nevada agrees to set its primary for Tuesday, Jan. 17 or later.” [MSNBC, via Political Wire]

“A bill filed Tuesday by Rep. Brad Drake, R-Eucheeanna, would allow for executions by firing squad. HB 325 would eliminate Florida’s standard method of execution, lethal injection, and allow for executions only by electrocution or firing squad.” [Florida Current]

“The sponsor of the law that made it legal to carry a gun into bars in Tennessee is facing charges of possession of a handgun while under the influence and drunken driving.” [Knoxville News Sentinel, via jwmcsame]