Today on the Dish, Andrew reflected on Obama's cool as captured in Michael Lewis' profile, called Romney out on his new views on the Cairo attacks, crunched the electoral college numbers and rhapsodized about the new Pet Shop Boys record. Ambinder's deconstruction of "provocative weakness" prompted Andrew to condemn Romney's atavistic foreign policy. Meanwhile, Andrew doubted Romney would have even Dubya's probity - let alone, as readers pointed out, that of Reagan and Bush Sr.

Blake Zeff observed how Obama outflanks his opponents on messaging, Romney jumbled his tax math and, as Alex Altman argued Romney could win the Middle East debate, Nate Cohn thought that debates are overhyped. A Mormon feminist then lent insight into Romney's view on women and election cheating caught up, and American's didn't want another war. In economic news, Greg Ip and others interpreted QE3, while Scott Sumner used his underdog blog for good. Jared Bernstein homed in on the growing income gap, renting homes grew more expensive than buying and the Bush-era housing bubble dogged the recovery. Catherine Rampell then called attention to how Obamacare is kicking in.

Beyond US borders, Peter Hessler explored why Egyptian authorities hesitate to defend foreigners, Juan Cole weighed in on the Egypt-as-ally debate and Millman challenged Frum on engaging the Muslim Brotherhood. Meanwhile, the anti-film protests spread, Beinart explained the Jerusalem-in-the-Dem-platform fracas, Aung San Suu Kyi faced new challenges, and China's population helped its ping-pong prowess.

In assorted commentary, Keith Humphries pondered marijuana potency post-legalization, Steven Poole equated neuroscience with self-help, Mark Silk claimed that family allegiance isn't always a good thing, and a reader ridiculed the notion of sexual compatibility. John Hodgman discussed working for The Daily Show, an app typeset history and Daniel Day Lewis owned Honest Abe. And while the apple-for-teacher tradition hailed from frontier days, Nicole Pasulka detailed the history of Hawaiian land-grabs. A coffee owl here, MHB here, VFYW here, and FOTD here.

The rest of the week after the jump: