From USA TODAY: Penn State quarterback Matt McGloin suffered a seizure and a possible concussion during a post-practice fight with a teammate, the quarterback’s father, Paul McGloin, said.

EDITOR: The following are edited notes taken by the Watchdog during a forum on the American economy, and subject to error. Van Jones speaks to the immediate challenges of this decade. William Greider, perhaps thirty years older, directs his attention to innovations for a sustainable and rewarding future.

From the ASSOCIATED PRESS: Mike McQueary, speaking for the first time in public about the 2002 encounter in a Penn State locker room, said he believes that Sandusky was attacking the child with his hands around the boy’s waist but said he wasn’t 100 percent sure it was intercourse…

During the question portion of the “Nation Magazine” forum on the 2012 election that took place on a Caribbean cruise, a college student said she would be voting for the first time in 2012 and asked how important her vote would be.

From the ASSOCIATED PRESS: Squeezed by rising living costs, a record number of Americans — nearly 1 in 2 — have fallen into poverty or are scraping by on earnings that classify them as low income. The latest census data depict a middle class that’s shrinking as unemployment stays high and the government’s safety net frays…

From the HUFF POST: Two new automated polls show sharp declines in support for Newt Gingrich in Iowa, and the national Gallup Daily tracking poll shows a more subtle decline nationwide. The consistency in the trends suggests that the changes are real, and a heavy and mostly unanswered barrage of attack ads in Iowa explains why Gingrich’s support there may be falling more rapidly.

From the DRUG POLICY ALLIANCE: Last night House Republicans introduced the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2012, a compromise spending bill they say Republicans and Democrats negotiated behind closed doors (although Democrats say the bill doesn’t reflect final negotiations).

From THE HILL: After observing President Obama for the last three years, it has become obvious to me that the president might prefer to be a university professor rather than do the job he holds today. While he might not realize that he feels this way, the evidence is very clear to those who work with or watch him closely.

Federal Reserve has bought trillions of dollars in bad mortgage loans from banks with the anticipation of later salvaging a large portion through repayment on the loans. Dodd / Frank reform bill had some good things.

From the DAILY BEAST: …Most of the following dozen proposals don’t require new laws or any new spending, and they don’t favor any party or particular cause. These are simple, straightforward proposals. They can be adopted when the next Congress convenes in January 2013.

The Watchdog and wife are off on their first cruise, an eight day sojourn on the Nieuw Amsterdam from Fort Lauderdale and back by way of various Caribbean islands. The enticement was the annual group sponsored by The Nation magazine.

HARRISBURG POST-GAZETTE: As various Pennsylvania politicos schmoozed with business leaders, lobbyists and campaign strategists in the Big Apple last weekend, their unfinished work in Harrisburg stalked them along the cocktail circuit.

The agenda for the General Assembly’s remaining session days this week and next was a prominent conversation topic at the dozens of swanky receptions that bookended the annual Pennsylvania Society dinner.

From the HARRISBURG PATRIOT-NEWS: …McQueary heard “sex sounds” and the shower running, and a young boy stuck his head around the corner of the shower stall, peering at McQueary as an adult arm reached around his waist and pulled him back out of view.