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Five Reasons Not to Count Out Sarah Palin for 2012: The conventional wisdom inside the Beltway is that Sarah Pal... http://bit.ly/fqrMNd

Game On: White House Announces Deficit Summit: When political debate grinds to a standstill and all hope for com... http://bit.ly/eOEcUG

Boston Globe Defends Romney’s Health Care Plan: This morning the former Massachusetts governor woke up to an une... http://bit.ly/hs8WDX

Poor Standards: The news that Standard & Poor’s has decided to issue a warning that the US government’s AAA bond... http://bit.ly/eTxZnx

Obama and Signing Statements: Judging Candidates By Their Lies: President Obama is not following his campaign pl... http://bit.ly/dRsDKq

Playing Politics with the Debt Ceiling: For months, Wall Street has been warning Washington not to play politics... http://bit.ly/eaPvUm

Trump Pledged $100,000 Donation to Limbaugh Fundraiser: When Donald Trump called into Rush Limbaugh’s radio show... http://bit.ly/gKKDiu

How Spooked Are Markets by the Debt Debate?: Rana Foroohar reports some unsettling news: Is this the first domin... http://bit.ly/eCHChz

Defending Ryan, Up to a Point: National Review‘s Romesh Ponnuru writes a level-headed and intellectually honest ... http://bit.ly/fF5ECT

Obama’s Obsession With Tax Rates Belies the Real Issue: The long-term fiscal picture of the U.S. government is a... http://bit.ly/fqXpBt

The Martyrdom of St. Douglas, Pt. 2: Amb. Douglas Kmiec has submitted his resignation to President Barack Obama ... http://bit.ly/dLOQdA

The Most Misused Song in GOP Politics: Van Halen’s “Right Now”: If Republicans are on the campaign trail, Van Ha... http://bit.ly/gAPnzN

From Abu Ghraib to the U.S. Senate?: Thompson flags that Democrats may have recruited retired Lt. Gen. Ricardo S... http://bit.ly/hRXiXu

The Donald Trump Face Slap: The ringmaster of professional wrestling, Vince McMahon, is unlikely to be supportin... http://bit.ly/hiU0im

The “Tea Party” Brand Is Dead. Long Live The Tea Party Spirit.: Can we all agree that the Tea Party brand is eff... http://bit.ly/f29fL2

Morning Must Reads: Sounds: Obama kicks off the reelection tour with a trip out west to sell his deficit plan. P... http://bit.ly/eKBNRz

Bye, Bye Swampland…: Been posting here on Swampland on matters military for several months now. But it’s time no... http://bit.ly/hggfk7

Postcard From New Hampshire: Angry Republicans, Eager Candidates: The scene at the Barley House was tense. It wa... http://bit.ly/fNrxzM

Best Kept Secret of the Budget Deal: It Preserves the Status Quo: Budget issues are complex and confusing, which... http://bit.ly/enDUWS