- John McCain is on the ground in Benghazi, Libya. Bruce Crumley sees the trip as a bellwether of escalation.
- The war of attrition has slowed.
- Chris Cillizza mulls the possibility that the 2012 GOP field is already ossified.
- Sure, Palin was overcovered and Donald Trump is overcovered, but what jumps out on this chart from Nate Silver, I think, is that Mitt Romney has been consistently undercovered:
- Democrats continue to pursue workarounds for Citizens United campaign finance pushback. Chris Van Hollen is suing the FEC to try to force some donor disclosure.
- As I’ve written before, rule-writing is where the action is on FinReg. The financial sector is spending as much on lobbying now as it was at the height of congressional debate.
- Economics of Contempt likes Sheila Bair for CFPB chief. Yves Smith seconds.
- Fred Dicker is a force of nature.
- Rick Perry prays for rain.
- And Goldblog investigates the possible Hebraity of Dean Heller.
