- Disapproval of Obama’s handling of the economy reaches new highs in a Washington Post/ABC News poll. Twice as many American now say the country is on the wrong track than on the right one. (However, support for the effort in Afghanistan ticks up.)
- Austan Goolsbee, one of President Obama’s more effective communicators on the economy, will depart the White House.
- Fed Chair Ben Bernanke will speak today.
- Weiner will face ethics investigation with little help from his Democratic colleagues.
- Republicans float a biyearly budget as part of a debt ceiling deal.
- Jim DeMint FOIAs the National Labor Relations Board.
- Donald Verrilli confirmed as the next solicitor general
- Iowa chafes at Huntsman’s decision to skip.
- And Goldblog updates Longfellow.