- Bachmann, Cain, Paul, Gingrich, Pawlenty, Romney and Santorum will attend the first Republican presidential primary debate tonight in New Hampshire.
- Romney goes into the debate in strong shape nationally.
- He’s jumped on Obama for calling dismal job numbers in May “a bump in the road to recovery”:
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- A Pawlenty coinage you’ll be hearing more of: “Obamneycare.”
- According to Pawlenty, his economic plan was more “aspirational” than, um, a plan.
- More Weiner photos emerge, and with them, more pressure to resign.
- Moral scandal costs politicians about 6.5 points at the polls.
- With Panetta in Pakistan to repair frayed ties, real events begin to imitate The Onion.
- Obama tries to win back Wall Streeters.
- Tim Geithner can sound a lot like Jamie Dimon.
- And Weiner will seek treatment for severe A.T.P.