Morning Must Reads: Senate

By Adam Sorensen | @adamsorensen | July 18, 2011 | +

A series of doomed deficit reduction votes in Congress could build support for the McConnell-Reid contingency plan to raise the debt ceiling.
Goldman gets bearish on economic outlook.
With Warren now opened up for a bid, the Globe surveys the state of Massachusetts’ Senate race.
Romney is relying on big donors, Bachmann is relying on small donors and Pawlenty is relying on… Minnesota donors.

Huntsman isn’t campaigning, he’s “phased branding.”
Herman Cain doesn’t believe the First Amendment applies to the world’s second largest religion.
John Kerry, Secretary of State-in-waiting.
Dick Durbin wants wider News Corp. probe.
High-frequency traders come into the light, begin to lobby.
And Colbert’s PAC will run ads. What to expect:

America has forgotten who it is, where it’s going, and how it got there. It’s like America is the protagonist in one of those TV crime shows where a good cop loses his memories in an accident and has to piece them back together while solving a new murder every week. Luckily, America has help from a sexy love interest: Me.

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