- 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.