- After Monday’s enormous sell off, the Fed is raising hopes with its meeting today in Washington.
- It has two options: more bond-buying or setting a higher inflation target.
- A primer for today’s recall elections in Wisconsin: Joshua Spivak puts them in context and Abe Sauer has great color from the ground.
- At risk of ruffling some Iowans, Rick Perry gets ready to jump.
- With Perry factored in, USA Today/Gallup numbers put Romney out front at 24% to the Texas governor’s 17%, with Ron Paul and Bachmann at 14% and 13% respectively.
- The Obama campaign’s re-election strategy is to savage Romney’s political expediency, his time at Bain Capital and… his “weirdness factor”?
- Handicapping Super Congress.
- London burns.
- And Colbert says he will run Perry ads in Iowa.
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