- Romney says he’s unmoved by Perry’s polling swell, but it might give him pause about contesting Iowa.
- Meanwhile, Romney subtly shifts right on anthropogenic warming and financial regulation.
- Perry picks up the endorsement of James Inhofe, grand poobah of conservative climate politics.
- Walter Shapiro explains why Perry is an unparalleled liberal bogeyman.
- Lineup set for Sept. 7 debate in California.
- One explanation for the ebbing Tea Party primary threat: it pulled the Republican party its way.
- The Times gets Dick Cheney’s memoir, finds he urged President Bush to bomb Syria in 2007.
- Jeb Bush’s “envelope in the desk” for Rick Scott.
- And Muammar Gaddafi’s extensive Condaleezza Rice photo collection.