- A stop-gap federal funding measure fails the House as the Republican leadership loses Democrats on disaster funding and the Tea Party over spending cuts.
- Boehner and Cantor have a tough task avoiding a shut down.
- The flaw in the Fed’s twist.
- Romney still hammering Social Security.
- He’s way ahead in New Hampshire, but Huntsman gets his first taste of double digits.
- Perry is tied with Romney in Florida, but the latter’s performs better against Obama.
- A Perry nomination could set up a novel, everyone-is-unpopular general election.
- “Job-killing” and “not job-killing” aren’t particularly apt metrics for regulations.
- Troy Davis executed in Georgia.
- And Full Tilt Poker Ponzi scandal falls on poker-friendly politicians.