Updated, 3:55 p.m.
–The Pentagon has asked WikiLeaks to return the 15,000 Afghan war documents it has so far declined to publish.
–At a Ford plant in Chicago, President Obama touts he success of the auto industry bailout.
–Josh Green sizes up the Democrats’ “supersurrogate.”
–Christopher Beam finds the anti-incumbency meme unconvincing.
—Target apologizes for a political donation.
–Ezra Klein blasts the GOP for the movement to deny funding for health-care reform.
–As Politico reports, Democratic officials in four states are being accused of using Trojan horses disguised as Tea Party candidates to siphon conservative votes and tip tight elections.
–And the Senate has confirmed Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court, by a 63-37 vote. the Senate vote on the Kagan SCOTUS nomination is in progress. She’s expected to sail to confirmation. We’ll have more on that shortly.