- Obama kicks off the reelection tour with a trip out west to sell his deficit plan.
- Paul Krugman puts on his warpaint.
- Tim Geithner sounds like he’s in for the long haul, which is pretty amazing considering where he started out in the Obama administration.
- Tim Pawlenty, for all his real conservative governing credentials, sounds like he wishes he were Donald Trump.
- He takes a pass on endorsing the Medicare changes in Paul Ryan’s “Path.”
- National Review is more excited:
- The Boston Globe‘s editorial board tries to sell conservatives on RomneyCare.
- Is the debt ceiling Romney’s big chance to be himself?
- The Wall Street Journal suggests bipartisan silence on Social Security means a deal is more likely. I’m not so sure.
- Meet anti-immigration crusader John Tanton, ” the most influential unknown man in America.”
- Budget cuts at the Pentagon will depend on the next Defense Secretary — and vice versa.
- The U.S. is shopping for Gaddafi’s retirement home.
- WikiLeaked cables show the State Department was secretly funding Syrian opposition groups.
- And Rick Santorum is rethinking his decision to become the Langston Hughes candidate.