Blog Summaries

FROM THE BLOGS:

GOP making strong party ID gains among whites
Matthew Yglesias at his ThinkProgress blog writes in response to a poll that found the GOP is making gains among white voters and in the process closing the income gap in its constituency. 

Mini-deal ahead?
At The American Spectator's blog, Joseph Lawler notes recent comments House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) made that a debt-ceiling increase deal without big entitlement cuts or tax increases might be on the horizon. 

Evil in Norway
At Commentary's Contentions blog, John Podohoretz writes about the rage he felt in response to the bombing and shooting in Norway on Friday. 

Getting to no
The New Republic's Jonathan Chait sees and explains an incentive for Republicans to simply resist any deal Obama wants on raising the debt ceiling.

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:

'Don't ask, don't tell' policy will end Sept. 20, Obama announces
On Friday, President Obama certified the repeal of "Don't ask, don't tell," which bars gays from serving openly in the military, The Hill's Daniel Strauss reports. The repeal goes into effect Sept. 20. 

Boehner: 'We are not close' to reaching a debt deal with Obama
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) reiterated that he and Obama are not close to reaching a deal on a debt-ceiling increase, The Hill's Erik Wasson and Russell Berman write. 

FROM THE BLOGS:

GM makes a big profit. Time to celebrate?
The Atlantic's Megan McArdle is reluctant to declare GM back in prime form following its quarterly profit announcement.

GOP budget doesn't balance without Medicare provision
TPM's Brian Beutler reports that the House Republican budget doesn't balance if the controversial provision to reform Medicare is removed, as some GOP lawmakers are reportedly considering.

Obama winds down the war on terror
RedState's streiff second-guesses just how much President Obama has learned about managing the war on terror.

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:

White House gets boost as businesses add jobs
The Hill's Ian Swanson has the definitive take on last month's jobless figures, and what they mean for the Obama administration.

CIA spied on bin Laden from safe house
The Washington Post has some tremendous details on the hunt for bin Laden, including the CIA's work to spy on the al Qaeda leader.

Obama: I want energy breakthroughs in Indiana
The Indianpolis Star reports on the details of Obama's trip to the Hoosier State on Friday.

It's interesting to explore how Hillary Clinton might have acted differently as president instead of President Obama, Ezra Klein notes. Also, there are a lot better ways to spend a personal fortune than on a campaign for office, Klein says.

There's no civil war within the Republican Party that's about to play out in Congress, Erick Erickson contends at RedState. Also, in retrospect, President Obama is responsible for historic losses for his party in November's midterm elections, says Neil Stevens.

Massachusetts voters could embrace single-payer healthcare in the future, Jon Walker argues at firedoglake. Also, there's no short-term deficit problem, Dean Baker writes.

It's good that the CIA is looking into leaks of sensitive national security documents to online news sites, Michael Rubin says at The Corner. Also, MSNBC should look at some of their own hosts' incendiary claims about violence, writes Kathryn Jean Lopez.

As much as Republicans gripe about California's fiscal management, it seems that Texas has been just as troubled, Jed Lewison notes at Daily Kos. Also, it seems that Republicans will face internal discord in the Senate over earmarks, argues Barbara Morrill.

Opposition to healthcare reform was key to Republicans' victory in November, Jeffrey H. Anderson writes at the Weekly Standard. Also, it seems as though legal challenges to the law might have a real chance of succeeding, says Daniel Halper.

Riot police turned out in Atlanta to control a mob of tens of thousands of Georgians trying to get on a public housing waiting list. The jury in the corruption trial of Rod Blagojevich is reportedly deadlocked.

HuffPo banners news of a brawl in Atlanta as tens of thousands tried to get on a public housing waiting list. Meanwhile, Wells Fargo has been ordered to return millions of dollars in overdraft fees.