MIDDAY ROUNDUP

FROM THE BLOGS:
American Crossroads focuses on Senate races - Jesse Zwick, TWI
Politics, not science, influenced WH oil spill estimate - Robert Bluey, Big Government
Pain caucus - Matthew Yglesias
First DNC midterm ad: Boooooooosh - Allahpundit, Hot Air
Carnahan flips on extending Bush tax cuts - Jeremy P. Jacobs, Hotline On Call
Obama blames Congress for jobs numbers? - Glenn Reynolds, Instapundit
Obama is not a Muslim, not that there is anything wrong with that - Big Tent Dem, TalkLeft
Gov't admits there is more oil left than initian estimate - Rachel Slajda, TPMMuckraker
The gang that once considered itself the grown-up party - Steve Benen, Political Animal
DOOM approaches in Arkansas - Moe Lane, RedState
Conservatives and policy - Tim Fernholz, TAPPED
Obama care locked in at low pre-passage numbers - Daniel Foster, The Corner
Private Medicare system would be costlier - Ezra Klein
DeLay won't rule out return to politics - Taegan Goddard, Political Wire
Another questionable appointee, another recess appointment - Jennifer Rubin, contentions

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Opposition to Afghanistan conflict not just a liberal issue anymore - The Hill
Waters dismisses evidence in ethics case as 'staff chatter' - The Hill
Blagojevich on 'Today': I won't take any plea deal - Chicago Tribune