MIDDAY ROUNDUP

FROM THE BLOGS:
When to lose - Rich Lowry, The Corner
Costly error for the GOP? - Jennifer Rubin, contentions
Reid channels his inner climahypocrite - William Teach, Right Wing News
The daily grind - Mary Katharine Ham, Weekly Standard
Whatever you do, don't say 'repeal' - Peter Suderman, Hit & Run
New Reid ad: Angle supports domestic violence! - Guy Benson, Townhall
Fenty predicts victory - John King, Political Ticker
Last Super Tuesday of the cycle - Marc Ambinder, The Atlantic
Learn from our past - Martha Randolph Carr, The Moderate Voice
The Bush legacy on civil rights - David Kurtz, TalkingPointsMemo
How far to the right has the tax debate moved? - David Sirota, Open Left
Why conservatives equivocate on taxes and saving - Matthew Yglesias
How to lose after being dealt a good hand - Steve Benen, Political Animal
Senate ends uncontroversial nominee's 400-day wait - Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress
Voices of reason: where were they? - Big Tent Democrat, TalkLeft

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Deficit rhetoric cools as parties spar over taxes - The Hill
After volatile primary season, GOP faces new test - New York Times
Bernero crashes Snyder's meeting - Detroit Free Press