MIDDAY ROUNDUP

FROM THE BLOGS:
Get the message? - Sue Wilson, BuzzFlash
Saving insurers - Ezra Klein
How unions work - Megan McArdle
GOP readies push for looser gun laws - Mike Lillis, Wash. Independent
An environmental Magna Carta - Knight of the Mind, The Minority Report
Digging ourselves a hole? - Jennifer Rubin, contentions
Choosing tax cuts over deficit reduction - Big Tent Democrat, TalkLeft
Helping Homeland Security - James Carafano, The Foundry
Planned Parenthood ad responds to Tebow - Greg Hengler, Townhall
Is Facebook the real global newspaper? - Derek Thompson, The Atlantic
Admin pays for Census Super Bowl commercial - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
Speaking of 'echo chambers' - Michelle Malkin
Being right counts for nothing - DougJ, Balloon Juice
Obama, Clinton blast Ugandan anti-gay effort - Steve Benen, Political Animal
Not allocating capital in the national interest - masaccio, firedoglake

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Senate leaders set to move jobs bill - The Hill
Settlement talks in 9/11 workers' suit - New York Times
Transportation Dep't to investigate Prius brakes - Washington Post
Toyota recall, repairs to cost $1.1 billion - Detroit Free Press