Midday Blog Roundup

FROM THE BLOGS:
Malkin dissent - Andrew Sullivan, Daily Dish
Rick Perry on shotguns, politics and Tea Party - Ben Domenech, RedState
Totalitarian recall - Tim Slagle, Big Government
Who is responsible for progressive 'enthusiasm gap'? - David Sirota, Huffington Post
Colin Powell stands up for Obama - Evan McMorris-Santoro, TPMDC
Obama is losing his fans - Jim Geraghty, Campaign Spot
Shift in power on the horizon in Washington - Ruben Ramirez, Front Row Washington
Obama's War - Max Boot, contentions
Steve King eyes government shutdown - Steve Benen, Political Animal
Confused by Bush tax cut debate? - Tim Fernholz, TAPPED
Values Voters woo Tea Party - Stephanie Mencimer, MoJo
Green shoots for Democrats in New York - Weigel
Pence: Delaware isn't about O'Donnell - Christian Heinze, GOP12
NYT shocked, shocked to see Wall St. declining - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
Are you ready for some teabaggin'? - digby, Hullabaloo

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Social conservatives confident in new GOP contract - The Hill
More Dems distancing themselves from Pelosi - Washington Post
Republicans gain ground among independents - Wall Street Journal

FROM THE BLOGS:
Stimulus fail - Annie Lowrey, Washington Independent
O'Donnell's band-aid comes off slowly - Steve Benen, Political Animal
NRCC 'Young Guns' locked and loaded - Guy Benson, Townhall
Lady Gaga slams filibusters - Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress
Maybe peace protesters don't have a clue - Jennifer Rubin, contentions
Count Inhofe in O'Donnell's camp - Jeremy P. Jacobs, Hotline OnCall
Disclose Act still lives - Joan McCarter, Daily Kos
Socialized failure - Scott, Powerline
Values Voters Summit is underway - Josh Marshall, TalkingPointsMemo
FLOTUS: Obesity is bad, now let's eat! - William Teach, Right Wing News
Where have all the deficit hawks gone? - Jon Walker, firedoglake
Maher calls 'teabaggers' racist - Bob Parks, Newsbusters
Small business bill passes, but what's there to say? - Ezra Klein
THIS is the alternative to eco-fascism? - Ronald Bailey, Hit & Run
'We respect and love the Jewish people' - Jeffrey Goldberg

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Warren to lead start of new consumer office - The Hill
California braces for showdown on emissions - New York Times
Five arrested in threat to pope - Washington Post

FROM THE BLOGS:
Sympathy for O'Donnell voters - Ross Douthat
The rich don't spend tax cuts - Joan McCarter, Daily Kos
O'Donnell trails Coons by 11 - Guy Benson, Townhall
An ambiguous landscape - Steve Benen, Political Animal
Local red tape and cell phones - James Gattuso, The Foundry
Obama to hire Elizabeth Warren - Chris in Paris, AMERICAblog
Only 31 House Dems support tax cut extension - Russ Vought, RedState
Biden scolds Dem voters for enthusiasm gap - Gregg Levine, firedoglake
Are we there yet? - Jennifer Rubin, contentions
Coburn claims 'transparency is the answer' - Ian M., ThinkProgress
The sore loser party - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
Epic walkback - David Kurtz, TalkingPointsMemo
Is Palin gearing up? - Taegan Goddard, Political Wire
Energy prices drove up producer costs in August - D. Indiviglio, The Atlantic
Gray defeats Fenty: what does it mean for DC? - Megan McArdle

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Fears of GOP force unions to back Dems critical of health - The Hill
Senators tell Geithner that China hinders recovery - New York Times
Pope makes historic visit to England - Washington Post

FROM THE BLOGS:
NRSC now supporting O'Donnell - Katie Pavlich, Townhall
GOP unveils plan to add $4 trillion to deficit - Chris in Paris, AMERICAblog
Last night in Delaware - Ross Douthat
Dems shouldn't fear a popular position - Steve Benen, Political Animal
NRSC fully backing O'Donnell - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
Yes, tax cuts increase the deficit - Ezra Klein
Unemployment up, crime down - David Muhlhausen, The Foundry
Small point of clarification, for the record - David Waldman, Daily Kos
O'Donnell won Round 1. Help her win Round 2 - Martin Knight, RedState
Conservatives still don't care about the deficit - Matthew Yglesias
Will the Mass. revolution continue? - Jim Geraghty, The Campaign Spot
The first cut is the deepest - mistermix, Balloon Juice
Ain't no business like the arms business - Mark Thompson, Swampland
Rangel returns to fundraise in DC - Jesse Zwick, Washington Independent
Stupid pundit tricks: incumbency - Marc Ambinder, The Atlantic

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Pelosi: Tuesday primaries 'very positive' for Democrats - The Hill
Primary victor distances herself from GOP establishment - New York Times
How Fenty lost reelection - Washington Post

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

FROM THE BLOGS:
The Kobe Bryant theory of inequality - Ezra Klein
Congress is back (This week in Washington) - Brian Darling, RedState
Sen. Johanns and the '1099 problem' - Steve Benen, Political Animal
Obamacare bending up the cost curve - Peter Wehner, contentions
GOP perspective: 'Virtually everybody' is rich! - Joan McCarter, Daily Kos
Palin challenges Murkowski on write-in bid - Guy Benson, Townhall
Underpants gnome politics - Paul Rosenberg, Open Left
Goolsbee: Get used to high unemployment - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
Security in Afghanistan crumbles - Derrick Crowe, firedoglake
Gibbs: Newt pandered to birthers - Christian Heinze, GOP12
High cost of Fed vacancies - Matthew Yglesias
The primaries are almost over - Jim Geraghty, Campaign Spot
Gingrich: Obama shows 'Kenyan, anticolonial behavior' - M. Shear, The Caucus
Is this why the stimulus didn't 'work'? - Derek Thompson, The Atlantic
Schumer emails for Maloney - Reid Pillifant, PolitickerNY

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Rangel: 'If I was a first-termer, it's all over' - The Hill
Dems shy away from ties to own party in ad war - New York Times
GOP comes out swinging against Tea Party in Delaware - Washington Post

FROM THE BLOGS:
Social conservatives mix faith and politics ... - Political Ticker
Pentagon may buy up copies of Afghan ... - Tom Diemer, Politics Daily
Meet the world's busiest conservative professor - Weigel
When will Congress wake-up on Homeland Security? - Marion Smith, The Foundry
Goolsbee gets top WH econ job ... - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
Obama on Islam - Robert Costa, The Corner
Mayor of Chicago? Not so fast! - Donald Haider, FrumForum
Campaigning with Ben Quayle ... - RedState
When Jeffrey met Fidel - Lee Smith, TWS
The internet is not a tuna sandwich - TAPPED
Technology and the top one percent - Matthew Yglesias
Obama's DADT problem - Kate Sheppard, Mojo
Different than before - Josh Marshall, TPM
Does healthcare reform bend the cost curve up? - Ezra Klein
Self-described 'Christian counterpart to Osama' ... - Think Progress

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Obama speaks out for Muslims - The Hill
Obama: election could turn on economic ideas - Washington Post
Afghan protests against Koran burning turn violent - New York Times

FROM THE BLOGS:
Democrats unenthused by Porkulus II - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
Senator ma'am's millions - Guy Benson, Townhall
Wanna fix the economy? Take a pay cut - Meteor Blades, Daily Kos
Reich: Obama plays chicken with GOP on taxes - S. Madrak, Crooks & Liars
Another left-wing Reagan movie? - Newsbusters
When hucksters lose what's left of their dignity - Steve Benen, Political Animal
Obama's desperate times and measures - Mike Brownfield, The Foundry
Stimulus used to stimulate erroneous zones - Nick Gillespie, Hit & Run
A historical look at income inequality in the U.S. - Gaius Publius, AMERICAblog
Murkowski might lose leadership spot with indie bid - David Dayden, firedoglake
Quran-burning carbon emissions - Jim Geraghty, The Campaign Spot
I think this means the terrorists have won - Erick Erickson, RedState
Congress writes laws - Matthew Yglesias
Hearts, minds and fingers - John Cole, Balloon Juice
RGA moves $500k to New Mexico - Chris Cillizza, The Fix

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Biden: Bush deserves 'a lot of credit' - The Hill
Obama speaks out against pastor's plan to burn Quran - New York Times
How 9/11 became politicized - Washington Post

FROM THE BLOGS:
DNC offensive gets underway - Steve Benen, Political Animal
U.S. college pushes anti-American book - Warner Todd Huston, RWN
Biz groups lukewarm on Obama's tax credit - Chris in Paris, AMERICAblog
AK libertarians: Murkowski bid probably not happening - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
Putting the GOP on the economic defensive - Mark Summer, Daily Kos
Global temperature trend update - Ronald Bailey, Hit & Run
Libby whines 'the world's not just' - Faiz Shakir, ThinkProgress
Harry Reid's job review - Erick Erickson, RedState
Political bargaining 101 - Big Tent Democrat, TalkLeft
Time to panic for Dems - Jennifer Rubin, contentions
Things might not go as planned - Kay, Balloon Juice
The mother of all big dig boondoggles - Michelle Malkin
The next mayor of Chicago - Matthew Yglesias
Little Wing - Scott, Powerline
Another poll finds tight Texas race - Teagan Goddard, Political Wire

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
BP report shares spill blame with other firms - The Hill
Political ties shielded bank in Afghanistan - New York Times
Clinton declares an 'American moment' in foreign policy - Washington Post

FROM THE BLOGS:
Solis: Jobs are out there... - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
A curious definition of 'independent' - Jim Geraghty, Campaign Spot
The coming landslide - Matthew Yglesias
Frustrated voters look to GOP - DemFromCT, Daily Kos
Projecting stronger gains in the House - Guy Benson, Townhall
SEIU's illegal fundraising scheme - Warner Todd Huston, Right Wing News
What we lost when we lost our factories - Ezra Klein
Let the tax cuts begin - David Dayden, firedoglake
True rock and roll is about freedom - Joseph F. Connor, Big Hollywood
Begich: Dems can win in Alaska - Mary Katharine Ham, Weekly Standard
Obama and the lonely center - Jonathan Chait
American extremism doesn't happen in a vacuum - Steve Benen, Political Animal
Chait delusional on Obamacare - Peter Wehner, contentions
'Demand is the bottom line' - Big Tent Democrat, TalkLeft
Campaigns emphasize energy, not specifics - A. Restuccia, Wash. Independent

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Top NATO official condemns planned Quran burning - The Hill
Frat house for Jesus - The New Yorker
Wisconsin an unlikely battleground for Democrats - Washington Post