Midday Blog Roundup

FROM THE BLOGS:
Is a payroll tax holiday a good idea? - Megan McArdle
Christine O'Donnell short on cash - Chris Good, The Atlantic 
Jindal to help Minn. GOP raise money - Christian Heinze, GOP12 
Tax increases we can't afford - Renee Ellmers, Right Wing News 
The new birth of the recovery summer mark II - Vic Matus, TWS 
DeMint moving the line - Daniel Foster, The Corner 
Obama's hell of a ride - John Podhoretz, contentions 
Study says Cash for Clunkers was a clunker - Nicolas Loris, The Foundry 
Oh my: Chris Christie endorses Castle - Allahpundit, Hot Air 
Finreg: Afghan style - Matthew Yglesias
One sharp looking campaign - Paul Waldman, TAPPED 
The corners of his mind - digby, Hullabaloo 
Even Tea Partiers turning on Dan Maes - Eric Lach, TPMDC 
More Brewer debate footage emerges - Joe Sudbay, AMERICAblog
Gingrich and his big government solutions - Steve Benen, Political Animal 

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Jobless rate ticks up, Obama to offer new stimulus measures - The Hill 
Joe Miller's government spending problems - Washington Post 
Pessimism permeates Mideast media on peace talks - New York Times 

FROM THE BLOGS:
GOP leads Dems on 7 of 9 big issues - Bruce Drake, Politics Daily
Extrapolating about Del. Senate primary - Neil Stevens, RedState
Does Obama know about Civil Rights Movement? - P. Rosenberg, Open Left
Iraq in the long run - Ross Douthat
They're in no position to boast - Steve Benen, Political Animal
Which party is the fat cat party? - Michelle Malkin
What Cornyn didn't say about gays - Marc Ambinder, The Atlantic
Not the bold leadership we've been waiting for - Big Tent Democrat, TalkLeft
New jobs bill proposed - David Dayen, Firedoglake
Vitter camp gets donation from deceased woman - Brian Beutler, TPMDC
Obama, Bush and war - Rick Richman, contentions
Split at the top on GZM? - Stephen Schwartz, TWS
Reich dreams of Boxer - Jim Geraghty, Campaign Spot
Was President Bush dumb? - Jamelle Bouie, TAPPED
Just how damaging was health debate for Dems? - Kate Pickert, Swampland

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Fight over Ground Zero sets up most political 9/11 anniversary yet - The Hill
Illegal immigration to U.S. drops almost 67% - Washington Post
Sarah Palin in the sound and the fury - Vanity Fair

FROM THE BLOGS:
Time for reality, not deadlines, in U.S. wars - Conn Carroll, The Foundry
Far-right hordes hope to bring down Castle - Steve Benen, Political Animal
Obama: 'I do not want to screw this up' - Max Boot, contentions
Financial regulation flashback - Matthew Yglesias
Scarborough joins the food police - Mark Finkelstein, Newsbusters
Return of the 'B****-slap theory' - Paul Rosenberg, Open Left
Sebelius: Who's up for some 'reeducation'? - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
Will Miller's win put Alaska Senate seat in play? - Jon Walker, firedoglake
Inside the Orlando mosque - Scott, Powerline
First ballots counted today in Alaska Senate race - James L., Swing State Project
Bedbugs don't transmit disease - Jillian Bandes, Townhall
Just some terrorists, who cares? - mistermix, Balloon Juice
Financial crisis panel will eye Lehman, Wachovia - John McKinnon, Wash. Wire
When a blog post goes way too far - Joe Gandelman, The Moderate Voice
In defense of consumption taxes - Derek Thompson, The Atlantic

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Wealthy lawmakers increased their riches in '09 - The Hill
Banks grow wary of environmental risk - New York Times
Beck as leader of religious right? - Washington Post

FROM THE BLOGS:
Beyond logic - David Kurtz, TalkingPointsMemo
Bolton for prez? - GOP12
The teabagger business model - Kaili Joy Gray, Daily Kos
Christine O'Donnell for Senate - Michelle Malkin
Bernanke's speech - Matthew Yglesias
Not Obama's Katrina - Peter Wehner, contentions
Past lives remembered - tristero, Hullabaloo
Frank Rich's Tea Party lies - Warner Todd Huston, Right Wing News
Small businesses wait on the GOP - Steve Benen, Political Animal
David Vitter heads to November - Erick Erickson, RedState
Conservatives chew up their own - Bill Berkowitz, BuzzFlash
'Toss up' is the new 'leans Republican' - Paul, Powerline
The Glenn Beck news effect - Nancy Scola, techPresident
What if Obama had Tommy John Surgery - Dan Steinberg, D.C. Sports Blog
The story, 2010 - Brian Cook, MGoBlog

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
GOP chances of winning the House are rising - The Hill
Orange County is no longer Nixon country - New York Times
Report details missing Bush-era emails - Washington Post

FROM THE BLOGS:

Jerry Brown fundraises with terrorist-sympathizer ... - The Weekly Standard
Tell Obama: get rid of Alan Simpson - Nicole Belle, Crooks & Liars
Victim speaks - Josh Marshall, TPM
What Obama's NPR tells us about ... - Conn Carroll, The Foundry
"I'm sorry" - Chris Bodenner, The Daily Dish
Arizona votes for amnesty - W. James Antle III, AmSpecBlog
A Tea Party triumph in Alaska? - Kate Sheppard, Mojo
More Democrats targeted over healthcare - The Swamp
More religious grandstanding in NYC - Thomas Marier, Frum Forum
Angle eyes 'domestic enemies' - Steve Benen, The Washington Monthly
Used car prices skyrocket after Cash for Clunkers - Hot Air
The coattails candidate - Alex Altman, Swampland
Iraqis must 'take to the streets' - William Kern, The Moderate Voice
'It's just a question of using the same dollars ...' - Ezra Klein

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:

Palin rebounds with string of primary victories - The Hill
Shareholders win the battle of the boardroom - The Hill
Behind the Florida primary surprises, turnout tells a tale - New York Times
BP spreads oil spill blame - Washington Post

FROM THE BLOGS:
Boehner has 'created a myth' about tax cuts, says Biden - Jeff Simon, Political Ticker
Crist needs Greene to win Fla. Senate primary - Bruce Drake, Politics Daily
The wrong reason to be annoyed by Glenn Beck - Weigel
White House disappointed with America again! - Marion Smith, The Foundry
Rubio up by eight as GOP, Dems come home - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
Just like Ike? - Kathryn Jean Lopez, The Corner
Turning a blind eye to Medicaid's abuses - David Grazter, FrumForum
Cameron talks tough but runs from fight - Dan Gifford, Big Hollywood
Ron Paul: Rand is not an Islamophobe - John McCormack, TWS
Fifteen minutes of fame - Jennifer Rubin, contentions
Maine Tea Party travel guide to D.C. - Matthew Yglesias
Fox News: Unofficial corp. sponsor of Beck rally - B.C.O., Media Matters
Steele distances himself from Ariz. law - Eric Lach, TPMDC
Time for house prices to start falling again - Justin Fox, Ezra Klein
Boehner attacks stimulus again - John Aravosis, AMERICAblog

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
House Republican leader calls on Obama to fire Geithner, Summers - The Hill

Home sales plunge to lowest level in 15 years - Washington Post
On primary day, McCain seeks political comeback - New York Times
Damp, disgruntled voters grumble about candidates - St. Petersburg Times

FROM THE BLOGS:
Tea Partiers guide to D.C.: "Do not use the Green line or the Yellow line" - Martin Austermuhle, DCist
Everybody benefits, but poor kids benefit the most - Dylan Matthews, Ezra Klein
Chuck 'questionable Israel record' Hagel backs Sestak - John McCormack, TWS
Meltdown ahead - Jennifer Rubin, contentions
Ron Paul breaks with GOP on mosque - Alex Seitz-Wald, Think Progress
Washingtonians 'furious' over Barack Obama elementary - Ken Sheperd, NewsBusters
Welcome to the horrors of rationing - Renee Ellmers, Right Wing News
Funny how all those peace negotiations seem to fail - emptywheel, Firedoglake
So sacred it has a special spelling - John Cole, Balloon Juice
House races assessments - Mike Lux, Open Left
Florida diary: Alan Grayson tips his hand - Weigel
Is America Islamophobic? - Matthew Shaffer, The Corner
Will success sink the GOP? Signs point to yes - Nick Gillespie, Hit and Run
Cordoba opponents aiding radical extremism - Jason Linkins, Huffington Post
McCollum, Scott limp to primary day - Jamie Shufflebarger, Hotline On Call

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
In break with Reid, Durbin backs mosque - The Hill
The billionare Koch brothers - New Yorker
McCain's $21 million campaign - Washington Post

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

FROM THE BLOGS:
RGA forges online video's next frontier - Michael Scherer, Swampland
Road map to where? - Ezra Klein
Mosque a longshot, with or without GOP attacks - Jed Lewison, Daily Kos
Guess who gets blames for Pakistan floods? - William Teach, RWN
Pack it up, Inspector Javert - Jennifer Rubin, contentions
Sometimes, silence is golden - Big Tent Democrat, TalkLeft
Initial jobless claims hit 500k - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
What was Dean thinking? - Steve Benen, Political Animal
Liberalism's greatest impediment: liberals - Jim Geraghty, Campaign Spot
Think tanks: nice work if you can get it - karoli, Crooks and Liars
Deterrence in the age of Obama - G. Schoenfeld, Weekly Standard
The wayback machine - Matthew Yglesias
Culture of corruption, the music video - Michelle Malkin
When a coat factory's not a coat factory - Josh Marshall, TPM
My economy, the car - Jesse Walker, Hit & Run

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Mosque controversy trips Dems, splits GOP - The Hill
Poll shows more Americans think Obama is Muslim - Washington Post
The Elaine Benes effect - New York Times
Thank you for not screaming - GQ

FROM THE BLOGS:
Paul Ryan gets defensive about his 'road map' - Joan McCarter, Daily Kos
A profile in cowardice - Peter Wehner, contentions
How arrogance distorts the market - Logan Penza, The Moderate Voice
Voters want to soak the rich - Matthew Yglesias
Seven greatest presidents in history - John Hawkins, Right Wing News
Political scientists make me happy - Ezra Klein
Solutions for America - Conn Carroll, The Foundry
What should we care about from our pols? - Big Tent Democrat, TalkLeft
Sestak's fav senator has questionable Israel record - J. McCormack, Weekly Standard
Dropping an already-thin pretense - Steve Benen, Political Animal
Ask not for whom the bell tolls - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
A local race - John Cole, Balloon Juice
The curious case of Obama's fading presidency - Dave Poff, RedState
Denmark's unemployment system, and ours - Derek Thompson, The Atlantic
Yearning for George W. Bush - Peter Beinart, The Daily Beast

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Bush won't comment on Ground Zero mosque - The Hill
Questions linger as shrimp season opens in Gulf - New York Times
A test case for Obama in 2012 - Washington Post