MORNING READ

FROM THE BLOGS:
'Bittergate' - David Plouffe, The Daily Beast
Kilimajaro's ice melting at record pace - Chris in Paris, AMERICAblog
Remember this data when voting today - Erick Erickson, RedState
Conservatives can take almost anything today - Jillian Bandes, Townhall
Lieberman won't filibuster - Chris Bowers, Open Left
HC reform for dummies - digby, Hullabaloo
The swine-flu moms - Jennifer Rubin, contentions
'Sesame Street' trashes Fox News - Stage Right, Big Hollywood
Do prisons' financial interests negatively affect immigrants? - D. Eviatar, Wash. Independent
The invisible primary - The Atlantic
The Obama HBO special - Joe Gandelman, The Moderate Voice
Fred Thompson draw larger crowd than Biden - John McCormack, Weekly Standard
President Obama's selected 'innocence' - Paul Mirengoff, Power Line
Science-based healthcare reform - John, Eschaton
The Taliban ticket - Charles Lemos, MyDD

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Reid assures left Lieberman is on board - The Hill
Hoffman ahead as wacky race in N.Y. 23 reaches finish line - The Hill
Split over abortion puts bill at risk - Washington Post
In Iowa, second thoughts on Obama - New York Times