MORNING READ

FROM THE BLOGS:
Backing Dem bills not necessarily bad politics - Jonathan Singer, MyDD
Senate GOP decides to improve health bill so it will pass - Erick Erickson, RedState
Bottom-up indifference - pmcarpenter, Buzzflash
Ask not for whom the tree rings - Mark Steyn, The Corner
Sorry, gay people...  - Attaturk, Firedoglake
Huck's W.H. chances now slim to none - Jill Lawrence, Politics Daily
Obama defended by U.S. Communist Party? - Brian Faughnan - The Conservatives
Huck's Christ delusion - tristero, Hullabaloo
Nice kid you got there - Paul Mirengoff, Power Line
High end grifters - Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo
Give the W.H. party crashers a medal - Bill Geist, The Daily Beast
Dem: Bush let Osama go on purpose - Allahpundit, Hot Air
The Afghan speech Obama should give - Meteor Blades, Daily Kos
Where was Biden? - William Kristol, Weekly Standard
Obama -- and Congress' -- impressive first year - Ezra Klein
Premiums up or premiums down? - Megan McArdle

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Threat of reconciliation hovers over centrist Dems - The Hill
Afghanistan war upends deficit spending - The Hill
Plan to show possibility, limits of nation building - Washington Post
Colorado GOP rides tea party wave - Wall Street Journal