Last night I asked for your input about how interested you are in reading TPM on various mobile devices. So I wanted to check back in with you with what we've heard from readers so far.

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We're getting more and more readers asking us when or if we're going to offering TPM on Kindle or creating a TPM iPhone app or rolling out other versions of the site on similar 'mobile' platforms. The short answer is: Yes, we've had these plans on the drawing board for some time. And we're working on implementing them. But I wanted to start a conversation with you to get a better sense of which mobile devices you're using, how you'd like to be kept up to date on our latest and best stories and more.

Join me after the jump.

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What's at stake: Rep. Dingell's (D-MI) speech to the House Dem caucus at today's closed door -- and reportedly, fairly tense -- meeting.

Hoffman-mania continues as GOPers scramble to be next in line to buy stock in endorse the Conservative party candidate over the Republican nominee in the NY-23 special election.

The latest is Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-KS), who says "the New York 23 election reflects the same battle for the heart and soul of the Republican Party going on nationally."

There's been a roiling controversy of late about the upcoming J Street conference. We've written a bit about it. But in what I guess is a paradox, in part because of my own strong feelings on the subject, I haven't written much about it myself. In any case, I just read this interview The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg did with J Street's Executive Director Jeremy Ben-Ami.

If you've had Fox News on today, you've seen them cranking up the indignation machine over a supposed new incident between the network and the White House. The claim is that the White House denied Fox the same access other networks had to a press briefing at the Treasury Department yesterday. But we've looked into it, and it turns out that's not what happened. Christina Bellantoni has the details on how a miscommunication over the TV pool feed has Fox playing First Amendment victim.

Virginia's Democratic nominee for governor, Creigh Deeds, told reporters this afternoon that he has no idea why the White House is reportedly displeased with his campaign performance.

Rep. John Dingell (D-MI), the longest serving member of the House, tells TPMDC what he told reluctant members of the Democratic caucus in the group's meeting this morning about the politics of passing a health care reform bill.

Harry Reid is apparently pretty close to lining up 60 votes for a Public Option with opt-out clause.

But the White House is trying to shut down his efforts. They want Snowe on board. Period.

Fox News' John Stossel will be a participant in "health care town halls," i.e., rallies against health care reform, set up by the anti-reform group Americans For Prosperity.

House leaders called off the roll on the public option in their private caucus meeting today got a lot of 'I'm undecideds' in response.

It's been a long time since the left has had a bomb-thrower on par with Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL): Cheney has "blood that drips from his teeth"

There've been a number of conflicting reports about the fate of the Public Option this morning, especially in the House. We just had our morning editorial meeting. And I wanted to give you a quick read on what the confusion seems to be about.

The issue really doesn't seem to be whether the House thinks it can pass a Public Option. The confusion and conflicting reports seem to stem from not distinguishing between two versions of the Public Option that most TPM Readers are probably already familiar with -- namely, a Public Option like that advanced by Sen. Schumer and the more turbo-version proposed by Sen. Rockefeller.

Basically, it's not clear the House really has the votes for a Rocky-style Public Option. That's where this morning's Politico piece may be on solid ground -- because Pelosi, or at least her office, had appeared to be saying they had that locked. But that doesn't mean the Public Option is dead in the House because it seems pretty clear they do have the votes for Schumer-style Public Option. And that latter, critical point was lost in this morning's headlines.

White House flack, on the Fox News takedown: "We simply decided to stop abiding by the fiction, which is aided and abetted by the mainstream press, that Fox is a traditional news organization." That and the day's other political news in the TPMDC Morning Roundup.

McClatchy: "Suicide bomber strikes suspected nuclear weapons site in Pakistan"

A lot of conflicting reports out this morning on where public option stands. The White House meeting late yesterday between President Obama and Senate Democratic leaders has yielded its own flurry of accounts of what went down.

Let's try to sort it all out:

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Our sources say not to be so sure about that new Politico report about Pelosi not having the votes for a robust public option.

It seems like virtually every Republican who's got something to prove or wants to keep up their rep in the GOP purity derby is endorsing right-wing third party candidate Doug Hoffman over GOP nominee Dede Scozzafava in the upcoming election to fill the open seat in New York's 23rd congressional district. And now Sarah Palin has gotten into the act too.

No doubt there are others. But the only marquee conservative Republican who's really making an effort on Scozzafava's behalf is Newt Gingrich, who, whatever else you can say about the guy, knows something about coalition building.

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Sen. Reid's statement ...

"Today's meeting was a continuation of the productive health insurance reform conversations we have had in the Senate throughout the week. I am encouraged with how close we are to delivering access to quality, affordable health insurance to all Americans in a fiscally responsible way. The role of the President and his health care team has been critical to our efforts in the last week and will be even more important as we move forward.

"We'll continue to work together to seek broad consensus on the key issues before us and to craft the strongest possible bill that can garner 60 votes. We will also continue to do our best to represent the views of all members of the Senate who have a genuine desire to see reform succeed. But our mission is clear: the American people want quality, affordable health insurance and failure is not an acceptable option. I am optimistic that we are close to laying a proposal before the full Senate that will do just that."