While the ballroom was still empty and her speech at the Values Voter Summit wasn’t scheduled to begin for more than 30 minutes, Michelle Bachmann’s campaign optimistically predicted a “standing-room only crowd.”

They didn’t get it.

So, Mitt Romney gave his big foreign policy speech today, outlining how he’d make a really bold break with Obama by doing… Uh… Um… Er… Anyhow, he looked very stern while saying it, whatever it was.

TPM’s Benjy Sarlin has a rather more cogent take on all this, which you can watch here.

From a media perspective the annual Values Voter Summit is usually – if you’ll pardon the expression – good value for money. And this year is no exception. The long-bubbling Mormon issue has finally exploded, leaving observers wondering what damage the shrapnel will do to the Romney campaign. Follow the twists and turns throughout both tonight and tomorrow via TPM’s livewire, which is being staffed by our ace reporters Evan McMorris-Santoro and Ryan Reilly.

The “Fast and Furious” imbroglio is really starting to live up to its name. Now that some Republicans are starting to imply Justice Department officials may be accessories to murder, things have ratcheted all the way to eleven. And this is Eric Holder’s response.