Christmas tree farmers are up in arms that the White House caved so quickly in the face of an ‘Internet rumor’ over a “Christmas tree tax”.

Presidential campaigns are rarely if ever the scene of careful, nuanced, or dispassionate foreign policy analysis, but the Republican candidates’ attacks on Obama over his Iran policy have been notable for their cravenness and lack of seriousness. Check it out.

Nancy Pelosi: I can’t debate Rick Perry because on that day I have to be in Oregon, California, and … I forget the third one.

Republicans on the Energy and Commerce committee take aim at Energy Secretary Steven Chu on Solyndra; Chu hits back.