Evan McMorris-Santoro reports from South Carolina, where the state’s Third Congressional District is the key for those trying to stop a Mitt Romney cakewalk to the nomination.

Fantastic piece from TPM’s Nick Martin on the federal case against white supremacist twin brothers who fell under the spell of a comely informant with a grenade dangling between her breasts.

Newt’s anger against Mitt Romney is taking him to some unusual places.

So have you seen the actual Mitt “I like being able to fire people” line? If not, here it is.

James Fallows really nails it on Romney’s “I like being able to fire people” line. Yes, he wasn’t talking about employees. And it’s been taken out of context. But anyone who’s ever had to fire someone knows it’s about as unpleasant and hard as you can imagine. The word itself is charged enough it’s a bit hard to imagine putting ‘like’ in front of it. And that’s why it’s sticking.

The Club for Growth, custodian of the gods of cutthroat laissez-faire capitalism, blasts Newt Gingrich for attacking Romney’s private equity awesomeness.

Supreme Court hears oral arguments on one aspect of the big Texas redistricting case.

Mitt Romney’s having such a run of verbal goofs over the last 48 hours that even Rick Perry’s getting off some funny jokes.

Everybody piles on Mitt for stumbling into saying he likes firing people. (Of course, he didn’t really mean that. But we seem to be far past that at this point.)

Could Huntsman take second in New Hampshire? Believe it or not, it might be the most likely outcome tomorrow night. Read More