Dems figure they might as well make hay over the audience outbursts at the last three GOP debates.

The only people more desperate for Chris Christie to enter the GOP race than Republican bigwigs are national political reporters. Much easier to cover the candidates jockeying for position than, say, the assorted economic and budget issues that should define the race.

Here’s your awesome idea of the day. A group of Tea Partyish House Republicans is pushing the idea of saving money by abolishing the dollar bill and replacing with a mandated $1 coin. It’s called Currency Optimization, Innovation and National Savings (COINS) Act and it would allegedly save money in addition to being a huge pain in the butt (perhaps literally) for every American.

Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) says it’s time for Republicans to double down on his Medicare-ending budget.

In what’s clearly becoming a major theme going into the 2012 campaign, VP Joe Biden calls the booing of a gay soldier at last week’s GOP debate “reprehensible.” Watch.

The military’s aggressive plan to transition to renewable energy is getting crimped by the House investigation of Solyndra and the Department of Energy’s renewables loan program.

You’ve probably seen the youtube clip of the NYPD officer pepper spraying protestors in the Occupy Wall Street protests. It turns out the same guy was named in civil rights complaints tied to the 2004 anti-Bush/GOP convention protests.

Anti-Islam blogger Pam Geller planning a lawsuit over rejected subway ad calling Israel’s enemies “savages.”

Heckler calls Obama ‘Antichrist’ before being whisked away by Secret Service. Watch.

With some luck and holding the line, Dems just managed to get their way on FEMA funding, scoring a victory in the last Capitol Hill hostage drama.