Mayor Rahm? The White House chief of staff says one day he’d like to be mayor of Chicago. That and the day’s other political news in the TPMDC Morning Roundup.

I did not realize that The Atlantic had, it seems, given my dear friend Josh Green a full fledged blog at their site. (Josh has been one of the magazine’s premier writers for going on a decade now.) This is actually a grievous blow to TPM as it will probably mean many fewer tips and leads that I can use un-sourced to sound smart and well-sourced at TPM. But it can be a boon for you as a reader. So on that basis I shall pass on the link. Read More

Robert Reich sets Mitch McConnell straight for misquoting him.

A quick update on the election in the UK. The latest polls show a relatively consistent picture: The Tories ahead, followed by the Liberal Democrats and then Labour in third place. But they’re all closely bunched together.

The key takeaways at the moment are that the current national numbers suggest that none of the three parties will come close to secure a majority on their own. Indeed it seems quite possible that Labour could come in third in the national percentage and win the most seats. Second, it seems clear that the Liberal Democrats surge over the weekend has not petered out.

See the latest poll numbers here and the BBC’s Seat Calculator here.

The BBC reports that Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg next move is going to be a major attack on the UK’s big banks.

Here’s the trendline for the congressional generic ballot going back to January 1st.

(Click the TPM logo to see the full size graph.)

Rasmussen has a much higher spread for the GOP than any other pollster. But even if you remove their numbers (as we have in the graph below), the trend looks similar.

Goldman Sachs hires deposed White House Counsel Greg Craig to bolster its defense against those SEC charges. Politico has the story.

You can see our reported story here about Sen. Snowe’s suggestion that she may still be in play for financial reform — thus holding out the hope that the Dems can bust a Republican filibuster.

Since I’m writing here in the opiniony section of the site: I was just wondering. Aren’t we about in the Third Act where Snowe comes in and jerks the Dems around for a few weeks before getting upset about the process and joining the filibuster? Thought so. Thanks.

Sounds like Charlie Crist is fixing to start a ‘please ask me to run as an indy’ listening tour. More shortly.

Mitt Romney tells Charlie Crist he should run as a Republican or get out of the race.

Newsweek interviews Mitt Romney, who’s still trying to explain why MittCare and ObamaCare are completely different:

Newsweek: Back in February 2007, you said you hoped the Massachusetts plan would “become a model for the nation.” Would you agree that it has?

Mitt: I don’t … You’re going to have to get that quote. That’s not exactly accurate, I don’t believe.

Of course it is accurate.