Never one to lead the charge — or be left behind — Mitt Romney decides now’s the time to contribute some money to Marco Rubio’s Senate campaign in Florida. Rubio has gone from distant underdog a few months ago to a 31.2-point lead in the current TPM Poll Average.

Meanwhile, Rubio opponent Charlie Crist isn’t exactly quashing the rumor that he’s going to abandon the Republican primary and run in the general election as an independent.

A fourth New Orleans cop has been charged by the feds with covering up the police shooting of unarmed civilians on Danziger Bridge a few days after Hurricane Katrina.

All 41 Senate Republicans sign on to Mitch McConnell’s letter formally opposing the pending financial regulatory reform bill.

Obama says he’ll veto a financial regulatory bill that doesn’t control derivatives.

Some cool shots of the erupting Icelandic volcano:

As he prepares to enter federal prison next month, Bernie Kerik has set up a blog, posted pics from his salad days on Flickr (his account name is “BernardKerik2001” — get it?), and talks to TPMmuckraker.

This has been 90s flashback day so far for me. I just got back from listening to Bill Clinton speak at an event here in DC commemorating the 15th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing. And now I see former LAPD chief Daryl Gates has died. Read More

Obama: “So I’ve been a little amused over the last couple of days where people have been having these rallies, about taxes. You would think they would be saying, “Thank you!” That’s what you’d think!”

See the video.

SEC hits Goldman with civil fraud complaint tied to subprime CDOs.

Jon Stewart has a four letter heart to heart with Fox News. Watch.