Nitty Gritty Politicking

Obama flies to Vegas later today for a fund-raiser for Sen. Harry Reid at Caesar’s Palace. (As an aside, Gov. Jim Gibbons — who’s various problems with women has made him a TPM fave — is snubbing the visit because, get this, Obama criticized bailed-out banks for spending money on junkets to Vegas). That and the day’s other political news in the TPMDC Morning Roundup.