Watch as Liz Cheney walks a fine line between siding with the birthers and disagreeing with their premise.

If you missed Chris Matthews’ confronting a “Birther Bill” congressman on camera with Obama’s birth certificate yesterday, it’s worth a look, too.

The reports of Sen. Olympia Snowe’s endorsement of a public option for health care were greatly exaggerated.

Lindsey Graham announces his support for the Sotomayor confirmation.

TPMmuckraker talks with Phil Angelides, the chairman of the new Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, about the task facing this latter-day Pecora Commission.

The Speaker is prepared to work the House past the usual recess.

Cool pics from today’s solar eclipse across Asia.

A primer on the curious case of that U.S. soldier being held by the Taliban.

Why is CNN interviewing Rudy Giuliani about health care reform?

We’ll be covering the presidential press conference with liveblogging here and additional analysis at TPMDC. You can watch streaming video here, and follow along with our coverage in real time.

If we can’t get new talking heads, can we get new cable news producers/bookers?

Just a reminder on how irrelevant Rudy is: He won zero delegates in the GOP primaries during his epic crash-and-burn from well-financed front-runner.