Horrific new video of that air show crash out in Reno. After the jump … Read More

Translated into English: House Republicans weren’t able to pass their bill which contained the principle that disaster relief must be offset by cuts in other programs. Dems revolted and it worked.

The GOP presidential field convenes in Orlando tonight for another televised debate. What to look for.

White House fends off charges of meddling in case of telecom firm Lightsquared.

Progressive group using the occasion of tonight’s debate to blitz Orlando with reminders of the notorious applause line from the last GOP debate.

Palin’s SarahPAC sends message to supporters: if you want her to run, show us ‘da money!

Interesting new poll out from Suffolk today on the New Hampshire primary. Romney’s in the lead, no surprise. But he’s waaaaaay in the lead with 41% support. Ron Paul is at 14% and John Huntsman, last seen barreling toward .5% support somewhere, anywhere, is at 10%. Perry is in 4th at 8%.

I’m going to try to pull some more information together later. But while Perry still has big time support and is numerically the frontrunner, there’s abundant evidence that he’s not the most electable person for Republicans to run against Obama. Conservatives who don’t really care for Romney appear happy to vote for him against Obama. The same doesn’t appear to be true for Perry with right-leaning Independents or many Republicans in suburban districts outside of the South.

That has to be good news for Romney as the numbers seem clear enough that they should be able to be used to mobilize some voters, particularly professional Republicans. But Perry isn’t some Pat Buchanan type candidate who you can just shutdown by mobilizing the establishment in a state like South Carolina or really anywhere else. Will be fascinating story to see unfold.

Having failed to push through a bill that would force partisan budget cuts in exchange for disaster relief, the Speaker now faces a range of bad options if he hopes to avoid a government shutdown, which he does.

“Georgia Magistrate Judge Anthony Peters was thrown off the bench after a pattern of bizarre behavior that included pot-smoking, kicking in doors, and pulling a gun out in the courthouse and asking a fellow judge: ‘I am not scared. Are you all scared?'” Read the rest here.

Senate Dems tell Super Committee they must commit to doing nothing that would cost jobs.

In fact, they want them to allow the CBO to score their proposals for employment impact. And since pretty much all the cuts envisioned have negative effects on jobs, that could have some pretty serious implications. See the letter to the Super Committee here.