Much like with Mitt Romney, it seems that Benjamin Netanyahu had no idea of the electoral drubbing headed his way, despite the fact that independent pollsters very much did see it coming. Yes, you guessed it: Netanyahu’s pollsters were apparently skewing his poll data. Read More

Got questions? I’ll be doing a TPMPrime Live Chat this morning at 9 am eastern. Get your questions in now. And I’ll see you there at 9.

The full rundown on the White House staff changes being announced today.

Mississippi clearly missed the boat by not having a Joint Legislative Committee on the Neutralization of Federal Law back in the 1960s. But a couple of Republican state legislators are proposing one now.

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that President Obama’s recess appointments of two three members of the National Labor Relations Board were unconstitutional because the Senate was not actually in recess at the time.

Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) announced this morning that he will not seek re-election in 2014. Or as he put it in a call to supporters, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, “Sitting on a back porch drinking whiskey with some of y’all is exciting to think about.”

Lawyer readers will enjoy perusing the DC Circuit’s decision (.pdf) finding that President Obama exceeded his recess appointment powers in three NLRB appointments.

I’ve only had a chance to review the decision quickly, but it represents a dramatic limitation on the recess appointment, finding that the power can only be exercised during recesses between sessions of Congress and only to fill vacancies that occur during the same recess. So that’s the big news from this: a major limitation on the recess appointment power. It’s a decision the Supreme Court will be hard-pressed not to review.

The other news, while not as big, is nonetheless quite serious: The decision would seem to void any action taken by the NLRB since last January. It will take some time to get a better handle on what that means, but you can imagine the chaos and confusion that could create.

A key Republican state senator in Virginia comes out against GOP scheme to apportion electoral votes by congressional district.

McConnell campaign email brags about blocking filibuster reform.

Evan McMorris-Santoro reports on Joe Biden’s roundtable meeting on gun control today in Richmond.