President Obama will end his rural jobs tour in Illinois, with two town halls (Politico)
Starbucks CEO wants other executives to withhold political donations until Obama comes up with a plan for the debt (CNN Money)
‘Fast and Furious’ ATF scandal grows as guns from failed stings are found in more states (L.A. Times)
Elizabeth Warren, would-be nominee to run the CFPB, tests waters for Massachusetts Senate run against Scott Brown (Boston Globe)
Ron Paul doesn’t plan a third-party run if he can’t get GOP nomination (Washington Post)
…and he releases a high-production-value ad claiming he’s the one to beat Obama:
On the main site:
Tampico’s Kickback Saloon by Christopher Orlet: Remembering good times in Ronald Reagan’s birthplace.
Obamacare Is Going Down, by Peter Ferrara: Do not ask for whom the bell tolls, death panels.
Jobberwacky, by Ken Blackwell: What? Another department of jobs?
A Broken David Cameron, by Robert Taylor: An Obama-like tendency to appear as an empty suit.
Where’s My Mail? by Ralph R. Reiland: “The check is in the mail” isn’t what it used to be.
Don’t Forget Paris, by G. Tracy Mehan, III: The City of Lights shines in bookstores and cinemas across the U.S.
They Won’t Believe Me, by Lisa Fabrizio: A Hitchcockian nightmare comes true.
When Baseball Was Number One, by Larry Thornberry: And Ike was President and girls were still over the horizon.