Hill Aides: More Senators Would Back Public Plan If Obama Pushed Harder  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?  —  There is a growing sense on Capitol Hill that the White House's refusal to weigh in more forcefully in the health care debate could come at the cost of a public option for insurance coverage.

THE NON-EXISTENT LINE BETWEEN DAYTIME AND PRIMETIME.... For various media figures derisive of the White House's criticism of Fox News, there seems to be some confusion over the nature of the problem.  —  For much of the media establishment, Fox News and MSNBC are somehow bookends, one on the right; one on the left.

A Reporter Does His Job  —  My colleague John McCormack called me last night, as I was watching the Phillies-Dodgers game, from his car in a parking lot in Lowville, N.Y. He had attended a Scozzafava campaign event, tried to ask the candidate a few questions — and the Scozzafava campaign had called the police.

Pat Buchanan: White Americans Are “Losing” Their Country.  —  Pat Buchanan knows who America really belongs to.  After a litany of what he sees as white working class grievances in his latest column, Buchanan concludes: (via TPM) … There's been a lot of attention paid …

‘They Tried to Steal an Election,’ N.Y. Voter Fraud Case Heats Up  —  Thirty-eight forged or fraudulent ballots have been thrown out, according to records at the Rensselaer County Board of Elections in Troy, N.Y. Enough votes, an election official admits, to likely have tipped the November election to the Democrats.