Axelrod: ‘Patchwork’ of state laws would ‘dillute’ federal border efforts  —  White House Senior Adviser David Axelrod on Sunday defended the administration's lawsuit against Arizona's immigration law, saying state laws such as the controversial one in the border state “dillute” federal efforts to secure the border.

‘The Crisis at Which We Are Arrived’  —  Don't fear the Tea Parties. … We are not now quite at a founding moment, or even a re-founding moment.  But we have arrived at a genuine crisis, or a set of crises, and we may well be at a decisive moment for the country.  —  This sense of crisis is what animates the Tea Parties.

Democratic governors point finger at D.C.  —  BOSTON - Democratic governors facing grim budget choices, lingering unemployment and angry voters are pointing a finger at their colleagues in Democratic-controlled Washington to explain this year's toxic political climate.

Bank Bailout Is Potent Issue for Both Parties in Fall Races  —  WASHINGTON — The vote in 2008 to bail out Wall Street was framed as the only way to avert an economic meltdown and relieve financial institutions of their most poisonous holdings.  For many members of Congress, it turns out that the vote itself was toxic.

Dead for a Century, Twain Says What He Meant  —  Wry and cranky, droll and cantankerous — that's the Mark Twain we think we know, thanks to reading “Huck Finn” and “Tom Sawyer” in high school.  But in his unexpurgated autobiography, whose first volume is about to be published a century after his death …

Netanyahu: Obama ‘might have the only real effect on Iran’  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made clear in an interview aired Sunday that he believes President Barack Obama is the key to stopping Iran's nuclear program.  —  “There's only been one time that Iran stopped the program …

Wall St. Hiring in Anticipation of an Economic Recovery  —  While much of the country remains fixated on the bleak employment picture, hiring is beginning to pick up in the place that led the economy into recession — Wall Street.  —  The shift underscores the remarkable recovery …

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Obama Finalizes Plans For 3rd Vacation Since Gulf Oil Spill Crisis Began  —  “I'm not going to rest or be satisfied until the leak is stopped at the source, the oil in the Gulf is contained and cleaned up, and the people in the Gulf are able to go back to their lives and their livelihoods.”

New Keynesians and New Monetarists  —  What's the difference between a New Keynesian and a New Monetarist?  This sounds like I'm leading off to tell a joke (a duck walks into a bar...), but I'm not.  A New Keynesian thinks that the real interest rate is too high, while a New Monetarist thinks the real interest rate is too low.