Congressional Sources: Republicans and Democrats Reach Tentative Debt Deal  —  ABC News' Jonathan Karl (@JonKarl) reports:  —  Democratic and Republican Congressional sources involved in the negotiations tell ABC News that a tentative agreement has been reached on the framework of a deal …

Reid Agrees To Major Debt Limit Deal — Here's What He's Signed Off On  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has signed off on a deal to raise the debt limit pending the approval of his caucus — and of course if can win the backing of Senate GOP leaders and then a majority of the House.

Negotiating All But Done for $2.7 Trillion Deficit Reduction Deal ... Now Comes the Selling  —  Sources from both parties tell ABC News that the major potential roadblock in deficit negotiations— the triggers — are now essentially agreed upon.  The plan is for the House to vote on this tomorrow, assuming all goes according to plan.

Why Voters Tune Out Democrats  —  Stanley B. Greenberg is the chief executive of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, a polling company that works with center-left political parties in the United States and abroad.  —  BARACK OBAMA can't catch a break from the American public on the economy …

GOP on verge of huge, unprecedented political victory  —  By all accounts, it looks like a deal is about to be announced in which the debt ceiling is hiked in exchange for the promise of major spending cuts, including to entitlements, totalling at least $2.4 trillion.

Herman Cain dominates Denver straw poll; Rick Perry second  —  Herman Cain easily won the Western Conservative Summit presidential straw poll Sunday, drawing 246 ballots out of 508 cast and beating his nearest runner-up by a 179-vote margin.  —  Second-place contender Rick Perry took 67 votes, or 13 percent, to Cain's 48 percent.

Jennifer Rubin Is An A**hole  —  Sorry, but there's really no other word for it.  Talk about someone with a malfunction.  You write for the Washington Post now, sweetie.  You need to grow up and at least write like an adult, even if you can't manage to think like one.

Bring Back Poppy  —  WATCHING today's Republicans being led around by an extremist Tea Party faction, with no adult supervision, I find my mind drifting back to the late 1980s when I was assigned to cover the administration of George H.W. Bush, who I believe is one of our most underrated presidents.

‘This Week’ Transcript: David Plouffe and Lindsey Graham  —  AMANPOUR (voice-over): This week, the endgame.  —  MCCONNELL: Our country is not going to default for the first time in history.  That is not going to happen.  —  AMANPOUR: Now, at the 11th hour, perhaps some cause for optimism.

Compromise In The Works  —  The rumored deals flying around Washington today all sound pretty bad.  And how could they not be?  The White House started with a position that: … But (1) and (3) were in significant tension.  The White House strategy for getting (3) was to persuade the public that (3) was the correct position.