Harry Reid: There will be no filibuster  —  It's all over in the Senate except for the theatrics.  —  Majority Leader Harry Reid made it absolutely clear on Tuesday morning: Republicans will be unable to perform a talking filibuster to delay indefinitely the spending bill that the Senate is considering this week.

A Cruz Missile Launch, Like a Light, Shows the Cockroaches Scurrying  —  A curious moment happened on Fox News Sunday.  Chris Wallace told Karl Rove that a number of Republicans in Congress had sent him opposition research on Ted Cruz once Fox announced Cruz would be on.  —  Rove responded.

Ted Cruz Vows To Speak Against Obamacare: ‘Until I Am No Longer Able To Stand’  —  On Tuesday at 2:41 p.m., Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tex., took the Senate floor to protest a government funding bill that funds President Obama's signature health care reform law.  He plans to talk — and talk — all afternoon and possibly all evening long.

Can Ted Cruz Win by Losing?  —  The Texas senator's futile crusade against Obamacare has been labeled a ‘kamikaze’ mission.  But a principled defeat today could lead to victory in 2016, writes David Frum.  —  How much do the caucus voters of Iowa care about legislative maneuvering?

Obamacare: One blow after another  —  The Obamacare that consumers will finally be able to sign up for next week is a long way from the health plan President Barack Obama first pitched to the nation.  —  Millions of low-income Americans won't receive coverage.

WSJ buries the lead deep on AIG's CEO  —  Benmosche says outrage at AIG bonuses was “just as wrong” as lynchings of blacks  —  The Wall Street Journal buries the lede in a major way in its Saturday piece on AIG CEO/bombthrower Robert Benmosche that ran on the cover of Marketplace with this anodyne headline: