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The must read stories from around the web and in today’s papers:
- Meet the House Dem’s firebrand freshman from Florida… [Mother Jones]
- …Alan Grayson, who has a lot to say about campaign finance. [MoJo]
- And across the aisle: The man who killed campaign finance regulations. [Mother Jones]
- Supreme Court: Corporations and unions can spend unlimited sums on ads. [Capital Eye]
- The sequel no one saw coming: Palin to campaign with McCain. [DC Decoder]
- Nancy Pelosi: There aren’t enough votes to pass the Senate health care bill [TPMDC]
- Eugene Robinson: If Obama gave up on health care reform, he should say so. [WaPo OpEd]
- GOP Word Dr: First rule of fighting climate change? Don’t talk about climate change. [MoJo]
- NASA: The last decade was the warmest on record. [Blue Marble]
- FDIC chief Sheila Bair got over $2M of BoA loans while working on its rescue. [HuffPo I-Fund]
- President Obama’s proposed bank rules sink stocks. [WSJ]
- Ten ways to spend a Goldman Sachs bonus. [CSMonitor]
- A successful, new strategy for stopping white collar crime: Undercover stings. [DealBook]
- Winter Olympics in Vancouver: Everything is ready… except the snow. [NYTimes]
- Tough week for progressives: Bankrupt Air America to liquidate its assets. [Media Decoder]
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