G’morning, friends. I apologize for the late start, but there’s a lot to go over!

First and foremost, you can check out my inaugural post to Andrew Breitbart’s Big Journalism right here.

Excellent evaluation of Obama fundraising by TPCarney (Washington Examiner)
Academia wants to take your fat kid from you (ABC News)
VA girl found trying to eat herself in a cage (NY Daily News)
Speaking of eating, “manorexia” (UK Daily Mail)
House Dems won’t support balanced budget amendment (The Hill)
Sen. McCaskill calls GOP a “hot, sloppy mess” (The Hill)
Something about Mitt Romney (Politico)
Moody’s puts debt rating on review (Politico)
GOP lacks coherent message, messenger in debt talks (Politico)

Blogs:

Media Matters coverage of the Frank Luntz focus group I was in last night (Fox News)
Obama warns Cantor in debt debate (Huffington Post)
Erickson pens letter to Speaker Boehner (Erick Erickson | RedState)
Weigel offers a snarky title for so-called “exposure” of conservative policy org (Weigel | Slate)
McConnell plan institutionalizes gridlock (BlueCollarMuse)

Local:

Herman Cain comes to Murfreesboro (DNJ)
Murfreesboro rezoning issue (DNJ)
Clarksville woman charged for airport disturbance (Tennessean)

It’s Friday. You made it through a truncated work week. Enjoy these headlines:

Speaker Boehner raises $29 million (The Hill)
GOP divided over entitlement cuts (The Hill)
Entitlement talks scare Dems (Politico)
Five pieces to the debt ceiling puzzle (Politico)
Obama. GOP move toward debt deal (Washington Examiner)
NAACP complains about diversity in cable news (WSJ)
Wisconsin schools snub unions, save $$$ (Washington Examiner)

And then several links about the new unemployment numbers. Click them all. Including, Obama advisor says unemployment won’t be election issue in 2012.

Local (Nashville/Murfreesboro):

Madden indicted in death of MTSU athlete (Daily News Journal)
TCAP scores show education improvement (TNReport)
Amazon, Tennessee, Bill Haslam, and a national sales tax (Moe Lane | RedState)

Blogs:

Commentary about public education in ATL (Erick Erickson | RedState)
Eric Holder suddenly ignorant about Operation: Fast and Furious (Big Government)
DailyKos even says the job numbers suck (DailyKos)
Sen. Mike Lee says Geithner is wrong (Dave Weigel | Slate)
Verizon’s new data rates are raising eyebrows (George Scoville | The Dangerous Servant)
LA Times doesn’t understand “discredited” (R.S. McCain | The Other McCain)

A little later than usual this morning, but here’s what I’m reading… lots of things:

SC Senator Lindsey Graham, conveniently conservative during an election cycle (Washington Times)
Obama’s Twitter Town Hall (Washington Examiner), proof he’s worried? (The Daily Caller)
Judiciary Committee to probe Kagan’s involvement in crafting ObamaCare (CNS News)
Romney’s fundraising is scary (Politico)
Bachmann launches her first Iowa ad (The Hill)
Fox News takes on Media Matters (Politico)
Will Congress actually cut defense spending? (The Hill)

Local (Nashville/Murfreesboro):

Nashville City Council candidate critical of opponent’s “single-shot” strategy (Nashville City Paper)
TN may ask Obama to waive some No Child Left Behind requirements (Nashville City Paper)
TN Dept of Elections to raise awareness for new photo ID law (TNReport)
MTSU Centennial gala sold out (Daily News Journal)

Blogs:

Republicans must show they will shoot the hostage (Erick Erickson | Red State)
Thursday’s Abbreviated Pundit Roundup (DailyKos)
The Other McCain talks racist Casey Anthony… or something (R.S. McCain | The Other McCain)
Subsidies or Tax Credits? (George Scoville | The Dangerous Servant)
Dave Weigel compiles some snarky #AskObama tweets (Weigel | Slate)

Put on a pot of coffee, and take a look at today’s top stories:

Obama’s Twitter attack dog singles out conservative Twitter-er (The Daily Caller)
DNC Chair, Obama disagree on Cuba policy (The Hill)
Freshman GOP Senators… awesome (Politico)
Casey Anthony, not guilty (Orlando Sentinel)
Nancy Grace is a crazy windbag (RCP)
GOP Rep. McCotter’s union ties (The Hill)
House GOP pushes back against short-term debt ceiling increase (The Hill)
Is Michele Bachmann using Mike Huckabee’s 2008 strategy in Iowa? (Politico)
Obama campaign denies baseless accusation about dumping Biden (Fox News)

Enjoy.