Blog Summaries

Congress's approval rating is at a staggering low of 10%, Drudge banners. Meanwhile, members of Congress are skeptical that the healthcare summit will break the legislative logjam.

A HuffPo banner headline wonders if the Obama administration is ignoring the "Volcker rule." The Senate, meanwhile, is expected to pass a jobs bill today.

Van Jones, who resigned his post as Green Jobs Czar for the Obama administraiton, is joining the Center for American Progress. Yglesias wants to know exactly who is blocking the public option in the Senate.

Hogan wants to know if Kay Bailey Hutchison will bow out of the Texas Governor's race. Dan Perrin spots Pelosi and Hoyer backing away from ObamaCare.

Charles Lemos thinks Obama is being to conciliatory with Republicans. Meanwhile, Wall Street seems to be betting on the Republicans to win in 2010.

CNBC host Donny Deutch is in trouble after allegedly using a racial slur to refer to Marco Rubio. And unions are becoming less popular, according to a new poll from the Pew center.

"Obama in new healthcare blowout," reads the Drudge banner, which lacks a link. Meanwhile, the Washington Times reports that Obama hasn't held a formal press conference in 215 days. A scientific journal has retracted a paper concluding that sea levels could rise dramatically by 2100.

HuffPo banners the USA's victory over Canada in Olympic hockey last night. NATO airstrikes in Afghanistan have killed 27 civilians. And Obama is preparing to release a bill that limits insurance companies' ability to raise rates.

Charles Lemos thinks that Obama's agenda lacks a "compelling narrative." Nathan Empsall accuses Scott Brown of condoning domestic terrorism.

Mike Poterma flags a case of human rights abuse in Malaysia. Bill Burck and Dana Perino argue that the Justice Department has "exonerated" Bush-era lawyers for their role in providing the legal basis for enhanced interrogation.