Lunchtime Links

Unemployment falls to 10 percent, but don’t get too excited — the White House won’t.

And the RNC takes a glass-half-empty view.

Harry Reid’s approval rating is stuck in the high 30s.

Palin may have left Hawaii because of racial discomfort.

Krugman asks fiscal conservatives: What happens if health reform doesn’t pass?

Romney defends Huckabee, sort of.

Biden may have lost the war on Afghanistan, but he won some important battles.

There’s not much evidence of a national backlash against same-sex marriage.

Also from Nate Silver, a good preview of today’s World Cup draw.