Lunchtime Links
Obama would “rather be a really good one-term president than a mediocre two-term president.”
But Obama’s current poll numbers are unlikely to have any bearing on his approval in 2012.
A Daily Kos poll shows the New York Senate primary to be winnable for Harold Ford.
A spending freeze could soothe bond holders without tying Obama’s hands on the economy.
But Robert Reich calls it a “win for Wall Street.”
And even Republicans are ridiculing it.
Obama says the new bin Laden tape reveals al-Qaeda’s weakness.
David Brooks tries to talk America off the ledge of populism.
Dems can win the climate messaging battle if they emphasize goals over process.
