The day's big leak kerfuffle | Michael Tomasky

The big political story of the day in the papers is the NYT's scoop that the White House is weighing a tough series of national advertisements aimed at tying the GOP to tea-party extremism:

White House and Congressional Democratic strategists are trying to energize dispirited Democratic voters over the coming six weeks, in hopes of limiting the party's losses and keeping control of the House and Senate. The strategists see openings to exploit after a string of Tea Party successes split...