Thursday morning must-reads

Welcome to Jimmy Carter's second term

Is this as good as it gets? The disappearing recovery

Are we facing a new recession?

Gold surges when Bernanke opens his mouth

Is the left leaving Obama?

Sarah Palin signals late-summer presidential decision

PolitiFact gets Slim Jim company to call out Palin

Karl Rove: Obama owns debt ceiling fiasco

Time to cut, cap & balance the NLRB

Smoking gun: Was ATF's "Fast and Furious" a PR stunt for gun control?

Michael Barone: New reality emerging on illegal immigration

Michigan public school promotes recall of Republican governor

San Francisco considers ex-cons a "protected class"

Who killed Osama bin Laden?

h/t Moonbattery