Tuesday morning must-reads

Barack Obama and the politics of blame

Obama offers different speeches, different visions in debt debate

Thomas Sowell: Playing debt-ceiling chicken

Washington has debt fever and the only prescription is... another committee

Dear Congress: "War savings" is not "deficit reduction"

Charles Krauthammer: Obama "has gone from emperor to bystander"

Michelle Malkin: Is Boehner retreating?

I'm not a presidential candidate, Chris Christie says -- in Iowa

Rick Perry in N.H.: Gay marriage is a states' rights issue

Newt Gingrich now regrets making global warming ad with Nancy Pelosi

Homelessness among Iraq, Afghanistan vets on the rise

Report: ATF agents overruled by superiors in calls to end "Fast and Furious"

American ATF agents in Mexico were kept in the dark

Chris Matthews nominates Bill Clinton for Treasury Secretary

Gold standard or bust: Let's fix the dollar while we still can

How much does our national debt weigh?

h/t Powerline