Some of the things we’re reading around the web today:

Over at Powerline, an interview with Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch (!) on the state’s government shutdown.

At the StoneZone, veteran political operative and bon vivant Roger Stone says don’t believe the Cuomo for VP hype.

Shake, Rattle and DOOM! over at Ace of Spades HQ

Forgetting the Talking Points: Rhode Island DEMOCRATS Pass Voter ID Law at JammieWearingFool.

Good advice for a new blogger from Doug Ross

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On Sunday morning, Instapundit drew attention to a startling photograph posted on the internet by the White House. In it stands President Obama in black tie, leaning against a wall, his arms folded, speaking not a word, and looking down on Vice-President Biden with hooded eyes.

When this shot is shown in high resolution, as one perceptive observer soon noted, “Obama looks like he has contempt for Biden” –which, he added, may be the case “given Joe ‘The Gaff Machine’ Biden’s performance this year.” I am, he concluded, once again reminded “of how this administration seems to have become oblivious to the images they project to the public.”

I wonder whether this last point is right.

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Scott Johnson at Powerline was alerted to this this morning. We’ll tell the story in pictures.

NEA homepage:

Closer look:

Select “Health Insurance” and you’re sent directly here: (more…)