DAY’S END ROUNDUP

FROM THE BLOGS:
Appalachia’s Obama problem – Dana Houle, Daily Kos
Why we need mark-to-market relief – John Berlau, The Corner
McCain’s ‘human cockfighter’ gala – D. & E. Ris, Political Machine
Jindal’s volcanic embarrassment – B. Sarlin, The Daily Beast
More OLC memos to come? – Zachary Roth, TPMMuckraker
Mind-numbing – Steve Benen, Political Animal
A Holbrooke/Hill embarrassment – M. Goldfarb, Weekly Standard
Quote of the day – Matthew Yglesias
Tim Geithner is too big to fail – Michael Crowley, The Plank
So what would nat’l bankruptcy mean? – Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
Disaster mode for Paterson – DavidNYC, Swing State Project
Introducing Parcbench – Brett Joshpe, Big Hollywood
Environmentalists hate world’s cheapest car – Devil’s Advocate, RWN
Chavez and the congressman – Ray Walser, The Foundry
What a guy – Josh Marshall, TalkingPointsMemo

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Protesters force banking group into lockdown – The Hill
Dow leaps 497 points on Treasury plan – New York Times
EPA: Global warming affects health, welfare – Washington Post
Ann Arbor News to close in July – Ann Arbor News