Midday Blog Roundup

MIDDAY ROUNDUP

FROM THE BLOGS:
Blue Dogs’ ideas do not equal deficit controlMatthew Yglesias
Social networks and crowd wisdom – M. Parlett, TechRepublican
EFCA’s state of play – Peter Kirsanow, The Corner
Chart of the day – Kevin Drum, Mother Jones
What a state-run GM could do – Dave Lindorff, BuzzFlash
Protecting a lousy, overpriced product – Natasha Chart, Open Left
It could be worse – John, Powerline
Pixie dust has many, many uses – John Cole, Balloon Juice
What about June 5th? – Derek Scissors, The Foundry
No compass, no key, no direction – Abe Greenwald, contentions
Sometimes a stopover’s just a stopover – S. Benen, Political Animal
Capitol Visitor Center briefly flooded – Sommer Mathis, DCist
Catch-and-release in Gulf of Arden – Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
Department of corrections Ezra Klein
GM’s 535 new directors – Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), Townhall

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Intel firestorm: GOP reveals briefing infoThe Hill
Job losses slow; Unemployment at 9.4 percentNew York Times
GM to sell Saturn to Roger PenskeAssociated Press
Ford shows off Wall Street savvy Detroit News