Top Headline Comments 2-10-14

Happy Monday.

Rep. Bachmann joins other conservatives on a clean debt ceiling bill. "You’ve got to know when to hold them and when to fold them. My assessment is that most of us don’t think it’s the time to fight." Reps. Labrador and Amash shared similar sentiments last week.

Only Washington, D.C. had a positive "economic confidence index" last year—that is, Gallup's composite of a economic conditions in the U.S. combined with residents' perceptions of those conditions. Gallup notes that political sentiment appears to play a role in economic perception.

Washington Free Beacon's Alana Goodman investigates "the Hillary Papers," unpublished documents contained in the archive of one of Clinton's best friends and advisers. It is must-read.

Geeks with significant others, I've got a a Valentine's Day possibility for you.

NYTimes' Opinionator blog has an excellent column on single motherhood from Kay Hymowitz.

RCP's Scott Conroy dug deep into Gov. Christie's college years. Good stuff.

Toyota announced it will shut down its Australian manufacturing by 2017. Quite simply, it's cheaper to manufacture elsewhere (especially here in the U.S.) and ship to Australia. The company had been trying to reduce its labor costs by amending contracts, but that got nixed by the country's court system. Toyota was the last of the automakers to announce that it is leaving Australia. Once it pulls out, Australia will have no consumer carmaker.

Ya'll be good to each other today.

posted by Gabriel Malor at 06:46 AM

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