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The must-read stories from around the web and in today’s papers:
- Obama will reset his administration’s agenda in tonight’s State of the Union: [Washington Post]
- Whatever the Supreme Court might say, corporations are not people: [Mother Jones]
- Relationships between angry Democratic leaders are fraying in the House and Senate: [Politico]
- Conservative activist (and the pimp in ACORN scandal videos) is charged for breaking into Sen. Mary Landrieu’s office: [CNN]
- Afghan finance minister backs idea of negotiating with the Taliban: [Financial Times]
- Obama will order the creation of a panel to study US national debt: [New York Times]
- Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner denies any role in Fed’s flap over AIG bailout disclosure: [Reuters]
- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says “no rush” on passing health bill… [Reuters]
- …While Democrats as a whole take stock in the battle to reform health care: [Mother Jones]
- Obama will lay out tomorrow a revamping of No Child Left Behind, promising $4 billion in education funding: [WaPo]
- US Air Force Judge Advocate General officer says indefinite detention “defies common sense”: [AntiWar.com]
- American troops in Iraq this month have begun new security initiatives along ethnic fault lines: [NYT]
