• Karl Frisch of Bullfight Strategies calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to co-host Right Wing World
• David Bender of the Progressive Voices Smartphone App calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the possibility of a third party candidate
• President Barack Obama called House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Wednesday as part of an ongoing — and so far unsuccessful — effort to resolve a partisan standoff over how best to extend the expiring payroll tax cut, according to the White House.
• According to the most recent NBC/WSJ poll, 42% called this Congress’ performance “one of the worst” ever, the highest percentage on this question that dates back to 1990. Another 33% called the Congress “below average.” So that’s three-quarters of the public giving the Congress unsatisfactory grade.
• Mitt Romney addressed Newt Gingrich’s complaints about negative ads by saying, “If you can’t handle the heat in this little kitchen, the heat that’s going to come from Obama’s Hell’s Kitchen is going to be a heck of a lot hotter.”
• The famously mistake-prone Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday that he prayed before a campaign event in Iowa to ask God to help him deliver an error-free performance. “I pray a lot,” he continued, “because I’m prone to make a lot of mistakes.”
