Super-cool headlines to kick off your soon-to-be-rainy Friday:
- Lock and load: The kerfuffle over reviving the assault weapons ban continues, with Harry Reid joining Nancy Pelosi in pooh-poohing the idea and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) potentially being caught between them and the Obama administration.
- Where are all the nominees for the open administration posts? Being vetted a bit better. Reid Wilson reports.
- New this morning: Rush Limbaugh may not be interested in ever hearing again from anyone who thought Bobby Jindal gave a less-than-stellar speech the other night, but the Republican Governors Association liked it enough to use it for fundraising.
- Meanwhile, Americans United for Change fires back against Rush. Jeremy Jacobs has the ad on the Blog Briefing Room.
- Join the discussion: Cheri Jacobus “sounds the alarm” on Obama’s spending plans.
- Rep. John Boozman pitches legislation to help veterans on the Congress Blog.