VEEPSTAKES POTPOURRI

-- Politico looks at the speculation surrounding Hagel and Lieberman being selected as a candidate for the opposing party.

-- Gov. Tim Kaine told Virginia agencies to curb spending and steel themselves for bigger budget cuts amid slow sales tax revenue.

Plus: TIME's Tumulty on why Obama's Senate colleagues, Jack Reed and Chuck Hagel, will make a helpful entourage on his trips to Iraq and Afghanistan.