SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE OPED BUDGET

This is the Scripps Howard News Service OPED budget for Monday, June 13, 2011. If you have questions or comments, SHNS editors can be reached at 202-408-1484. For all SHNS content and archives, visit our website at www.shns.com.

COMMENT

THOMASSON (Thomasson, SHNS -- Column) -- WASHINGTON: The polls show Sarah Palin has little chance at the GOP nomination yet she mesmerizes the press and fascinates the public. 700.

MAXWELL (Maxwell, St. Petersburg Times -- Column) -- There will be no Maxwell column this week.

CRISP (Crisp, SHNS -- Column) - Could Texas Gov. Rick Perry emerge as GOP presidential contender? 650.

WALTERS (Walters, Sacramento Bee -- Column) - California ship pilots, shippers take their money fight to the Capitol. 450.

SCRIPPS HOWARD EDITORIALS

EDIOWA (Dale McFeatters, SHNS -- Iowa's unrepresentative straw poll and caucuses may be of declining importance in presidential campaigns. 300. EDITORS: This editorial will move by 4 p.m. Eastern.

.EDDEBT (Dale McFeatters, SHNS) -- China is increasingly nervous about the political games Congress is playing with the debt ceiling. 300.

EDREGRETS (Williams, SHNS) -- When posting, be like Old Blue Eyes and have too few regrets to mention. 400.