THE HILL: Reid plows ahead on gun control legislation. “Democrats are confident they have the votes to bring gun control legislation to the Senate floor this week. But getting the votes to pass the bill later this month will be much harder. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has not yet conducted a formal whip count, but at least eight Republican senators have said they will not attempt to block an effort to bring up the measure, a senior Democratic aide said.”

Of course, there haven’t been committee hearings, and we haven’t seen the bill yet. But apparently we don’t do things the old-fashioned way anymore.