Friday link roundup:

• When the Wall Street Journal editorial page starts attacking Mitt Romney, you know there’s trouble in conservative paradise (which, for the record is Branson, Missouri).

• Iowa Governor Terry Branstad is released from the hospital after choking on a carrot. This is what happens when someone from Iowa tries a vegetable that isn’t corn.

• Erin McPike thinks the GOP Veepstakes is down to four: Rob Portman, Tim Pawlenty, Bobby Jindal and Paul Ryan.

• If you’re wondering how big a deal the LIBOR scandal is, check this out.