Gay rights advocate, on J. Edgar Hoover: “If the FBI and J. Edgar Hoover’s friends and associates resist the notion that the blackmailing, extorting, empire-building, racist, homophobic man was gay, fine, whatever they wish to think. The straights can have him.”
Jon Stewart on Rick Perry’s birtherism: “See, now he’s only six months behind the national conversation. But his ‘n-word’ family hunting ground was, like, 150 years behind. In many ways, Perry’s actually gaining time.” Watch.
Herman Cain edges into the national lead over Mitt Romney in new CBS News/New York Times poll.
Evaluating the prospects of the minor leaguers in the GOP presidential field. Part II in this week’s series.
We’ve compiled some stunning photos from the U.S. decade in Iraq. You might be surprised by how much you’ve forgotten.
Not sure there’s a better snapshot of our national politics circa 2011 than House Republicans proposing to make it easier for big government contractors to cheat on their taxes — and paying for that proposal by reducing the number of sick old people eligible for Medicaid. Brian Beutler has the details.