DCCC Chair Steve Israel is lashing out at Republicans for tying him to anti-Semitic demonstrators allegedly connected to Occupy Wall Street. “The extreme right wing has launched an outrageous attack to distract us from their reckless economic policies: They are questioning my commitment to my own religion.”
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) has issued a statement backing off his earlier suggestion that only the armed forces of France and Britian, not the USA, deserved credit for the ouster of Muammar Qaddafi.
Sen Marco Rubio (R-FL) on Fox News: The U.S. had nothing to do with the fall, capture, and death of Qaddafi — credit should go to the British and French. Watch.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is appropriately skeptical in an unscripted moment when getting initial reports today of Qaddafi’s capture. Watch.
Even Hamid Karzai recognizes that Herman Cain is a clown. Watch Karzai and Hillary Clinton — unplugged.
The hard-hitting video on Rick Perry that Mitt Romney’s campaign deep-sixed last night (watch) was taken down because of complaints from CNN about the use of its clips, the Romney camp now says. But they tell us they stand by the video and accompanying press release, which suggested Perry didn’t have the brain power to be President. Interestingly, Perry has a new ad of his own up that makes use of CNN clips.
Late Update: CNN confirms to us that it did complain to the Romney camp about the use of its on-air talent in the video.
As you may have heard there are conflicting reports this morning about the fate of deposed Libyan strongman Moamar Gaddafi. Initial reports suggested capture; more recent ones death. But none have strong confirmation. We’re providing moment to moment coverage at TPMLivewire.