Letterman responds to jihadist death threat, says “this seems like Leno’s handiwork.”
We’re still in the era of Bachmannia, coming off Rep. Michele Bachmann’s win in the Ames Straw Poll. But new poll data to be officially released later today say Bachmann has peaked and is already losing support as Perry takes her spot as the candidate of the far-right.
Not long ago, freshman New Jersey lawmaker Pat Delaney (R) resigned from the state Assembly citing an undisclosed family problem. Today however, Burlington County GOP Chairman Bill Layton disclosed that Delaney had actually resigned over a racially charged email his wife Jennifer sent to state senate candidate and 9 time Olympic Gold Medalist Carl Lewis. Read More
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A new academic study cites the four primary characteristics of the Tea Party movement as ‘Authoritarianism, Fear Of Change, Libertarianism And Nativism.’
Fred Kaplan on that endlessly cheesy press release Sens. McCain and Graham sent out after news of the fall of Tripoli went out last night. Read More
This is mainly for tech and social media geeks. But Twitter’s full adoption of the t.co URL shortener is helping it flex its muscle to publishers as the social referral site.
The new Gallup numbers are out and they show almost every major GOP challenger essentially tying the president. Romney is actually ahead, 48-46, though well within the margin of error. And even Michele Bachmann is only trailing him by four points.
Here’s an image from the Libyan rebellion from July 13th, though I think I think there are some folks up in Wyoming and Idaho who have these things too.