Newt to GOP: “We have to get beyond being anti-Obama.”
Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) and his wife, former Chicago Ald. Sandi Jackson, are both going to prison for misusing campaign funds. A federal judge this afternoon sentenced him to 2 1/2 years and her to a year.
I can tell you Ted Cruz’s politics are awful. And having had significant life overlap with him I can tell you that at virtually every point in his life – at least from his late teens through mid-thirties (after that I have less evidence) – he’s quickly developed a reputation as a raging a-hole. His new workplace – the Senate of the United States – just continues the pattern. But he’s definitely a ‘natural born’ citizen and thus constitutionally qualified to serve as President of the United States. Read More
“Dear Constituents…PLEASE GET A LIFE, A HOBBY, A LOBOTOMY … whatever.”
Contribute to State Rep. Cindy Pugh’s (R) reelection campaign and get your own conceal carry permit. But be ready to defend yourself from the instructor in the class.
In case you didn’t get a chance to read it yesterday, don’t miss Sahil Kapur’s sum-up of the new Obamacare ‘setback’ that topped the news yesterday. Upshot: don’t believe the hype, a relatively minor delay of one part of a massive piece of legislation that helps huge numbers of people. Meanwhile, the irreplaceable Jon Cohn summarizes the political attack from the right quite nicely. “In other words, Obamacare critics aren’t hyping this news because they wish consumer protections for the sick would take effect now. They’re hyping the news because they wish consumer protections for the sick would go away forever.”
Cable news speculates about two very important political races.
San Diego ‘Hooters’ restaurant says it will no longer serve Mayor Bob Filner because “women should be treated with respect.” Basically when a business based on ogling and being semi-inappropriate to women on the job bans you, you’ve really kind of hit a low.