Two very different responses from TPM Readers on the unfolding IRS story and my post on the politics of it earlier this afternoon, each worth a read. First, from TPM Reader BF …
Yes, the politics of the IRS scandal are just awful. And yet, it would be a terrible mistake if Obama were to respond to this as a political scandal. So far he’s saying the right things, more or less. But at this point, he has to win the outrage battle. He has to demonstrate he’s more angry about this than are the GOP.
Attorney General Holder just said he’s asked the FBI to begin an investigation into the IRS targeting scandal. We’re getting the exact language now.
We’re just at the front end of investigating the IRS scandal. And all the standard blah blah blah about how we don’t know just what we’ll find. But I think we do know pretty much exactly what the political implications will be. And they’re significant. Read More
Chris Christie taking NRA money as challenger attacks him on guns.
Photo of alleged CIA agent arrested by the Russians pinned down on the ground.
Cheney slams Obama on Benghazi: We were “ready to go on 9/11.” Watch.
Far-right GOP Rep. Jason Chaffetz says he doesn’t want President Obama to be impeached over Benghazi but it’s “certainly a possibility.”
We’re actually putting together a list of members of Congress who in one form or another have suggested that President Obama may be or should be impeached. Can you send us examples?
In an era of mass digital photography and surveillance cameras, there’s always pictures. Look at the photographs New Orleans police are using to hunt down 19 year Akein Scott, who’s now wanted in this weekend’s Mother’s Day Parade shooting.