Male congressman ducks taking a position on transvaginal ultrasound mandates by joking that he didn’t have a position on the topic because “I haven’t had one.”
The Obama administration is down to the wire on its deadline to weigh in on the marriage equality case now before the Court. It will be our best look into President Obama’s current stance on marriage equality, which may be why it’s taking so long. Does he stick to a cautious support of marriage equality state by state or make a broader claim to a constitutional right to be allowed to wed. More here.
Rep. Pete King (R-NY) says Marco Rubio has some “balls” raising money in New York after trying to stiff the state on Sandy relief.
Rove says his butt was “shredded” by donors after the results came in on election day.
I want to make a quick note of this, because I imagine it’ll get a mention or two in the hours and days ahead.
The Senate Democrats’ sequestration replacement plan, which is meant to pay down one year’s worth of spending cuts over 10 years, actually misses the mark by just over $7 billion. Read More
Now Lanny Davis claims he was threatened by the White House too!!
The House just voted down the GOP-version of the Violence Against Women Act. Next up, the Senate version which is expected to pass without support from a majority of Republicans, in violation of the Hastert rule. After that, it goes to the President’s desk for signature.
The spectacle of Bob Woodward getting caught with his pants down, falsely claiming a White House official (now known to be Gene Sperling) threatened him, should probably live and die on Twitter.
But I want to make a quick observation about how conservatives chose to cover this story, because it’s illustrative of the right’s tendency to feed itself satisfying but ultimately damaging misinformation. Read More
If you’re wondering where this whole Bob Woodward sequester debacle originated and what all the fuss is about, this will get you up to speed.