Mother of Aurora shooting victim confronts McCain at townhall. McCain tells her: “I can tell you right now you need some straight talk.”
Laura Bush requests that her image be removed from a pro-gay marriage TV ad.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX): Obama doesn’t really want immigration reform to pass.
Washington has been hyper-focused on who’s fault the sequester law is, notwithstanding the fact that the Congress passed it and the President signed it. But each party’s plan to avoid it is dramatically different, a fact that’s gotten virtually no attention. While the President wants a mix of cuts and new revenue through closing loopholes, the Republican plan is to replace draconian cuts to military spending with draconian cuts to social insurance programs.
Rove brushes off Tea Party mailer with him as Nazi.
Little short of amazing that as attacks on minority voting rights have escalated in the last three election cycles the Supreme Court is now considering overturning the Voting Rights Act. Here’s some of what advocates warn will happen if the Justices pull the trigger.
A second poll in 24 hours shows President Obama has dramatically more support than congressional Republicans in the battle over how to resolve the sequester.
From TPM Reader AZ …
I just read your post regarding Ted Cruz, wondering what sort of reputation he had over his career. I wrote a profile of him for The Texas Observer last year, and from my interviews I definitely heard from folks that, while they respected his intellect and his lawyering ability, he’s pretty much an arrogant ass.
Bloomberg just released the first non-tracking poll of the President’s approval since February 10th and it shows he’s more popular than at any point since the end of 2009. Meanwhile, approval of the Republican party is at the lowest point since the survey began in September 2009. Those numbers give some perspective on why it’s simply a losing game for Republicans to think they can pin the blame for the sequester cuts on President Obama.