George Zimmerman is in police custody, to be charged with 2nd degree murder.
The consensus of the reporting is that the special prosecutor in Florida will announce her decision in the Trayvon Martin case today — and that her decision is to charge George Zimmerman criminally. We’ll have the latest when it happens at TPMLivewire.
Romney surrogate Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R) praises support for ‘pay equity’ but voted against Ledbetter bill.
Rep. Allen West’s office clarifies/amplifies: The “up to 80” House Democrats who he heard are communist are in the Progressive Caucus.
Behold the ultimate Santorum wrap-up/mashup video reel.
Feel the Santorum. Be the Santorum.
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I mentioned this morning that Mitt Romney’s campaign was getting off to a shaky start on day one of the general election campaign by operating entirely within President Obama’s campaign narrative, playing on Obama’s turf. And already today we’ve had another example — beyond pure messaging — why this is a problem. The campaign scheduled a press call today to walk their ‘Obama’s War Against Women’ through with reporters. But it became clear pretty quickly they really hadn’t thought through quite what that meant beyond a slogan. Read our report on the call here. That’s another danger of living inside your opponent’s campaign story.