The President signs the most sweeping financial reforms in a generation, at the Ronald Reagan Building in downtown DC.
Andrew Breitbart claims he feels “bad” and “sorry” for what “the media” has put Shirley Sherrod through: “Watching how they’ve misconstrued, how the media has misconstrued the intention behind this, I do feel a sympathy for her plight.” Watch.
Reading about the anti-government nutjob who was allegedly targeting the ACLU before he got into a shootout with police in Oakland over the weekend, I’m struck anew by how right-wing extremists view democratic institutions as the biggest threat to democracy.
Robert Gibbs has issued the official Administration apology to Shirley Sherrod for jumping the gun and forcing her out on the basis of Andrew Breitbart’s thuggery, and now Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has called a press conference for 4:45 ET. What form of abject apology, hair shirt, or ritual suicide Vilsack will unveil remains unclear.
Shirley Sherrod says Tom Vilsack has offered her her job back, according to the AP. She’s mulling it over, but she’s not sure she wants it back.
When was the last time the day’s biggest made-for-TV political event involved … a press conference by the secretary of agriculture?
Gotta hand it to Tom Vilsack. From what I saw of his presser, he said all the right things. There’s no denying it was a bonehead move, and he didn’t try to. In fact, he seemed deeply shaken by the whole experience, as he should be. It looks like it’s up to Shirley Sherrod whether she returns to USDA and in what capacity. We’ll have video soon.
Fox’s Shep Smith: We didn’t run Breitbart’s edited video on my show because “we did not and do not trust the source”: Read More
Former Rep. Rob Simmons (R-CT) has ended the suspension of his campaign after about six weeks and has TV ads up now, giving primary voters an alternative to former WWE CEO Linda McMahon.