President Obama has begun informal one-on-one talks with some of his potential Supreme Court nominees. That and the day’s other political news in the TPMDC Morning Roundup.
I’m not sure I’ve ever seen such anemic fund-raising from a sitting senator. In the first quarter of 2010, Sen. John Ensign’s campaign tallied two $25 contributions from a single donor. The embattled Republican is up for re-election in 2012.
Whether it’s Muslim spy interns, presidential birth certificates, explaining away slavery or exposing the Census for the Kenyan plot it really is, when it comes to The Crazy ™ these are the folks who serve it up. Meet the House Crazy Caucus, the House Republicans whose names you may not know … but should.
Jon Stewart to Fox News: I only hate on you “because you’re truly a terrible, cynical, disingenuous news organization.” Watch.
Last quarter, Sen. John Ensign raised $50. I’m not abbreviating $50,000. He raised $50. In two contributions from one guy.
I’ve worried for some time that even after almost four years in the majority, Congressional Democrats still don’t hold a candle in corruption terms to the Republicans when they were in the majority. Indeed, they’re barely even competing with the Republicans today when they’re in the minority. Happily, New York state Democrats have been able to go a long way toward making up the balance.
The Southern California homes of dozens of white supremacists were raided Tuesday as part of a probe into a string of potentially deadly booby trap attacks targeting police officers, authorities said.
Federal and local officers converged on 35 homes and took 16 people into custody in Riverside County for a variety of crimes, including weapons, narcotics and parole violations, Hemet police Capt. Dave Brown said.
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I mentioned yesterday the gaming of GOPers trying to one up themselves in trashing Charlie Crist in advance of his possible independent run. Now Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) is saying he’ll never support Charlie Crist, no matter what he does.
Derivatives regulation bill passes the Ag Committee with Grassley’s vote.