New York Rep. and Senate longshot Bob Turner held a protest yesterday in support of kindergarteners right to sing Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA.”

It did not go well.

John Boehner, after killing the DREAM Act earlier this year, calls out President Obama for killing the DREAM Act.

Lanny Davis and Michael Steele tell angry bloggers: You people don’t understand the awesome.

Reports from the sidelines of the G20 summit in Mexico suggest German Chancellor Angela Merkel might be ready to make a very big move to save the euro.

Merkel prepares to sign off on letting the Eurozone directly buy the debt of crisis-racked member countries.

I’m not sure how the Romney camp let this happen. But they’ve now apparently confirmed the leak that Marco Rubio is not being considered for Romney’s veep. It doesn’t terribly surprise me that the Romney camp doesn’t think Rubio’s a good bet. But how you let that become public is a totally different story.

Portman and Pawlenty are apparently getting a close look.

Their unprecedented and indeed bizarre demands having not been met, Scott Brown’s campaign says the candidate won’t participate in a debate against Elizabeth Warren, sponsored by the Kennedy Institute.

As I said earlier, I’m surprised that the Romney campaign let it get out there that they’re not even considering Marco Rubio as a vice presidential pick. I’m less surprised about the substance (he’s got a lot of vulnerabilities) than the fact that they let it get out there and then confirmed that they’re not looking at him.

But now it’s buzzing around on Twitter that a ‘Romney advisor’ said that women aren’t being considered because after Sarah Palin it’s too dangerous to choose a woman. But this is just a bad rap. That’s not really what anyone said. Read More

Jamie Dimon gets a frostier reception in a House hearing than he did during last week’s Senate hug-a-thon.

CNN is reporting that former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was declared “clinically dead” shortly after arriving at a military hospital in Cairo.

We’re seeing different reports and it’s not entirely clear what is meant by saying he’s “clinically dead.” More information as we get it.