Who is Jeb Bush trying to out-conservative with his big immigration reform flip flop? We look at 5 contenders. The first is named Marco.
Most of our attention yesterday was on Jeb Bush’s unexpected and still pretty inexplicable shift on immigration reform. Bush — Mr. Immigration Reform from a Pro-Reform political dynasty — is probably the last guy I would have expected to make a move like this. And he’s now to the right of his protege Marco Rubio on what’s supposed to be the big issue of this political cycle. Read More
Scarborough and Krugman meet for epic Charlie Rose showdown. Watch.
We report this morning that House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) appears to be leaving the door opening to seriously modifying (ok: breaking) his promise that his plan to privatize Medicare would not affect anyone over age 55. There’s a lot of room for math gimmickry here that could spare him from having to go higher than 55 but still allow him to balance the budget. So it’s not set in stone. But apparently it’s tricky enough that Ryan has warned fellow House Republicans that he might have to raise the age of those unaffected by his Medicare privatiation all the way to 59, The Hill reports.
A group of 8 ex-DEA chiefs says President Obama needs to crack down now on state’s legalizing marijuana or it’ll be too late and will be stuck in the world of legalization forever.
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Rubio says not to worry, we can bring Jeb around on citizenship.
Lindsey Graham, on the other hand, says essentially, WTF, Jeb?
The Daily Caller says today they’re working to verify their Menendez/prostitute story.
This is turning into a big Godzilla vs. Mothra type battle between Daily Caller and the Post. We’ll have a piece up shortly with a run down of each back and forth over the course of the last 24 hours.