Four months after the Tea Party freshmen were sworn in, the Washington Post looks at how things are going for them. The short take; not well.
Speaking of which, Politico takes a look at Republican efforts on the debt ceiling and finds their biggest problem; the freshmen are stupid, crazy, or stupid-crazy. "The reassuring part of it is that [GOP House Whip Kevin McCarthy] genuinely seems to be working hard to bring his members up to speed," comments Jonathan Chait. "The alarming part is that, hoo boy, they're starting from a pretty low point."
After a judge struck down his union-busting law, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker insists it'll still survive "one way or another." He's hoping for the state Supreme Court to overturn the ruling, but it pays to point out -- as I have been for some time now -- that Republicans could simply reschedule a vote to comply with the open meetings law and they're golden. They're not -- meaning the votes are no longer there. If this thing goes down in the legal system, it goes down for good.
Polling shows that Americans over-estimate the percentage of gays and lesbians in the US population. This strikes me as a great example of pointless polling -- what possible difference could it make?
RIP Gil Scott-Heron.
Finally, this is pretty cool.
