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Saturday, July 02, 2011

Stories to Watch: 7/2/11

I had a good time in Milwaukee. It seemed it was a good day to get the hell out of Madison. When we left here, it was hot and muggy and just awful. But Summerfest is right by the lake, so there was a nice breeze and the humidity was barely noticeable. All in all, a good call. Now here's the news...


At this point in time, Herman Cain is probably not measuring the drapes for the Oval Office. How fickle the 'baggers are.


In his weekly address, President Obama says we can't afford tax breaks for "millionaires and billionaires."


Reports of hacker group LulzSec's death seem to have been greatly exaggerated.


The Department of Justice just called the Defense Of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional. This is kind of a big deal.


Mittens backs off his bogus claim that Obama has made the economy worse since Bush. Of course, he lies as he does so; "I didn't say that things are worse," Romney claims. Oh, yes you did.


Finally, Ezra Klein points out that the deficit is a problem that, if ignored, really will go away. The fight isn't about how to eliminate the deficit, the fight is over how to cushion the blow. "We don't really have a deficit problem. We have a Congress problem," he writes. "Congress pretends otherwise, because they don't want to take the blame for the deficit-effects of the legislation they plan to vote for, but that's the truth of it."



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