Apparently there’s a creepy bunnies thing today?
- Ed from Gin and Tacos discusses how Forbes can come to the conclusion that Best Buy can’t cut it’s way to profitability, but insists the Federal government can.
- The LA Times’ Mark Z. Barabak examines the “The more people get to know Mitt Romney, the less they like him.” phenomenon.
- HuffPo’s Mike Sacks invokes the spectre of Lochner Vs. New York in the ongoing battle over the PPACA.
- HuffPo’s Jennifer Bendery notes that Florida Congressman Allen West actually agrees with portions of the PPACA.
- HuffPo’s Josh Loftin reports on Orrin Hatch’s comments that President Obama would use Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith against him as an issue in the general election. Orrin Hatch is a moron.
- HuffPo’s Radly Balko discusses increasing search and seizure operations being conducted by police.
- Esquire’s Charles P. Pierce writes a speech for Mitt Romney. It’s titled “I’m Willard Romney, bitches, and how you like me now?”
- The Atlantic’s Shani O. Hilton talks about Romney voters in DC.
- The Atlantic’s Conor Friedersdorf looks at the divide between President Obama’s and Rep. Paul Ryan’s views for America’s future.
- The Atlantic’s Andrew Cohen encourages the President to embrace his law professor background.
- TPM’s Pema Levy reports on Mitt Romney using his wife’s friends as a barometer on women’s issues. I’m going to guess that Mitt Romney’s wife’s friends aren’t in lock step with the majority of American women, on pretty much anything.
- TPM’s Sahil Kapur notes that Paul Clement is effectively arguing against himself in the PPACA case.
- TPM’s Adam Peck reports on PepsiCo and Coca-Cola ending their support for ALEC, the right wing legislative hate factory.
- TPM’s Scott Keyes and Brad Johnson report on Rep. Steve King “outing” vegetarians as part of a Congressional hearing. He makes it sound like it’s some kind of coup that he got the President of the Humane Society of the United States, as well as other witnesses from the anti-meat/anti-animal husbandry crowd to admit to being vegetarians.
- TPM’s Stephen Lacey reports on the latest bit of legislative nuttery to come from the meth lab of democracy that is the state of Arizona. In today’s article, the Arizona Tea Party is trying to wipe out energy efficiency programs because they believe that it’s all part of an “Agenda 21” related plot to create a One World government.
- TPM’s Alex Seitz-Wald reports that Rep. Connie Mack IV (R-FL), who previously called the Ryan Budget “a joke”, is already walking his comments back. It’s such a waste when one of these guys tells the truth and then immediately has to wallpaper over it.
- TPM’s Ian Millhiser discusses Rep. Jim Clyburn, a former Civil Rights Movement leader, and his comments that he cannot remember when he had as much anxiety over Voting Rights.
- CNN’s David Ariosto reports on Connecticut potentially repealing the death penalty.
- The Guardian UK’s Dan Sabbaugh, Nick Davies, and Robert Booth report on the ongoing Sky News Email Hacking Scandal