Justice's wife launches ‘tea party’ group  —  The nonprofit run by Virginia Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, is likely to test notions of political impartiality for the court.  —  Reporting from Washington  —  As Virginia Thomas tells it in her soft-spoken …

Gibbs: By next Sunday, healthcare reform will be ‘law of the land’  —  White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said the healthcare bill will pass by next weekend.  —  “We'll have the votes when the House votes, I think, within the next week,” Gibbs said on “Fox News Sunday.”

The New Rove-Cheney Assault on Reality  —  THE opening salvo, fired on Fox News during Thanksgiving week, aroused little notice: Dana Perino, the former White House press secretary, declared that “we did not have a terrorist attack on our country during President Bush's term.”

IRS visits Sacramento carwash in pursuit of 4 cents  —  It was every businessperson's nightmare.  —  Arriving at Harv's Metro Car Wash in midtown Wednesday afternoon were two dark-suited IRS agents demanding payment of delinquent taxes.  “They were deadly serious, very aggressive, very condescending,” says Harv's owner, Aaron Zeff.

Why I Left the Right, Exhibit R for Dan Riehl  —  Dim bulb wingnut blogger Dan Riehl is increasingly specializing in some of the most vile, ugly commentary on the right; it's a crowded field, but with posts like this one he manages to stand out: Riehl World View: Isn't It Time To Euthanize Reid's Wife?

Kill the Bill!  —  The Minneapolis Star Tribune headlines tonight: Thousands rally at State Capitol to kill health care bill.  The crowd, gathered on short notice on a cold March day, was impressive: … I'm no expert, but the photos certainly seem to indicate a crowd in the thousands.

‘Coffee party’ debuts in West Palm Beach as ‘anti-tea party’  —  WEST PALM BEACH — Venting about the conservative tea party movement and talking — at times heatedly — about the need for civility in public discourse marked the debut meeting of a local “coffee party” group today.

David Axelrod: When You Go Into The Details, People Support The Healthcare Bill  —  Jake Tapper on This Week interviews David Axelrod on the healthcare bill, pushing the right-wing narrative that people don't want this bill.  Axelrod responds that when you push on into the details, the public supports the things this bill does:

Theodore C. Olbermann, 1929-2010  —  My father died, in the city of his birth, New York, at 3:50 EST this afternoon.  —  Though the financial constraints of his youth made college infeasible, he accomplished the near-impossible, becoming an architect licensed in 40 states.

Moderates' demand for Obama wanes  —  Moderate House Democrats facing potentially difficult re-elections this fall have a message for President Obama: don't call us, we'll call you.  —  Interviews with close to a dozen congressional Democrats on the ballot this year reveal a decided lack …

W.H. plan to remake education law  —  President Barack Obama unveiled his plan for a sweeping overhaul of the nation's school system Saturday, proposing changes he says would shift emphasis from teaching to the test to a more nuanced assessment of judging school and student progress.