memeorandum: Don Imus, House Pet (Andrew C. McCarthy/National Review)

10:05 AM ET, March 6, 2012

Top Items:

News Feed » Peter's response to ‘Sledgehammer’ on the Rush Limbaugh show — Peter Gabriel has asked that this response be published when he found out that his track ‘Sledgehammer’ has been used on the Rush Limbaugh show: — 'Peter was appalled to learn that his music was linked …

Discussion: skippy the bush kangaroo, Daily Kos and Dependable Renegade

Nando Di Fino / Mediaite:

Don Imus On Rush Limbaugh: 'He's A Fat, Gutless, Pill-Popping Loser' — During Monday's news updates on Fox Business Network's Imus In The Morning, host Don Imus went off on Rush Limbaugh's weekend apology to Sandra Fluke, calling Limbaugh a “fat, gutless, pill-popping loser.”

Discussion: The Reaction, The PJ Tatler, Riehl World View, RADAMISTO and Politico

Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:

Don Imus, House Pet — In 2007, radio host Don Imus called the Rutgers women's basketball team (then composed of eight black and two white players) a group of “nappy headed hos.” The women hadn't done anything provocative — no claims that society needed to pay up so they could play sports …

Discussion: Hot Air, alicublog and Mediaite

Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Who's Still Advertising On Rush?

Discussion: Balloon Juice, The Last Tradition, Mediaite, Examiner and Washington Monthly

Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Hoyer says Fluke should sue Limbaugh over ‘slut’ comments

Discussion: Politico, Montgomery Advertiser, Hot Air, Media Matters for America, Pat Dollard and Weasel Zippers

Amy Bingham / ABCNEWS:
Sponsors Flee Limbaugh, Newt PAC Stays

Discussion: Politico, The Huffington Post and iOwnTheWorld.com

Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:

A Guide to Super Tuesday Scenarios — With only 10 states voting on Super Tuesday, it would be easy to dismiss it as a little wimpy compared to past years. — But nearly 20 percent of the delegates to the Republican convention will be chosen on Tuesday night — and the outcome …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, The Week and The Caucus

Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
Ohio victory could seal the deal for Romney

Discussion: Ballot Box and Booman Tribune

James Hohmann / Politico: Super Tuesday: Ron Paul's parallel campaign

Maggie Haberman / Politico:
10 things to watch on Super Tuesday

Discussion: Hot Air, The Daily Caller, Pirate's Cove, CNN and Washington Wire

Ginger Gibson / Politico:
Super Tuesday: Newt Gingrich makes Tennessee primary pitch

Discussion: CNN

Charlie Savage / New York Times:

Holder Explains Threat That Would Call for Killing Without Trial — WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. asserted on Monday that it is lawful for the government to kill American citizens if officials deem them to be operational leaders of Al Qaeda who are planning attacks …

Discussion: Pirate's Cove, The Last Tradition, ACLU, JustOneMinute, Flopping Aces, McClatchy Washington Bureau, Politico and The Caucus

Kevin Johnson / USA Today:

Holder: Constitution doesn't cover terrorists — In his most forceful defense yet of the Obama administration's use of lethal force against U.S. citizens linked to terrorism, Attorney General Eric Holder said Monday that the Constitution does not protect U.S. suspects plotting to kill other Americans.

Discussion: LewRockwell.com Blog

The United States Department of Justice:
Attorney General Eric Holder Speaks at Northwestern University School of Law

Discussion: Mother Jones, emptywheel, Global Guerrillas, CNN, Lawfare, Los Angeles Times, Hit & Run, Global Public Square, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Law Blog

Adam Serwer / Mother Jones:
When the US Government Can Kill You, Explained

Discussion: Wired, Washington Post, Attackerman, Dependable Renegade, Hullabaloo and Newshoggers.com

Mitt Romney / Washington Post:

How I would check Iran's nuclear ambition — Beginning Nov. 4, 1979 , dozens of U.S. diplomats were held hostage by Iranian Islamic revolutionaries for 444 days while America's feckless president, Jimmy Carter, fretted in the White House. Running for the presidency against Carter the next year …

Discussion: Washington Wire, Politico, Outside the Beltway, CNN and ThinkProgress

Associated Press:
Obama to announce mortgage refinance package at first news conference of year

Discussion: The Lonely Conservative and The Gateway Pundit

The College Politico:

Sandra Fluke, Gender Reassignment, and Health Insurance — Sandra Fluke is being sold by the left as something she's not. Namely a random co-ed from Georgetown law who found herself mixed up in the latest front of the culture war who was simply looking to make sure needy women had access to birth control.

Discussion: Scared Monkeys, American Spectator, Weasel Zippers, Whiskey Fire, Patterico's Pontifications, National Review and Rush Limbaugh

Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
Sandra Fluke Argued for Mandatory Coverage for Sex-Change Surgery

Discussion: Don Surber, Doug Ross, The Lonely Conservative, iOwnTheWorld.com, The Last Tradition, AMERICAN DIGEST, Campaign 2012, Nice Deb, The Daily Caller, Ed Driscoll, National Review, Riehl World View, Hot Air, TheCollegeConservative and LifeNews.com

Alexa Shrugged:
Call Them Out By Name: Sandra Fluke, David Gregory and David Friend

Discussion: Mediaite, Conservatives4Palin, Althouse, American Spectator, Doug Ross, Los Angeles Times, Hot Air and Weasel Zippers

Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:

Ann Romney: 'I Don't Even Consider Myself Wealthy' — Apparently “Romneying” — defined as “accidentally bragging about your place high up in the economic stratosphere” — runs in the family. — His wife, Ann Romney, inexplicably talked about her wealth this afternoon during an interview on Fox News.

Discussion: Verum Serum, The Lonely Conservative, Jezebel, Examiner, Hot Air, TBogg, Daily Kos and The Reaction

David Giambusso / New Jersey Online:

U.S. Representative Donald Payne dead at 77 — U.S. Rep. Donald Payne, the dean of New Jersey's congressional delegation, died after a months-long battle with colon cancer today, according to three sources close to the Payne family. The longtime politician was 77.

Discussion: Washington Post, Hotline On Call and The Political Carnival

John Hinderaker / Power Line:

Why Paul Krugman Doesn't Like Us. And Vice Versa. — Paul Krugman attacked me this morning, more or less out of the blue. His attack-or attempted attack, anyway-consisted of a quote from a post I wrote in 2005, and a link to another post that I also wrote in 2005. Mr. Krugman, apparently, is a man with a long memory.

Discussion: Prairie Weather

CNN:

Angus King steps into Maine Senate race — (CNN) - Angus King, the former independent governor of Maine, jumped into the race to replace retiring U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe Monday, telling a crowd a Brunswick, Maine he would help America's economy return to solvency.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway

Jonathan Riskind / Portland Press-Herald:
Source: King to run for Snowe's seat

Discussion: Kennebec Journal, Hotline On Call and Washington Post

Dylan Byers / Politico:

NBC's Chuck Todd on the geographic bias — In a recent conversation on matters mostly but not altogether unrelated, NBC News political director and White House correspondent Chuck Todd argued that the partisan nature of our national discourse is driven by geographic — rather than ideological — biases:

Discussion: American Prospect

Tamar Lewin / New York Times:

Black Students Face More Discipline, Data Suggests — Black students, especially boys, face much harsher discipline in public schools than other students, according to new data from the Department of Education. — Although black students made up only 18 percent of those enrolled in the schools sampled …

Discussion: Althouse, Rod Dreher, msnbc.com, Prairie Weather and Eduwonk

Detroit Free Press:

Filmgoer takes stand on costly snacks, sues AMC Livonia theater — Rebecca Motley emerges from the AMC Star Southfield after seeing “Good Deeds” on Friday morning — and paying $11 for pop and popcorn on top of the $5 ticket. “The prices are ridiculous,” she said. / ERIC SEALS/Detroit Free Press

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Scared Monkeys, Hot Air, Guardian, Villainous Company, News One, The Daily Caller, The Mary Sue, Tucson Citizen and Moonbattery

Andrew O'Reilly / Latino.FoxNews.com:

GOP Hopefuls Losing Ground to Obama Among Latinos, Poll Says — NEW YORK - Despite growing disappointment in his handling of immigration issues, Latino voters favor President Barack Obama by six-to-one over any of the Republican presidential hopefuls, showed a Fox News Latino poll conducted under …

Discussion: Associated Press, Outside the Beltway, Daily Kos, National Confidential, The Spot, Politico, American Prospect, Ballot Box and GOP 12

David Flick / Dallas Morning News:

Barbara Bush bashes 2012 presidential hopefuls in first ladies conference — First Lady Laura Bush tells a story during a panel that was part of the conference “America's First Ladies: An Enduring Vision,” at SMU in Dallas, Monday, March 5, 2012. — The 2012 presidential campaign …