Explain to me again why they are called “reporters”?  —  When Neil Munro shouted out a question to Obama yesterday as Obama was reading a statement in the Rose Garden about his unilateral thumbing of Congress and the American people in the eye, a firestorm of condemnation erupted among media-types on both the left and right.

Tom Friedman, The Musical!  —  I guess “Tommy” has already been used.  Inspired somewhat by this, my long friendship with the man, and some suggests from the Twitter, here's what we have so far:  —  It's the tale of a wealthy white American who travels the world, blissfully unaware …

44 Senators urge Obama to cut off Iran negotiations unless progress made  —  Nearly half the Senate told President Barack Obama today that unless Iran gives three specific concessions at this weekend's talks with world powers in Moscow, he should abandon the ongoing negotiations over the country's nuclear program.

Officials: Hamas ordered Grad attack on Israel at request of Muslim Brotherhood  —  It is unclear whether the rocket was part of an attempt to launch rockets at specific targets within Israel.  —  The remains of a rocket attack on Netivot in southern Israel.  Photo by Eliyahu Hershkowitz

Highway bill running out of gas, as House, Senate negotiations stall  —  Advocates for a new federal transportation bill think even bumping negotiations up to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) may not be enough to save the measure from this year's legislative scrapheap.

Obama's policy strategy: Ignore laws  —  President Obama returned Friday to a trusted tactic — satisfying his political allies by not doing something.  —  Conservatives were angry when Janet Napolitano announced the administration would stop deporting certain undocumented immigrants but they should have seen it coming.

Romney Horse Wins Spot on Olympic Dressage Team  —  GLADSTONE, N.J. — Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, who plan to attend the opening of the Olympic Games in London this summer, now have a personal rooting interest in the event.  —  Jan Ebeling, Mrs. Romney's longtime riding tutor …

George Will: Unleash the high court  —  Because judicial decisions have propelled American history and because a long-standing judicial mistake needs to be rectified, the most compelling of the many reasons for electing Mitt Romney is that presidential elections shape two of the federal government's three branches.

Romney: Obama fears Israeli attack on Iran more than Iran nukes  —  Washington— In hawkish remarks that drew cheers from an audience of religious conservatives, Mitt Romney accused President Obama on Saturday of being more afraid that Israel might attack Iran than that Iran will develop a nuclear weapon.

‘Vagina Monologues’ coming to Capitol to protest muzzle on legislators  —  When state House Republicans — a largely male group — indefinitely banned two Democratic women in the House from speaking in the chamber, it set the stage for an unlikely theatrical performance on the Capitol steps in Lansing.

Full Speech: Sarah Palin at Right Online 2012  —  Sarah Palin spoke tonight at Right Online 2012 about the impact the new media is having on the political landscape, all the way from Matt Drudge and his modem to the new media reporters on the ground exposing the Occupy movement.