Go for the Gold, Mitt!  —  Mitt Romney will have many opportunities over the next three months to demonstrate to voters that they should choose him over Barack Obama: his acceptance speech at the Republican convention, the three presidential debates, major policy addresses, and more.

Chick-fil-A Kiss-In, Hollywood: The Pictures  —  [UPDATE: Many new photos have now been added since this post was first made.  Scroll down to see them all!]  —  Ringo of Ringo's Pictures is at the Chick-fil-A in Hollywood this evening, documenting the “kiss-in” of gay marriage supporters to protest statements by Chick-fil-A's owners.

David Plouffe: Dems have momentum going into recess  —  David Plouffe, White House senior adviser, sent a fiery memo to House and Senate Democrats late Friday urging them to use the August recess to echo President Barack Obama's message to middle-class families that “he is on their side …

Buying up all the free speech they can find  —  This story in Mother Jones about the small handful of gazillionares who are trying to buy the election is astonishing.  I honestly don't know how anyone can call this democracy anymore.  —  Click over to read the story, but here are the accompanying charts.

Tenn. Democratic Party disavows its own US Senate nominee  —  The Tennessee Democratic Party disavowed its own U.S. Senate nominee Friday, announcing that he is “associated with a known hate group” — in this case, a conservative advocacy organization.  —  Mark Clayton won Tuesday's Democratic primary …

Cass Sunstein to Leave Top Regulatory Post  —  WASHINGTON — Cass R. Sunstein, who wielded enormous power as the White House overseer of federal regulation, came to Washington to test his theories of human behavior and economic efficiency in the laboratory of the federal government.

RNC sends DNC 'you didn't bake this' Obama birthday cake  —  The Republican National Committee sent a birthday cake to the Democratic National Committee on Friday.  The cake reads, “you didn't bake this” over a picture of President Obama.  Icing text reads, “Happy birthday, Mr. President.”

Liberal Supervillains  —  A while back I posted some match-ups for conservative women and superheroines (see them here) with the promise to follow up with liberal super villains.  The premise is simple (and in this case, easy to make), match up a liberal to a villain in pop culture.