Top Items:
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Hillary Clinton announces her support for gay marriage — In a move that could have implications for a 2016 White House campaign, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton endorsed gay marriage on Monday, saying she supports it “personally, and as a matter of policy and law.”
Discussion:
CNN, ABCNEWS, PostPartisan, Taylor Marsh, Business Insider, PolicyMic, The Maddow Blog, Hit & Run, Outside the Beltway, The Hinterland Gazette, Feministing and The Raw Story
RELATED:
Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Poll Tracks Dramatic Rise In Support for Gay Marriage — Support for gay marriage reached a new high in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, marking a dramatic change in public attitudes on the subject across the past decade. Fifty-eight percent of Americans now say it should be legal for gay and lesbian couples to wed.
Discussion:
Business Insider, Joe. My. God., The Dish and LGBTQ Nation
Jon Cohen / The Fix:
Gay marriage support hits new high in Post-ABC poll — Public support for gay marriage has hit a new high as Americans increasingly see homosexuality not as a choice but as a way some people are, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. — The poll shows that 58 percent of Americans …
Discussion:
BuzzFeed, The Week, Outside the Beltway, Good As You, Daily Kos and WorldViews
Politico:
Right blasts RNC ‘autopsy’ as power grab — For all the talk before Monday's unveiling of the much-anticipated RNC autopsy report about more robust GOP efforts to appeal to minorities and narrow the deficit with Democrats on technology and data, it's the party's move to take control …
Discussion:
Roll Call, Hit & Run, Weekly Standard and National Review
RELATED:
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
RNC: Voters see GOP as ‘scary’ and ‘out of touch’ — The Republican National Committee concedes in a sprawling report Monday that the GOP is seen as the party of “stuffy old men” and needs to change its ways. — Among the RNC's proposed fixes: enacting comprehensive immigration reform …
Michael O'Brien / First Read:
GOP report calls for sweeping reforms to compete in 2016 — The Republican National Committee released an audacious set of recommendations on Monday aimed at revitalizing the party following the drubbing suffered by GOP candidates last November, calling for sweeping changes to the party's infrastructure …
Discussion:
Towleroad News #gay, The Maddow Blog, Hit & Run, The Week, Booman Tribune, msnbc.com, Taylor Marsh and Ballot Box
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
RNC: ‘Drastic changes’ needed if party hopes to remain competitive
RNC: ‘Drastic changes’ needed if party hopes to remain competitive
Discussion:
Post Politics, Politico, Washington Monthly and Hullabaloo
Neil King Jr / Wall Street Journal:
GOP Issues Scathing Self-Analysis
GOP Issues Scathing Self-Analysis
Discussion:
Washington Wire, The Week, The Hinterland Gazette and Daily Kos
Daniel Politi / Slate:
GOP Chair: “We've Done a Really Lousy Job of Branding and Marketing Who We Are”
GOP Chair: “We've Done a Really Lousy Job of Branding and Marketing Who We Are”
Discussion:
Hot Air, PolicyMic, msnbc.com and Booman Tribune
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
History Channel's Satan Looks A Lot Like Barack Obama — The character is part of The Bible a ten-hour television series airing on the History Channel. — Via: @adamsbaldwin
Discussion:
Little Green Footballs, Weasel Zippers, Wonkette, Joe. My. God., The Jawa Report and Towleroad News #gay
RELATED:
Justin Sink / The Hill:
History channel: Resemblance of Obama, satanic character not intentional — The History Channel on Monday denied that the resemblance between President Obama and an actor playing Satan in the channel's miniseries “The Bible” was intentional. — “HISTORY channel has the highest respect for President Obama …
Discussion:
Politico
James Nye / Daily Mail:
Why does the devil in ‘The Bible’ look exactly like President Obama?
Why does the devil in ‘The Bible’ look exactly like President Obama?
Discussion:
The PJ Tatler and NewsBusters
New Jersey Online:
3 women were paid to falsely claim they had sex with Menendez, Dominican police say — U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez in his office on Capitol Hill earlier this month. (Photo by Barbara L. Salisbury/For the Star-Ledge) — SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Police in the Dominican Republic …
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, Taegan Goddard's …, The Raw Story and Outside the Beltway
Andrew Dugan / Gallup:
On 10th Anniversary, 53% in U.S. See Iraq War as Mistake — Republicans most likely to say conflict was not a mistake — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ten years have passed since the United States and its allies invaded Iraq, and it appears the majority of Americans consider this a regrettable anniversary.
Discussion:
Firedoglake, The Week, neo-neocon, Washington Monthly, The Hill, americanthinker.com, First Read, Reuters, CBS DC and Mother Jones
David Frum / The Daily Beast:
The Speechwriter: David Frum on the Rhetoric of Iraq — When Bush decided to go to war in 2003, you'd think he would have been gripped by self-questioning and hot debate. That never really happened. Bush's speechwriter David Frum looks back at the daunting messaging effort …
Discussion:
Mother Jones and A Tiny Revolution
RELATED:
Glenn Greenwald / Guardian:
David Frum, the Iraq war and oil
David Frum, the Iraq war and oil
Discussion:
A Tiny Revolution and Eschaton, more at Mediagazer »
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Scalia And Sotomayor Clash In Proof-Of-Citizenship Voting Case — Justices Antonin Scalia and Sonia Sotomayor clashed Monday during Supreme Court oral arguments about whether states may require residents to submit proof of citizenship in order to register to vote.
Discussion:
NBCNews.com, msnbc.com, The Maddow Blog and Election Law Blog
RELATED:
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Voting Rights Advocates Sound Alarm As Supreme Court Hears Proof-Of-Citizenship Case
Voting Rights Advocates Sound Alarm As Supreme Court Hears Proof-Of-Citizenship Case
Discussion:
Guardian, The BRAD BLOG, PR Watch and ABCNEWS
Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
The Washington Post to charge frequent users of its Web site — Jonathan Ernst / Reuters - This summer, The Washington Post will start charging frequent users of its Web site — This summer, The Washington Post will start charging frequent users of its Web site, asking those who look …
Discussion:
TechCrunch, DCist, Capital New York and Outside the Beltway, more at Mediagazer »
Pema Levy / Talking Points Memo:
Conservative Website Aims To Combat The Influence Of Liberal Colleges — Conservatives often complain that liberal college professors give Democrats a leg up when it comes to winning over young Americans. But worried right-wing parents who attended the annual Conservative Political Action Conference …
Discussion:
Wired Campus
The Official Google Blog:
Explore Everest, Kilimanjaro and more with Google Maps — Most of us have a bucket list of the places we want to visit in our lifetime. If you're like me, the list is pretty long—to be honest I'd be lucky to get to all of mine. Google Maps has a bucket list too, and today we're checking off …
Discussion:
The Atlantic Online, TechCrunch and Gizmodo
Robert Stacy McCain / American Spectator:
The Liberal Media Lie About CPAC — NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland — The liberal media covered the 40th Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) pretty much like they cover everything else — deceitfully, with a partisan bias that is transparent to every honest and intelligent person who actually pays attention.
Discussion:
Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Other McCain
Lara Seligman / The Hill:
Hill Poll: Voters prefer Republican budget ideas, but dislike GOP — More voters trust the Democratic Party than the Republican Party on budgetary issues, according to the results of a new poll for The Hill — even though a strong majority actually prefer Republican fiscal policies.
Discussion:
CNN, Wonkblog, Weasel Zippers, The PJ Tatler, The Daily Caller and Prairie Weather
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Marches of Folly — Ten years ago, America invaded Iraq; somehow, our political class decided that we should respond to a terrorist attack by making war on a regime that, however vile, had nothing to do with that attack. — Some voices warned that we were making a terrible mistake …
Discussion:
Truthdig, Hullabaloo and Prairie Weather
USA Today:
Lawmakers add relatives to campaign payrolls — WASHINGTON — Thirty-two members of Congress dispensed more than $2 million in campaign funds to pay relatives' salaries during the 2012 election cycle, a USA TODAY analysis of the most recent campaign records shows.
Discussion:
The Impolitic
Gil Aegerter / Open Channel:
Cyberattack on Florida election is first known case in US, experts say — About 2,000 rejected absentee ballots at Miami-Dade Elections Department, mostly for lack of signatures or review of signatures from the last election. — By Gil Aegerter — Staff Writer, NBC News
Discussion:
Politico
ThinkProgress:
Why Single Mothers Are In Economic Crisis And What Can Be Done About It — The new report from Pew on modern parenthood is filled with important data about how Americans are handling a variety of work and family issues. Reading through the report, the most glaring conclusion for progressives …