Ted Cruz at Princeton: Creepy, Sometimes Well Liked, and Exactly the Same  —  Can a master debater who wore a paisley bathrobe to creepily stroll by the women's wing of the dorm be the next president?  Patricia Murphy talks to Ted Cruz's college roommates about his stint at Princeton.

Ted Cruz Releases Birth Certificate  —  In an effort to repudiate suggestions that he is ineligible to be president of the United States, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) released his birth certificate Sunday to The Dallas Morning News.  —  The birth certificate confirmed that the Texas Republican was born Dec. 22, 1970 in Calgary, Alberta.

RNC: CNN Films hiring Courtney Sexton ‘puts the p in puff piece’  —  CNN Films' decision to hire senior director Courtney Sexton — whose previous films include Al Gore's “An Inconvenient Truth” and “Jimmy Carter Man from Plains” — is further evidence that the production company's forthcoming …

Stupid Is A Strategy  —  Bill Keller has a strong, stinging column about Republican attacks on the entirely praiseworthy, up to now bipartisan effort to create a Common Core curriculum.  But I think we need to say more than this: … First of all, right-wing leaders don't strike me as being at all stupid …

New Obamacare Enrollment Campaign Unveiled By Kathleen Sebelius  —  WASHINGTON — With precious time remaining before the health care exchanges established by the president's health care law are up and running, the Obama administration is rolling out new initiatives to encourage enrollment.