The Alito confirmation vote
Matt Margolis is liveblogging the Alito confirmation vote. Interesting stuff going on this morning in the Senate.
ABC cancels “Commander In Chief” show
Perhaps America wasn’t interested in being prepped for a Hillary run after all?
The “hidden biases” survey
Yesterday in the thread I started about Rep. J.D. Hayworth’s (R-AZ-5th district) marvelous opinion piece on multiculturalism and assimilation, the comments section of that post got sidetracked when a commenter attacked the motivations and character of those who agreed with Hayworth’s observations by saying such talk was usually only an attempt to pander to the ‘racist element’ within the Republican party. As proof of such ‘elements’, the commenter referenced a ‘study’ which was reported by the Washington Post yesterday that supposedly linked political leanings to ‘hidden biases.’ The key part of the ‘study’ in question:
“Big Five” refer Iran’s nuke file to Security Council
And Iran’s response is that this referral means that diplomacy is over. Via the AP:
RIP, Coretta Scott King
Coretta Scott King, wife of civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr., passed away in her sleep last night. She was 78.
Dems to Dean: where’s the money?
Looks like the Doctor of Disology is in a bit of a pickle with other leaders in the Democratic party: