The Week: “Most members of the Republican Party hope that the Supreme Court will not use the two gay-marriage cases it heard this week to issue a broad ruling affirming the constitutional right of gays and lesbians to marry. However, top officials in the GOP are reportedly praying for precisely that outcome, calculating that it would be the most effective way to remove gay marriage as a political liability.”
Archives for March 2013
Menino Will Not Run For 6th Term
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino (D) will announce at a press conference “that he will not seek a sixth term in office,” the Boston Globe reports.
“Menino arrived at his decision late last week and weighed it for the last several days to be sure he felt comfortable following through, the officials said. He plans to tell most of his aides and advisers Thursday morning. A grim mood rippled through City Hall as municipal workers speculated about what could be coming.”
Obama Sees Immigration Reform by Fall
President Obama told Telemundo that he is optimistic that – if lawmakers release a draft bill early next month – he will be able to sign comprehensive immigration reform into law before autumn.
Said Obama: “If we have a bill introduced at the beginning of next month — as these senators indicate it will be — then I’m confident that we can get it done certainly before the end of the summer.”
Roll Call: “Obama had previously warned that he would interject himself into the
process with his own measure if Congress takes too long to act. But
Obama on Wednesday said he was pleased with the progress the group of
eight senators has made and believes they will produce a bill.”
David Hawkings: Any immigration delay works against Obama.
Judd Will Not Run
Ashley Judd announce on Twitter she will not run for the U.S. Senate from Kentucky.
A source close to Judd tells the Washington Post that Secretary of State Allison
Lundergan Grimes’ interest in potential race made the decision not to
run easier.
Extra Bonus Quote of the Day
“I have always said I’ve had a big personality, and I’ve always said I’m a pushy broad, and I’ve always said I want to get things done. Sometimes to get things done you have to be aggressive.”
— New York City mayoral candidate Christine Quinn (D), quoted by ABC News, responding to a scathing New York Times profile.
Gun Control Poised to Fail Yet Again
Stu Rothenberg: “Whether you are a staunch supporter of the National Rifle Association or an enthusiastic backer of the effort by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and California Sen. Dianne Feinstein for stronger gun control laws, it now should be clear who is winning — indeed, who has won — the latest skirmish in the gun control wars.”
Palin Prepares for 2014
Sarah Palin released a video suggesting she’ll play a role in the 2014 elections.
Hagan Declares Support for Same-Sex Marriage
Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC), who is up for re-election in 2014, became the latest Democrat to announce her support for gay marriage in an interview with the Raleigh News & Observer.
Roll Call: “With Hagan’s reversal, there are now only nine Democratic senators who have not expressed support for gay marriage rights.”
Former Florida GOP Chief Sent to Jail
Former Florida Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer was sentenced to 18 months in state prison, the Tampa Bay Times reports.
Greer last month “pleaded guilty to money laundering and theft, admitting he had created a company called Victory Strategies to siphon to himself and an associate some $200,000 of party donations.”
Said a judge: “You’re now a convicted felon, sir. I feel that this crime deserves prison. You egregiously violated a position of trust.”
DOMA Is In Trouble
SCOTUSblog: “If the Supreme Court can find its way through a dense procedural
thicket, and confront the constitutionality of the federal law that
defined marriage as limited to a man and a woman, that law may be gone,
after a seventeen-year existence. That was the overriding impression
after just under two hours of argument Wednesday on the fate of the
Defense of Marriage Act.”
Roll Call: 14 most telling moments from today’s hearing.
Huckabee Warns Evangelicals Could Leave GOP
Mike Huckabee was asked by Newsmax if he thinks the Republican party will eventually support same-sex marriage.
Said Huckabee: “They might. And if they do, they’re going to lose a large part of their base because evangelicals will take a walk.”
Gohmert Tried to Get Out of Parking Ticket
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) “got into a late-night verbal altercation with U.S. Park Police officers earlier this month, pulling rank in an attempt to get out of a parking ticket near the Lincoln Memorial,” Politico reports.
“He told the Park Police that his congressional parking placard allows him to park in that spot, and he’s on the committee that oversees the agency.”
Bonus Quote of the Day
“I am going to spend the entire day with Prince Harry. Believe me, no one is going to be getting naked.”
— New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, in a radio interview on Prince Harry’s visit to New Jersey.
Nevada May Expel Troubled Lawmaker
Troubled Nevada Assemblyman Steven Brooks (D) “was recommended for expulsion from the Legislature by a panel of his colleagues Tuesday, the culmination of more than three hours of closed-door debate about his fitness to serve,” the Las Vegas Review Journal reports.
The panel voted 6-1 to oust Brooks from his seat “following weeks of erratic behavior, including a domestic violence arrest and alleged threats of violence toward Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick (D)… The full Assembly will now decide Brooks’ fate, a decision that could come as early as Wednesday. An action to expel Brooks will require a two-thirds vote, and would be unprecedented in Nevada history.”
The Tax Hike No One Noticed
Wonk Wire: Nearly half of Americans surveyed have no idea their taxes went up this year.
Why the Sequester Happened
Charlie Cook: “It has long been true in Washington
that it is harder to stop something than to do something. The late House
Speaker Sam Rayburn was fond of saying, ‘Any jackass can kick down a
barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one.’ Today, even the best
carpenters in this process are rendered ineffective and are
outnumbered.”
King Leaning Towards Senate Bid in Iowa
Rep. Steve King (R-IA) hinted that he is leaning toward a run next
year for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Tom
Harkin (D-IA), saying the odds are “a little more than 50-50” that he will
launch a campaign, the Des Moines Register reports.
Said King: “I have never wanted to be the guy who looked back
and said, ‘Woulda, coulda, shoulda…’ So that is part of the
consideration.”
Race for Virginia Governor Still a Toss Up
A new Quinnipiac poll in Virginia finds Ken Cuccinelli (R) edging Terry McAuliffe (D) in the race for governor, 40% to 38%, but neither is well-known to voters.
The decision by Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling that he would not run for governor as an independent has had no effect on matchup as the current dead heat is the same as two previous surveys this year.
Said pollster Peter Brown: “Neither candidate for governor is that well known to voters although Cuccinelli has a small edge in that department. Because of their relatively low profiles at this point, the horse race numbers pretty much reflect a generic Democratic-Republican race.”
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