politico.com — Sarah Palin, who waded into a New York political fight by endorsing Ann Marie Buerkle in NY-25, is drifting into a decidedly higher-charged battle - the fray over the planned mosque near Ground Zero.

blog.heritage.org — "Barton should have been apologizing to the American people, not BP, but other than that he is 100% correct. What happened in the White House yesterday was a “shakedown” of Godfather-like proportions." He is defending The Rule Of Law! Please listen: http://www.therightscoop.com/mark-levin-defends-joe-barton-im-sick-and-tired-of-pandering-republican

thepostemail.com — It seems that many of the requests for a \'real copy\' of Obama\'s birth certificate kept coming from the same 4 or 5 people. Birthers who just can\'t seem to accept one copy sent, keep requesting another & another etc. Someone should tell them what the d

huffingtonpost.com — A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely voters in Alaska found 48 percent of respondents said they would not vote for their former governor in a 2012 presidential election. Just 41 percent said they would vote for Palin. Eleven percent said they were undecided.

crooksandliars.com — Palin's endorsement tells more about Palin than it does Fiorina. Fiorina nearly destroyed Hewlett-Packard during her tenure, and walked away with millions in stock and cash while thousands lost their jobs. HP has yet to recover from her evildoing there. Yet Palin endorses her not because of Fiorina's politics, but because she "has the potential to beat" Barbara Boxer. This is Sarah Palin at her most basic level: win at any cost, no matter what damage is done along the way.

thinkprogress.org — Despite Fox News host Glenn Beck’s conspiracy theory about progressivism being a “cancer” that is secretly plotting to destroy the country, Americans have a largely positive view of the word “progressive.” Meanwhile, “capitalism” appears to not have fared so well following the Great Recession. A new Pew poll of nine political words and phrases found that a strong majority — 68 percent — of Americans have a positive reaction to the word “progressive,” while only 52 percent have the same response to “capitalism”

videocafe.crooksandliars.com — President Obama gave the commencement speech at The University of Michigan and talked about the tone of our political discourse and the need for civility. He noted that too much overheated rhetoric can push people away from politics and stressed the need for a "thriving news business that is separate from opinion makers and talking heads".

huffingtonpost.com — President Barack Obama, preparing to make his second nominee to the Supreme Court, warned Wednesday of a "conservative" brand of judicial activism in which the courts are often not showing appropriate deference to the decision of lawmakers. Obama made clear that his views on judicial restraint are not the only basis he will use in choosing his next nominee for the high court, a decision expected over the next few weeks. But his comments underscore just how much he thinks courts are being vested with too much power and are overruling legislative will, a factor that will influence his nominee choice.

rightbias.com — One of the best descriptions I've read about our divided country! "The bitter debate over Obamacare has exposed the country's profound divisions......Conservatives will not be passive in this onslaught on all our core values. Mr. Obama's true legacy may be that he divides us deeper than ever before - unless he abandons his revolutionary project."

thinkprogress.org — Republicans have been blocking votes on nominees to federal posts, taking longer to confirm President Obama’s nominees to executive agencies than nominees submitted by the previous three administrations. Due to these blocks, there is a backlog of 101 executive branch nominees that have yet to be voted on, ranging from the Transportation Safety Authority chief to members of the Marine Mammal Commission. Senators commonly issue “anonymous holds” to prevent a nomination from coming up for a vote.