Every day we ask influential politicos to send us their top three bullet points that are driving the day’s conversation inside and outside Washington.
RedState.Com Editor Erick-Woods Erickson:
- The narrowness of the Wisconsin Supreme Court election caught many conservatives off guard who’d expected a blowout for the liberal, union backed candidate. Justice Prosser was underfunded and understaffed and his campaign suggests unions will not be as successful with recall efforts as originally thought.
- A shutdown looms. The Debt Commission members and others are pointing out that, like it or not, Paul Ryan’s budget proposal is far more substantive than the Democrats’.
- Democrats are already out viciously attacking Paul Ryan’s budget, accusing him of starving old people and the poor. The talking points never change.
Firedoglake.com Blogger/Founder Jane Hamsher:
- Ryan’s Budget Plan Is Ridiculous, But It Could Shift the Debate.
- In Manning Case, DOD Considers Illegal Data Mining Part of Capital Crime.
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