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There’s a kind of lawlessness that seems to be at large here.”
— Wingnut Dinesh D’Souza, commenting on Hillary Clinton’s email kerfuffle via Skype from a “community confinement center” while serving an eight-month sentence for violating campaign-finance laws, reports Mediaite. Despite the convicted felon’s assertion, legal analysts from both The Wall Street Journal and Fox News agree that Clinton did not break any actual laws by using a nongovernment email address to conduct official business.
295,000
The number of jobs the U.S. economy added to payrolls in February, and the U.S. unemployment rate fell to 5.5%, Bloomberg reports. “The median forecast in a Bloomberg survey of 96 economists projected employment would rise by 235,000… The jobless rate was projected to drop to 5.6% from January’s 5.7%.”
We’re not going to pull resources from Christie, we want to kill him dead.
— American Bridge president Brad Woodhouse, quoted by Bloomberg, on his opposition research effort against GOP presidential hopefuls.
A brief note to my Republican friends; go dark. Seriously. Stop talking. … The Clinton machine in all its arrogance and inertia is careening toward political disaster as the story of her illegal private email servers collides with a Washington and New York press corps that can’t, for once, easily look away. The story has a lot more stink in it than even what’s come to light so far. Only the GOP and conservatives can save her. … The press is possessed of a boundless desire to Change the Subject right now, and some intemperate remark would fit the bill perfectly. Don’t give them a shiny object… For God’s sake, take a deep breath and skip talking about your favorite social issue.
— Rick Wilson, writing in the Ricochet blog.
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Number of Republican legislators planning to attend the Selma, Ala., commemoration this weekend, Politico reports. “Scores of U.S. lawmakers are converging on tiny Selma, Alabama, for a large commemoration of a civil rights anniversary. But their ranks don’t include a single member of House Republican leadership — a point that isn’t lost on congressional black leaders.”
11
Number of states where Democrats control both legislative chambers, down from 34 states in 1982 and 27 as recently as 2010, though that number had fluctuated in the years in between. Meanwhile, Republicans have gained a total of 888 legislative seats since 2009, and control both chambers in a record-high 30 states. In eight other states, each party controls one chamber.
How many of you have got wolves in your district? None. None. Not one. They haven’t got a damn wolf in their whole district. I’d like to introduce them in your district. If I introduced them in your district, you wouldn’t have a homeless problem anymore.
— Rep. Don Young (R-AK), who supports taking the grey wolf off the endangered species list, the Washington Post reports.
$10 million
Amount Miami billionaire auto dealer and longtime Rubio benefactor Norman Braman will put into a pro-Rubio super PAC if the Florida senator decides to run, according to people familiar with his plans, the Washington Post reports.
Scott Walker in 2015 is a lot like Barack Obama circa 2007; he’s relatively unknown and yet well-known at the same time. Obama’s speech at the DNC in 2004 propelled him to rock-star status among the Democratic faithful, while Walker’s victory over the public sector labor unions in 2011 made him a legend among conservatives. The Wisconsin Governor begins this campaign as a vessel into which voters can pour their hopes and aspirations. The question now is whether the idea of Walker can match up with the reality of Walker.
Outsiders can say whatever they want, but insiders don’t criticize other insiders.
— Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers, quoted by Politico, offering advice to Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).
