QUICK READS:
- President Obama is abandoning proposed Social Security cuts from his upcoming budget (The Hill)
- Sen. Rand Paul is criticizing Ted Nugent’s over-the-top criticisms of the president (MSNBC)
- …so is Gov. Rick Perry (Politico)
- Nugent apologized on Friday. Sort of. (Not really.) (Talking Points Memo)
- Rep. Steve King is defending his DREAMers/drug mules comparison from last year (Talking Points Memo)
- Sen. Marco Rubio was once the GOP’s fastest rising star; now, he’s in the background (New York Magazine)
- Rep. Darrell Issa is still going after Hillary Clinton over Benghazi (Washington Post)
IN OTHER NEWS:
- QUOTE OF THE DAY: “They want nothing to do with us. I am so serious.” –First lady Michelle Obama, joking about how her daughters still find their parents embarrassing
- NUMBER OF THE DAY: $1,000–that’s how much a copy of Green Eggs and Ham signed by Sen. Ted Cruz sold for recently at a GOP fundraiser
Traci Lee