I’ve been hearing conflicting reports about weakening GOP opposition to OLC nominee Dawn Johnsen and State department lawyer Harold Koh. So much so that it’s become a bit like a ping pong match in my in-box on where things stand. There have been some very high profile conservatives standing up FOR these nominees. Ted Olsen for Harold Koh: “I have the greatest respect for Harold Koh,” Olson said. “He’s a brilliant scholar and a man of great integrity.” And most recently, Ken Starr…

• Lil’ Kim is up to no good again.
• Bye, Norm.
• How about this for change?
• Or this?
• Amazing numbers.
• Still, no one knows what they want or what they’re protesting.
  
• Heh.

Obama AND allies work together on a policy that isn’t “my way or the highway”. Like they want to negotiate by negotiating or something. The nerve!

We have two wonderful new studio sessions this evening. The first from NPR Music, with Blind Pilot, who will be touring this year with Counting Crows, The Hold Steady, and The Decemberists. The second video featuring Angus and Julia Stone, in a session for LA’s infamous show, Morning Becomes Eclectic.

Despite all his protestations, the WATB AIGFP EVP is still hard at work, making the big bucks.

Sometimes a light of reason shines through the pablum, confusion, and truthiness that so dominates the traditional media’s editorial pages. And, sometimes that light requires us to blink, to sit back and conceive, as it might force us to question fundamental societal concepts. Thinking through environmental economics leads to conclusions that challenge basic assumptions about how global society operates. Eric Zencey’s NYTimes OPED lays out such lunacies, lunacies at odds with The Village’s concepts and thus lunacies worth paying attention to.

When forming the “United” States, the Framers fully expected states to recognize and uphold one another’s laws. So there’s nothing “unconstitutional” about D.C.’s decision last week to recognize same-sex marriages from other states.

The Election Contest has ruled, unanimously, for Al Franken. In a 68-page decision, the ECC kicks Norm Coleman’s equal-protection argument to the curb, pointing out that county officials must have some leeway when making decisions on how to hold elections.

Just go read Gavin.

When you’re done, come back and read about Americans for Prosperity (listed on the Houston Tea party site as “local sponsor”) and its President, Tim Phillips:

Before replacing Koch Industries lobbyist Nancy Pfotenhauer as president of Americans for Prosperity, Timothy R. Phillips had a long career as a conservative operative.

FDL’s good friend Howie Klein of DownWithTyranny! caught something interesting over the weekend: Namely, that Minnesota State Supreme Court Justice Christopher Dietzen, a Pawlenty appointee and someone who may be the court’s most partisan member, has donated thousands of dollars to Republican candidates — including, as Senate Guru notes, two donations to Norm Coleman — as well as to the RNC. This raises the question of whether Dietzen should follow Eric Magnuson’s lead and recuse himself from the contest.