WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats alarmed by reports that new voter laws could bar some five million people from the polls are launching an ambitious online effort aimed at countering what they call Republican voter suppression. According to a study published Monday by the Brennan Center for Justice, a string of laws passed in 13 states [...]

Huffington Post:: Jon Stewart and senior correspondent Wyatt Cenac spent a good chunk of Monday night’s “Daily Show” mocking Rick Perry, but not for the usual reasons. Aside from his execution record and scattered debate performances, Stewart found new material in a recent story about the Texas Governor on the front page of The Washington [...]

The truth is, most blacks are conservative on issues of religion, education and crime. But for the vast majority of blacks, race is a survival issue that trumps all others. To most blacks, the GOP push for more “states’ rights” (a battle cry of the Confederacy) and a smaller federal government (which many blacks believe will threaten their hard-won civil rights protections) is an assault on them.

“Saying ‘now is not my time,‘ Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey announced on Tuesday that he would not seek the Republican nomination for the presidency.” — The New York Times Christie’s decision dashed the hopes of Republican true believers who were desperately searching for an alternative to the moderate Mitt Romney. For a few [...]

Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine: A few months after Barack Obama was sworn in as president, Dick Cheney sat down with Sean Hannity for — I couldn’t call it an “interview,” more of an exchange of talking points — in which he lambasted the new president for coddling terrorists. The conversation took the form of [...]