When a ND community banker says status quo’s a no-go and reform must be passed, you gotta believe it gets noticed….

Morning Joe gives a pass this ayem to Eric Erickson’s gun-rattling attacks on the census.

Today is Wear Blue for Child Abuse Prevention awareness. Ever heard of it? April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Did you know?

The NY Times poll demographics prove it: the Tea Party is “Dick” Armey and his ilk. White. Male. Older. Republican. I’d toss in greedy and selfish, but that’s just me.

Frank Rich cuts through the economist apologist bullpucky with the finesse of a ginsu knife.

Jon Stewart cuts through the Confederacy nostalgia claptrap….

The unabashed tag team of John Boehner and Eric Cantor have now spoken about the increasingly violent rhetoric and acts against Democrats who voted for healthcare reform, and Eric Cantor makes clear that it’s red herring and blame-the-victim time.

The GOB will protect their own…from Washington to the prairies. But that doesn’t mean we have to let them get away with it… sunshine’s exposing their hypocrisy and their misogyny.

Todd the talking Republican strategist issues a promise if healthcare reform passes. Be careful what you wish for, Toddie.

Bunning’s hold-up has shut down FEMA’s flood insurance…and The Flood Factor could erase Republican assumptions they’ve a shoo-in Senate seat from North Dakota.