After a judge in Riverside, California found the military’s Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy unconstitutional yesterday, a host of politicians and activists pounced on the ruling, saying that this should be used as an impetus to repeal the policy legislatively, or that the Administration shouldn’t appeal the ruling and allow the policy to die. Sen. [...]

After a day to absorb the impact, the White House has condemned Judge Royce Lamberth’s ruling temporarily blocking federal funding for stem cell research, saying that it could block “critical, life-saving research.” Briefing reporters, spokesman Bill Burton cast federal district Judge Royce C. Lamberth’s ruling the day before as so far-reaching it would also forbid [...]

Greg Sargent notes, as I have, that multiple Senate Democratic candidates are now coming out against letting the Bush tax cuts for the rich expire. I think the answer lies with the massive lobbying campaign behind extension, and also the money from those same high-end donors needed to run statewide Senate campaigns. But given this [...]