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- Normally, there wouldn't be much to say about Think Progress' compilation of conservatives freaking out about the FCC's enforcement of Net Neutrality rules. What haven't conservatives called a "government takeover" in the past two years? But in this case, it's an especially dense critique, and speaks volumes about the contempt movement conservatives have for the intelligence of their constituents. Anyone who can read plain English can see that "require broadband providers to let subscribers access all legal online content, applications and services over their wired networks" expands access, not contracts it.
- With his signature on DADT repeal, President Obama now says the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) could be next. "I have a whole bunch of really smart lawyers who are looking at a whole range of options," he says. Allow me to offer a bold legal strategy: What exactly is marriage being "defended" from? Is there a phantom menace that is preventing heterosexuals from marrying one another? Did the First Amendment get repealed while I was on vacation? I'm really at a loss to understand how these marriage activists convince themselves that the discrimination they're supporting is a noble cause to protect our fragile cultural heritage.
- Commenting on the socialism argument from yesterday, Jonah Goldberg writes as an aside, "leading liberals have talked openly about the possibility that Obama is a 'liberal socialist' or might usher in a socialist era." I can't think of any liberals who have referred to Obama as a "liberal socialist." None. What "leading liberals" are Goldberg referring to? Then again, this is from a guy who thinks contemporary liberals are descendants of fascists -- but not really! -- so trying to sort out what he thinks about political ideology is probably pointless.
- Remainders: Jonathan Bernstein games out increasing the size of the House of Representatives; Ezra Klein rounds up some theories for Mitch McConnell's trademark candor; I think everybody wins if Michele Bachmann gave up her House seat for a futile Senate run so she could concentrate on her real career as a conservative media personality; and there is no Democratic Party Noise Machine.
--Mori Dinauer
