Supreme Court Justice John Stevens throws out a first pitch at a Cubs night game. Despite his very advanced age, his throw is stronger than Pres. Obama's at this week's Nationals Opening Day game.
On Mornign Joe, Gayle King, editor of Oprah Winfrey's magazine, tells Mika Brzezinski not to read a poll showing Republicans ahead of Democrats in the generic congressional ballot.
Chris Matthews suggests that Sonny Perdue, Republican Governor of Georgia, who requested his state Attorney General to join a lawsuit opposing ObamaCare, might also have been opposed to the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
On Morning Joe, Mike Barnicle accuses "talk radio" of serving as "allies" and a "megaphone" for the extreme right-wing fringe.
When Kelly O'Donnell Kelly gently ribbed PBO over his wearing of a macho, faux-military leather jacket while addressing US troops in Afghanistan yesterday, Norah O'Donnell immediately piped up to point out that "Sarah Palin wears a leather jacket, too."
Pres. Obama tells US troops in Afghanistan "the United States of America doesn't quit once it starts on something." But in 2007 he called for immediate withdrawal of all combat troops from Iraq and said "there is no military solution in Iraq and there never was."
A GMA segment focuses on Sarah Palin's tweet message to Republicans about "reloading." On same day Palin in town, Reid chooses to go shooting, and GMA describes it Reid "being in the cross-hairs" and "doing his best not to seem threatened."
On Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski repeatedly kicks Joe Scarborough in the ankle to shush him, then goes on to read White House talking points on ObamaCare.
Subbing for Olbermann on Countdown, Lawrence O'Donnell is miffed that Bret Baier of Fox News interrupted Pres. Obama when interviewing him today.
On Morning Joe, financial analyst Jim Cramer states that ObamaCare would cause federal income tax rates to rise to 50-60%.
