Hope you are enjoying the guitar extravaganza along with the posts today. I would draw particular attention, because it’s not all that famous, to the 1971 Larry Coryell performance that accompanied the post on Rand Paul. I saw Coryell live many years later when he had gone acoustic, and reflected again that he could have made himself very rich if he had become the lead guitarist for a rock band.
Anyway, here are some mid-day bites from a pretty meager news pantry:
* Most interesting thing about the new Siena poll from New York is that 10% of Democratic primary voters still back Anthony Weiner for mayor.
* Josh Marshall meditates on the weird photo of Mitch McConnell yucking it up with his campaign manager, who is holding his nose quite literally.
* TAP’s Abby Rapoport looks at the details of Rick Scott’s new voter purge.
* At TNR, Peter Jukes notes Jim Messina’s hiring by Tories occurred long after Cameron’s “Obamania” had faded.
* Ezra Klein discusses study showing cable networks are reflecting, not creating, polarization.
And in non-political news:
* The Atlantic‘s Derek Thompson explores the “Aporkalypse,” and finds bacon prices not as bad as some fear.
Back to blogging after a short break. To entertain you, here’s some great guitar work and singing from Terry Reid, from his under-appreciated “Rogue Wave” album.
