Attended a church meeting in which this weekend’s big fundraising event, the Rummage Sale, was discussed; question was raised whether it might rain. Everybody laughed.
Here are some bone-dry midday news/views snacks:
* Arkansas Supreme Court strikes down Voter ID law as violating state constitution. Hard to find a way to reverse that anytime soon.
* Speaking of courts, The Atlantic‘s Garret Epps pens an excellent overview of the current constitutional status of abortion rights.
* Nick Confessore reports GOPers benefiting from late infusion of funds in Senate races, wiping out earlier Dem advantage. More about this later.
* Larry Sabato calls the emergence of independent and “fusion” candidacies the “hot trend” of the cycle, rivaling the second-term midterm “itch.”
* Meghan McCain blithely admits her old man and his Senate colleague Rand Paul “hate each other.”
And in non-political news:
* Unemployment benefit applications drop to a 14-year low.
As we break for lunch, I fear a reader revolt if I post another Nico video. So since it’s also Bob Weir’s birthday, here’s the Dead performing one of his songs, “Playing In the Band.”
