Republican Jim Bunning has endorsed Dr. Rand Paul to fill the Kentucky U.S. Senate seat he's vacating in January, saying Paul won't be "beholden to the special interests and beltway insiders who come looking for handouts on a daily basis."
 
Here's the statement from Bunning's spokesman Mike Reynard: 
 

The "repeal the bill" movement has gotten more sophisticated in the last couple weeks. Instead of GOP candidates and lawmakers calling for an outright repeal, many conservatives are now saying they just want to remove certain portions of the law, namely the individual mandate.
 
But the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities argues the law is a deck of cards with the mandate as its foundation: 
 

A report by the Economic Policy Institute says the U.S. has bled more than 2.4 million manufacturing jobs since China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001. Stateline has this: 
 

In this post Steve Clemons argues many White House reporters are too cozy with the Obama Administration in order to get book deals. Here's an excerpt: 
 

You really can't make this up. So Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.) spent 11% more of tax payer dollars on his office last year. Who's to "blame"? President Obama, duh.
 
Here's what his spokesman Sam Sackett told the Wichita Eagle:
 
""We saw that spike with the election of President Obama," Sackett said. "We had to employ a number of people to answer phone calls.""
 

To all of you naysayers out there who have been arguing Congress is broken, you now have an ally in the Onion. Here's their headline: "U.S. Government To Save Billions By Cutting Wasteful Senator Program."
 

Jared Keller just turned our newsroom onto this blog devoted to stylish Connecticut Democrat Rosa DeLauro. 
 
My co-worker is offended by this parody of the Congresswoman: “This isn’t middle school. Of course my bike is a fucking fixed gear.” His bike is a fixed gear.
 
 
 
 
 

Here's a link to Karl Rove getting heckled at a book signing in Beverly Hills.
 
The founder of the anti-war group Code Pink tried to handcuff him as they shouted "war criminal," which is something we've seen before on Capitol Hill. I just didn't know Rove went to Beverly Hills.
 
 
 

I'm sure a simple "Happy Birthday" would have done, but the Chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party loves Speaker Pelosi soooo much that he's using her birthday to fill his campaign coffers. I wonder if he'll buy her a cake?
 
Here's the fundraising appeal: 
 

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is celebrating her 70th birthday today!
 

Rothenberg thinks so. Some of his reasoning on why the GOP needs a new game plan is below.