Sort of Good News

++Trying to shake the D.C. winter and the mood.

++Papantonio: Hobby Lobby is DOA. This was posted on DailyKos by a blogger named "Man from Wasichustan". The gist of the post is that when a corporation becomes a real person and is granted favors or exemptions for the owners' beliefs, this spells the end of corporate indemnity, which is one of the reasons you incorporate in the first place. The Guardian has a piece about this yesterday so legal beagles are ready to pounce if this decision goes the wrong way.

++Washington Monthly has a piece this morning that basically sums up the religious right's new strategy. They concede same-sex marriage and the other changes in our society but want to use the Religious Freedom Restoration Act to legally segregate themselves from American society. Hobby Lobby is one of those ways to do this.

++Torture Report. Senator Feinstein says that a vote on the Torture Report will occur April 3. The Senate Committee added 100 pages to the executive summary and it now runs in the excess of 6,300 pages. Buried in the McClatchy article on the deliberations is this stunner--All the Republican members of the committee have boycotted the investigation and the preparation of the talk. Tom Coburn said that the Republicans would issue a response to the full report like they did on Iran-Contra. Senator Collins is reportedly concerned that the report could be used for "partisan purposes".

Dick Cheney said about torture--"He would do it again if he had to."

++If you have wondered what Democrats are going to do about the mid-term fallout, there is the Bannock Street Project.This is so named because it is based in Colorado at Michael Bennet's headquarters  on that street. The DSSC has spent $40 million to launch a 10 State data-given operation and an aggressive voter registration drive and a Get Out The Vote effort this year.

++Chris Christie was found innocent by his own lawyers,who also contribute to his campaign. The taxpayer funded review blamed everyone ,including his political enemies. The federal investigation and the New Jersey Legislature haven't concluded their investigations.