Morning Tips

++Gallup has President Obama in positive terrain--48 to 47.

++John Kerry explained that he was not going to apologize for the Republicans' letter to Tehran.

++The Saudis say that if the agreement allows for a large nuclear infrastructure, they want the same.

++John Kerry explained why the letter by the Republicans was constitutionally wrong and how the GOP has the right to vote on listing sanctions.

++Ehud Barack endorsed Isaac Herzog. The economist believes with the crazy quilt of papers that Bibi could assemble a coalition.

++J Street has their election coverage up and running.

++Josh Marshall gives you a sense of the mini-debate that happened between Bibi and Herzog on Channel 10. Bibi complained that Zionist Union had outside help, neglecting to mention the 3 GOP operatives working for him. Bibi listed his accomplishments but they weren't much better than what I wrote last night.

++Vladimir Putin did surface in Kyrgistan.

++The right is positively thrilled by Hillary's e-ghazigate. It takes them back to the early part of their career--Drudge, Ann Coulter, Rush. Back to the 1990s. 

++We reached the debt ceiling today and nothing will be done.

++Mitch McConnell will not allow a vote for Loretta Lynch until the Senate passes the human trafficking bill with its abortion clause.

++Now that Richard Scaife is going,the Pittsburgh Tribune is having a crush on Jim Webb.

++Since California has only one year of water left,am receiving conservative e-mails attacking America's Governor Jerry Brown.

++Has anyone seen Chris Christie or Vishnu Jindal? They are the mysteriously missing GOP presidential candidates. Their polling numbers are almost non-existent.

Your D.C. News

++Senator Inhof again proved that climate change was a hoax by throwing a snowball at Senator Cassidy in the Senate today.

++House Republicans are thinking about a three-week continuing resolution to fund DHS. Senate Republicans want to have a funding bill sans immigration to last to the end of September.

++Bobby Jindal is tied of hyphenated Americans and thinks there should be no Indian-Americans or African-Americans.

++James O'Keefe says he deserves a Polk Award for his scams about voter fraud.

++Chris Christie taunts Jeb Bush about being the establishment choice but that he, Christie would be unafraid to tell you what he thinks. He thinks the Obama White House should sit down and shut up.

++Scott Walker says if he can defeat 1,200 protesters, eating pizza from Ian's Pizza, he can defeat ISIS anywhere in the world.

++Ann Coulter says we should fear immigrants more than ISIS.

++CPAC panelists said that coke users die before the age of 50 because they have holes in their heart.

++Carly Fiorina, failed Hewlett-Packard CEO, doesn't like Hillary Clinton.

++A Nebraska judge ruled for the landowners against TransCanada's seizure of their property under eminent domain which would postpone the pipeline for at least three years. Mitch McConnell will bring the pipeline up for a vote next week.

++Loretta Lynch made it out of committee today and made be voted on next week to replace Eric Holder.

++No word about the Authorization to use military force from the Congress.

++Today marked the longest period since 9/11 when no Americans had been killed in combat--not 79 days and counting.