The Agenda

A little light. Work has been crazy today.

President Obama sent a $3.8T budget to Congress today. To their credit, two good pieces on Wonkblog.

The U.S. and North Korea are holding nuclear talks next week.

Rick Santorum has taken a big lead in Michigan—the state in which Mittens Romney was born. He seems to have also caught up with Romney nationally.

Last week, the Obama administration compromised with Catholic bishops on mandating that their employer-provided health insurance provide contraception. After calling it a good step, now the U.S. Conference of Bishops have decided any compromise is unacceptable.

Shares in Apple now over $500 for the first time.

I’ve been calling this for months, so it’s good to see the news media picking up on it: The 90s are coming back.

Fuck no Rick Santorum.

“He’s a good friend. But, I would say 95.99 percent of our conversation is about President Obama’s re-election. That’s much to my chagrin. I would like to talk about me.” – Rahm Emanuel, on David Axelrod