Good morning, everybody. Betty White\’s going to host SNL, T.I. drops a new single, and Sean Penn might hope you die screaming of rectal cancer. Now, on to your morning constitutional:
In California, Republican state Sen. Roy Ashburn, arrested for drunk driving this weekend after leaving a gay nightclub, admitted Monday that he is, in fact, gay. The Christian Science Monitor asks where gay Republicans fit among conservatives.
Elizabeth Green, in The New York Times Magazine, asks what makes a good teacher.
Despite a Texas Republican primary last week that drew the most GOP voters in at least 30 years, the popularity of gubernatorial candidate and Houston mayor Bill White has prompted Sen. John Cornyn to suggest that Texas is only \”marginally\” Republican.
The Pennsylvania Democratic Party Executive Committee has chosen Mark Critz, a former congressional aide in the late Rep. John Murtha\’s office, as their nominee in the May 18 special election to serve the remainder of Rep. Murtha\’s term.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments in Snyder v. Phelps this fall and decide if a group\’s anti-gay and anti-Catholic demonstrations at military funerals is protected by the First Amendment.
An incentive package bill before the Florida House of Representatives, a priority for Florida Republicans, offers tax credits for \”family-friendly\” films and entertainment, but prohibits productions with \”nontraditional family values\” from receiving the tax credit.
And, in slightly happier news, a study in Monday\’s Archives of Internal Medicine has shown that women who drink moderately are less likely to gain weight than their teetotaler counterparts.
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