Today's Fresh Meat

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

Our friend Tim Russert, the "Meet the Press" host who died unexpectedly on Friday, was the subject of a special remembrance program this morning on NBC,hosted by Tom Brokaw, the Los Angeles Times reports. Sundays will notbe the same without this gifted and politically astute host, and fineman.

Who's next for Meet the Press? The LA Times reports that "Hardball" host Chris Matthews and NBC political correspondent David Gregory are in the running.

The budget deadline is today, but not that we expected anything to come of that. In fact, legislators have only met the deadline four times since 1977, according to Capitol Alert.

Kern County Clerk Ann Barnett is continuing to mix church and state inher refusal to issue marriage licenses and has conceded that she soughtlegal counsel from a right-wring group, according to the LA Times. A resignation might be in order.

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