Lunchtime Links

An endorsement from Sarah Palin is hurting Republican senatorial candidate Kelly Ayotte.

A former military contractor is on trial for using Pentagon money to pay for prostitutes, porn and plastic surgery.

$8.7 billion in Iraq War funds have gone missing.

Glenn Beck gears up to host a “non-political” rally in August — with Sarah Palin and the NRA.

Republican congressional candidate Joel Pollak likens himself to an anti-apartheid martyr because his opponent asked him to stop writing for Breitbart.

David Plouffe says local Democratic candidates shouldn’t expect Obama to win their elections for them.

Kansas gubernatorial candidate Joan Heffington thinks Kansas has been operating since the 1950s under a dictatorial French law that the CIA helped establish.

Talking Points Memo runs down Tom Tancredo’s craziest moments.