Lunchtime Links
Former Rep. James Traficant (D-Ohio) filed as an independent congressional candidate today in his old House district, but may file to run in a neighboring district as well.
Sen. Tom Harkin calls on John Ensign to resign if allegations he made payoffs related to his extramarital affair are true.
Political Wire says Obama’s performance at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner was funnier than Jay Leno’s; somewhere, Conan O’Brien is laughing.
Events outside D.C. conspire to derail Obama’s agenda for this week.
Clinton: Ahmadinejad’s Monday UN speech is an attempt to “divert” and “confuse” efforts to curb Iran’s nuke program ambitions.
Washington continues to rain on Facebook’s parade.
James Dobson switches alliances in Kentucky GOP Senate race from Grayson to Paul, claiming party bigwigs misled him.
The Supreme Court’s decisions in the Mojave Desert cross case and others have revived the debate on judicial activism.
