Lunchtime Links
Obama fires Mineral Management Service head Elizabeth Birnbaum.
Sandra Day O’Connor says Arizona’s government must find a way to show the state is not biased against Hispanics.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich drops hints in Iowa of a future presidential bid.
The Virginia GOP releases an ad accusing two Democratic congressmen of being secret gun control advocates, but uses footage of a gun control speech neither attended.
Sarah Palin’s brother and father are key figures in Danny Tarkanian’s Nevada Senate bid.
Meanwhile, Palin herself is building a fence to block out a particularly nosy neighbor.
A failed sting on contraband tobacco continues to foul Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland’s (D) re-election campaign.
Blanche Lincoln begins her Democratic Senate runoff campaign against Bill Halter with $2 million on hand.