Hollywood Reporter: Wanna make money in Hollywood? Release patriotic movies that promote conservative values and do not denigrate Christianity.
Movieguide identified 91 movies in 2011 that scored high in "conservative/moral categories" and they earned an average of $59 million apiece. On the other hand, it identified 105 movies that scored high in "liberal/leftist categories," and each of those titles earned an average of just $11 million.
A new poll from Marquette University Law School finds that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI) starts out with the lead against his potential Democratic rivals, in the upcoming recall election later in the year.
Bret Stephens, Wall Street Journal deputy editorial page editor: Let's just say right now what voters will be saying in November, once Barack Obama has been re-elected: Republicans deserve to lose. ... [I]t doesn't matter that Americans are generally eager to send Obama packing. All they need is to be reasonably sure that the alternative won't be another fiasco. But they can't be reasonably sure, so it's going to be four more years of the disappointment you already know. ... [T]he U.S. will surely survive four more years. Who knows? By then maybe Republicans will have figured out that if they don't want to lose, they shouldn't run with losers.
The Supreme Court gave at least a temporary win to Texas Republicans in the fight over redrawing its congressional districts, ruling that the election districts should mostly follow the lines set by the state's lawmakers.
The unsigned ruling tells judges that they should be guided by "the state's policy judgments" on where to draw new districts for use in this year's elections. read more
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is lamenting Israel's growing isolation from traditional security partners like Turkey and Egypt. read more

"Only politicians resort to such tactics."
FTFY.