Tonight on The Rachel Maddow Show, Rep. Ron Paul’s son, Dr. Rand Paul announced tonight that he has formed an exploratory committee to investigate running for Senate in the state of Kentucky. Dr. Rand Paul shares many of his father’s views, and also argues that the Republican Party needs to embrace civil rights and liberties. This means he won’t be popular with the base of the GOP.
Rush Limbaugh’s hatred of all things McCain now extends to 97 year old Roberta McCain. After McCain’s mom said on The Tonight Show that Rush’s GOP doesn’t represent her, Limbaugh fired back by saying her Republican Party gets shellacked in election after election, but don’t they both belong to the same party?
It has been months since CNBC’s Jim Cramer went on Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show, and had one of the worst performances in cable history, and the Mad Money host still isn’t letting it go. Cramer now claims that if Stewart knew all of the things he has done he would have thanked him.
In a move that is certain to fuel more controversy, the Obama administration has turned down former vice president Dick Cheney’s request for the release of two memos that he believes will prove the effectiveness of harsh interrogation tactics.
President Barack Obama put to rest any controversy that might have existed over his not receiving an honorary degree for speaking at the Arizona State University commencement with his typical style and humor. In fact, Obama said that he concurred that a title says little about how a person’s life has been led.
