Happy May!
Berlusconi more popular than Obama, says Silvio
Ratings plunge for 3rd primetime presser
Indiana’s Pence gets aggressive on cap-and-trade
Vegas showman Danny Ganz dies

Over 20 cases in the U.S. and over 140 in Mexico is making swine flu - a/k/a The Oink - the #1 story.  No links today, but the big stories are that the EU is asking its citizens not to travel to the U.S. & Mexico in response.  CDC says the U.S. portion of that [...]

For Friday…the 100 days reports keep a-comin.  I’ll have an analysis of how the communications aparatus has evolved - or maybe devolved? - over the past 100 days next week.
Napolitano Under Fire - for anyone that ever lived in AZ (me included) this shouldn’t come as a shock
52% say TV is necessary - I was [...]

Let the obsession begin!  The 100 days mark is fast approaching - next Wednesday, to be exact - but the flurry of analysis and commentary is already being published.  The White House press corps, I think, has done a good job asking tough questions recently and keeping folks in check on some of the more [...]

The debate over the Obama Adminstration releasing Bush-era documents on enhanced interrogation techniques continues to rage on.  What do you think?
National Post asks how Janet Got Her Job
Obama Admin Muddles Message (from Politico) - purely from a communications standpoint, they are right on.  There have been so many conflicting messages coming for the ranks on the [...]

I skipped yesterday - - - oops!  Lots of fun news out there today.
AP’s Loven and ABC’s Tapper Get Heated with Gibbs - Key is they have a solid point.  $100 million out of the nearly $4 trillion budget is nothing.  Compare this: If you make $50,000 a year, it would be the equivalent of you [...]

Over-shadowing Obama’s trip south is the release of Bush-era memos on enhanced interrogation techniques used against terrorist suspects.  Lots of buzz about this and comments flying from both sides of the aisle.  Really the dominant issue today.
AFP on interrogation memo
Hayden/Mukasey WSJ op-ed
Chat with Cuba closer to reality
Palin hits the Hoosier State (can you blame her?)
Serbia’s [...]

From Schererville, Indiana, the Mid-Day Reading List for Thursday, April 16, 2009.
Beckel/Thomas in USA Today
Obama heads south of the border, down Mexico way…
Madden’s coach bus comes to a stop; Collinsworth to replace
Jindal v Cheney
Politico says it’s Obama Saturation Nation

A few quick reads to close out the day.  Of course, I’m passing by the BIG stories here - Tea Par-tays, Mexican drug cartels and more news from pirates…but these are two stories you can’t miss.
YOU can spend a day with Bill Clinton in NYC - just help Hillary pay off debt
More folks getting political [...]

For Wednesday, April 15 - hmmm…today is something important right?
Santelli on Tea Parties
Pirates Nabbed!
Burger King to Scrap Ad (and it’s not Sir Mix-a-lot)
Colbert Denied Honor; Gets Another