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- A Washington Post whip count finds Gov. Martin O’Malley (D-MD) has 23 of the 24 votes he needs in the Maryland senate to pass a death penalty repeal bill, with four senators open to supporting the bill.
- Meanwhile, Republican state Rep. Stephen Vaillancourt (R-NH) will co-sponsor a bill to repeal the death penalty in New Hampshire.
- Vice President Biden will meet this week with the National Rifle Association. We’re giving away a bridge over the East River to anyone who thinks this meeting will accomplish something.
- Birthers now want to impeach Chief Justice John Roberts if he carries out his plans to swear in the man lawfully reelected as president last November.
- Tea Party Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (R-VA) trails his likely Virginia gubernatorial opponent Terry McAuliffe by five points.
- And finally, Congress may be less popular than lice, colonoscopies or Nickelback, but at least it beats out Gonorrhea.
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