Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, March 26.
*Obama to give more health-care sign-up time
*Slippery slopes before the court (“Respecting the religious claims of Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood threatens to diminish the rights of their workers.”)
*Justice Kennedy Thinks Hobby Lobby Is An Abortion Case – That’s Bad News For Birth Control (Huge reason why Dems need to keep winning the White House: the right-wingnut Supreme Court!)
*Silver Speaks. Democrats Despair. (Democrats really need to chill out on this one and stop acting like non-reality-based Teapublicans!)
*McDonnell attorneys ask judge to try former Va. governor, wife separately
*Poll: Va. voters ‘cautiously optimistic’ about McAuliffe
*House approves own budget plan, then recesses (Smooooth.)
*Virginia state lawmakers locked over budget, again
*Schapiro: “Two Years” sent shiver through House GOP
*Republican lawmakers criticize McAuliffe budget, Senate Democrats (Charming.)
*Compromise needed, not childhood tantrums
*Government withholds report on Deeds case
*Virginia AG defends use of solitary on death row (Not sure how solitary is ever defensible…)
*Key to downtown: Get out of the way
*Stamos to represent recall against Delgaudio
*Arlington residents ask for more spending at hearing (Gotta love it, people want more spending but don’t want to pay for it. Ugh.)
*Virginia girl not feminine enough for Christian school (WTF?!?)
*Welcome to one last freezing day – the coldest one you’ll see for a while