Midday Open Thread

• For full Super Tuesday coverage, Brave New Films and The Young Turks are teaming up for a seven hour online webcast of Super Tuesday election returns in live online video, like live TV on your browser.

  Tune in Tuesday, beginning at 3pm PT/6pm ET.

  The lineup includes Senator Sherrod Brown, Senator Ted Kennedy, Howard Dean, Arianna Huffington, Dolores Huerta, Eli Pariser, Jane Hamsher, Joe Conason, Katrina vanden Heuvel, Todd Beeton, and finally, Joan McCarter (mcjoan), reporting from Colorado. The full line-up is here.

• DHinMI will be discussing the delegate process at 6:45 PM EST on Air America Radio this evening, when San Seder sits in for Rachel Maddow.
• Daily Kos is now getting about 33,000 comments every day, or nearly one million every month — and growing. Of course, days like today will be even busier. (kos)
• This post on Nevada Caucus Post Mortems and National Media Narratives makes interesting points about the ‘Dems are divided’ media storyline. - smintheus
• The National Resources Defense Council won an injunction against the US Navy demanding that they discontinue using sonar exercises off the coast of Southern California.  It is believed to be seriously damaging to dolphins, whales,  and other ocean creatures.    President Bush had previously signed an exemption because – you know – they don’t follow any laws.  U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper didn’t care much for that either:
  

  The president signed a waiver Jan. 15 exempting the Navy and its anti-submarine warfare exercises from the injunction, arguing they are vital to the nation’s national security.

  “We disagree with the judge’s decision,” White House spokesman Tony Fratto said Monday. “We believe the orders are legal and appropriate.”

  The judge also said she has “significant concerns about the constitutionality of the President’s exemption,” but that “a finding on this issue is not necessary” to reinstate the sonar injunction.

• What does HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson have to do to get fired? - smintheus

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