ANN ALTHOUSE: The Democrats’ War on Women in Wisconsin:

The recall primary is one month away and suddenly, Scott Walker is not the enemy, and there’s a Democrat-on-Democrat fight between former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk — who declared her candidacy back in January — and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett — who just announced. . . .

Rahm Emanuel teams up with Barrett to push out the woman?! Remember the accusations about Rahm in relation to women working in the White House? (Ron Suskind’s book “Confidence Men” said that “women occupied many of the West Wing’s senior positions, but felt outgunned and outmaneuvered by male colleagues such as former Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and [Larry] Summers.”)

It’s a Boys’ Club in the Democratic Party, just like it was with Bill Clinton and John Edwards. And just as with Clinton and Edwards, the press is busy flying cover for them.

ED DRISCOLL: “I tend to think of The Hill as being establishment liberal, but sane. Until I start reading headlines there such as this.”

TOM MAGUIRE: Why trying cases in the media may not be such a bad thing. “In an earlier day, the FBI experts would make their pronouncements, the rest of us would nod agreeably, and off to trial Zimmerman would go, if Eric Holder et al. so decided. With CNN’s democratization of expertise we all know that any FBI assertion of a decisive result is absurd. In the ongoing zero-sum struggle between prosecutors and defendants, this is a win for defendants. And in the ongoing balancing act between The People and The Power, this is a win for the people.”

JIM TREACHER: Even the Today Show is joining in the Olberfreude. “When they’re not editing 911 audio to defame a guy they’re convinced is guilty, they like to take a minute to laugh at the misfortune of a former colleague.”

THE HILL: Weak March jobs report could spell trouble for Obama’s reelection bid.

The Labor Department reported that the economy added 120,000 new jobs in March, falling well short of the more than 200,000 that had been expected. The unemployment rate dropped from 8.3 percent to 8.2 percent, but that decline came mostly from people giving up on their job searches.

Whether the March slowdown in hiring indicates a momentary blip or a long-term trend is unknown, but Federal Reserve officials have expressed concern that the job growth logged in recent months is an illusion.

The pace of job creation is central to Obama’s chances in November, when the economy is likely to be the top issue for voters.

Ya think? You don’t create jobs by yammering on about hoodies or golf courses or birth control, though.

“NO, MR. BROOKS, THAT’S THE REAL OBAMA.” “You assume it was his ‘Keith Olbermann mask’, when in actuality Obama and Olbermann are cut from the same mold.”

EXTREME SPORTS NEWS: Gravy-wrestling model suffers horrific facial injuries after being hit with monkey wrench when she interrupted a friend having sex. Some “friend.”

Is it sad that I’m now craving Bisto?

INDEED: “It is likely that, if not for conservative new media, the misleading edit, which inflamed racial tensions in the Martin case, and which was repeated by Stetler’s own New York Times, would have gone unnoticed and uncorrected. As it is, the producer responsible for the edit at Today has been fired, but the individual who made the same edit to the earlier MSNBC story (since corrected) has not been identified or disciplined. Nor has anyone at any other outlet or network — many of which made similar selective editing choices — been punished.”

Plus this: “The questions are only just beginning on Editgate. The release of the news of the firing just before the holiday weekend smacks of a cover-up; more than that, we know that the edit itself was not restricted to the Today show. Brian Williams and the brass at NBC News must provide answers. They are responsible for editorial output, not an unnamed producer. And they must be held responsible for an irresponsible and dangerous edit apparently deliberately designed to twist the Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman story along racial lines.”

I remember when people who exploited racial tensions for political gain, and inspired crowds to lynch-mob levels of fury, were considered beyond the pale of civilized society. Personally, I think they still are.

TEN YEARS AGO ON INSTAPUNDIT: Why Peace Activists Hate Israel — And America. And McDonald’s.

JOHN PODHORETZ: Mitt Hits The Bullseye: IDs The Issue Of The Election.

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“JEWBAG” UPDATE:

What should have been a two-bit, one-day, not-really-scandal involving photos Dani Gilbert, the new DNC liason to the Jewish community, took a few years back is turning into something much more. By all appearances, Debbie Wasserman Schultz gave a payoff to big Dem donors by giving their daughter a job at the DNC to perform tasks already being done by others. . . . That’s the story, not the photos.

I’m shocked, shocked to see payoffs, nepotism, and logrolling at the DNC.

DECEPTIVE EDIT UPDATE: NBC Producer Fired, But Still Unnamed. Unnamed? Come on. The public has a right to know!

BRIAN DUNN ON NORTH KOREA: In Space, No One Can Hear You Steam.

THE REAL CAUSES OF INCOME INEQUALITY: “Any analysis of taxes paid in high tax-and-spend countries shows that the U.S. has the most progressive income tax system in the world.”

MATRIMONY: The Strange (and Formerly Sexist) Economics of Engagement Rings. “Once upon a time, diamond rings weren’t just gifts. They were, frankly, virginity insurance. . . . It’s no longer a security. It’s just about signaling nowadays. It’s anachronistic. But don’t try telling your girlfriend that.”

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ED MORRISSEY: Obama’s Big Spending Vision Gives Romney an Edge.

In contrast to his 2008 campaign theme of Hope and Change, Obama’s AP speech offered a defense of the status quo, as well as smirking attacks on his presumed foe in the upcoming presidential election. If anyone expected Obama to offer new directions for the US after a three-year period of economic stagnation and a seven-month strategy of class warfare, they would have come away profoundly disappointed.

One might have thought that the man who finally acknowledged over a year and a half ago the fantasy of his promised “shovel-ready jobs” would have a different economic plan for his second term. Instead, Obama offered more of the same.

From “Change” to “Same” in less than four years.

SCIENCE: The dress that can tell when you’re turned on! Clothing made of special fabric becomes transparent when wearer’s heartbeat increases. This reminds me of something from John Brunner’s Stand On Zanzibar. Nipicaps, I believe they were called.

NEXT TIME, LET HER GO: “Now, Penny has penned a lengthy, smug and anti-American explanation of her thoughts about the incident and the subsequent media meltdown over at Gawker. If the first two paragraphs alone don’t make you want to throw up in your mouth, we don’t know what will. . . . So basically, she nearly got hit by a cab because she was thinking about Super Important issues that the rest of us aren’t aware of. Penny then turns the fascination with the fact that Ryan Gosling kind-of-sort-of saved her life into an intolerable piece about feminism and how this exemplifies everything that is wrong with American culture.”

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Why You Should Learn To Love “Pink Slime.” “If safety and nutrition aren’t a problem, then why shouldn’t we eat it? . . . Pink slime is seen as low status, and even though consuming it is not bad for our selves or our children, we would ban it to show that we care.”

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WAR ON WOMEN: “Obama played 23 rounds of golf between January and October of 2009 before inviting a single woman to his foursome, the New York Times reported. This was emblematic of broader concerns over the president’s preference for the company and advice of men.”

THIS DOESN’T SOUND GOOD: As North Sails Subs, South Korea Gives Ships OK to Fire. “Pentagon officials are closely watching four North Korean submarines that recently went to sea, prompting South Korean commanders to give their navy a green light to retaliate if fired upon. Just days ahead of a controversial long-range rocket test and a major political conference in Pyongyang, North Korea reportedly quietly sent four of its diesel-electric submarines on deployment this week.”