WASHINGTON EXAMINER: Democratic fundraiser indicted in Conn. race.

WHEN SECONDS COUNT, THE POLICE ARE ONLY MINUTES AWAY. “He wasn’t trying to get any one person. He was trying to get everyone.” Too bad nobody there had a gun. Throwing bar stools is nice, but a Glock would have been more helpful.

SO, HOW’S THAT “BRASS-KNUCKLES REPUTATION MANAGEMENT” WORKIN’ OUT FOR YA?

Here’s the backstory.

His Wikipedia entry seems to have gotten a lot of editing over the last couple of days. Wikipedia isn’t covering itself with glory here.

ROLL CALL: Republicans Broach Options for Breaking Student Loan Impasse.

House and Senate Republican leaders floated a new round of proposals to break a deadlock with President Barack Obama over extending a student loan program, even as Democrats stepped up their attacks on them.

In a letter to Obama, Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) argue “there is no reason we cannot quickly and in a bipartisan manner enact fiscally responsible legislation” and lay out two potential compromises.

Noting that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) “proposal cannot pass the Senate and is unacceptable to the House,” the GOP leaders broached two options for paying for a one-year extension.

The first would increase federal employee retirement contributions to pay for the program, while the second includes a suite of pay-fors, including placing a limit on the “length of in-school interest subsidies” and revisions to the Medicaid provider tax threshold.

How about a cap on the amount of loan money a single institution can receive?

STACY MCCAIN as I always suspected. He seems like a guy who’s inordinately fond of . . . sushi.

THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN IS WORRIED ABOUT MONEY: “For once I have something in common with Obama.”

DOUBLE STANDARDS: When Romney Fights Back, Politico Declares the Day ‘Nasty’. Personally, I found it delightful.

“IF YOU STRIKE ME DOWN, I SHALL BECOME MORE POWERFUL THAN YOU CAN POSSIBLY IMAGINE:” Harvard Law Unbound resurfaces as Harvard Law School Is Bogus.

UPDATE: Harvard Law Unbound Rises From The Ashes. I might ask Harvard Law students why they’re paying such astronomical tuitions to a school that is so cavalier about students’ free speech. Read Brian Tamanaha and wise up!

CHANGE: Brooklyn Elects A Republican State Senator. This last happened back in the Cretaceous.

JOHN HINDERAKER: These Aren’t Your Father’s Republicans. “One of the most heartening aspects of the early stages of the presidential race has been the Romney campaign’s aggressiveness. Nothing discourages activists more than getting out front of a candidate who, it later turns out, isn’t willing to do what it takes to win. A number of Republicans of recent years could be said to fit that description, most recently John McCain. But not Mitt Romney.”

ARRESTED FOR BLOWING UP TOILETS IN THE WOODS? Or something. The only part that’s really clear is that the feds are apparently watching Facebook pretty closely.

AT AMAZON, bestsellers in men’s and women’s shoes. Maybe it’s just the time of year, but sandals, flip-flops, and Crocs seem to be charting very well.

TODAY’S AXELROD-RAZZING was Mitt following through on a promise.

NO RESPECT FOR MAYOR BLOOMBERG: “He’s such a whiny over-bearing nanny.”

ON THE WHITE HOUSE SITE, a petition for a “Do Not Kill” List.

ANN ALTHOUSE IS live-blogging the Wisconsin recall debate.

HMM: Black Church Leaders: Gay Marriage Not A Civil Rights Issue.

JOSE GUARDIA: Reports of a Spanish bank run are, so far, exaggerated.

RAND SIMBERG ON SPACEX: What Does the Success of the Dragon Mean? America Has Returned To Space. “The dreaded ‘gap’ caused by the shuttle retirement didn’t even last a year, thanks to the foresight of the previous administration and the vision of an entrepreneur. Now it’s up to Congress to fully fund the request for commercial crew to enable the rapid development of even safer and competitive systems.”

Give the Obama Administration some credit for not screwing it up, too.

CYBORG UPDATE: An Integrated Circuit Made of Ions Could Bring Computing Into Your Cells.

REPORT: Onboard A Rig That Will Drill Arctic Oil Wells This Summer.

ASIAN-AMERICANS, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, and Fisher v. Texas. “The impact of Texas’ affirmative action policy on Asian-American applicants raises serious questions about what the purpose of affirmative action actually is.”

UPDATE: Reader John Steakley writes: “By now, there should be no question ‘about what the purpose of affirmative action actually is’.”

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Higher Education’s Online Revolution: The substitution of technology (which is cheap) for labor (which is expensive) can vastly increase access to an elite-caliber education.

At the recent news conference announcing edX, a $60 million Harvard-MIT partnership in online education, university leaders spoke of reaching millions of new students in India, China and around the globe. They talked of the “revolutionary” potential of online learning, hailing it as the “single biggest change in education since the printing press.”

Heady talk indeed, but they are right. The nation, and the world, are in the early stages of a historic transformation in how students learn, teachers teach, and schools and school systems are organized.

If only someone, somewhere, would explain what’s going on in a short, easy-to-read book.

CORRUPT BARGAIN: Drugmakers Vowed to Campaign for ObamaCare, Memos Show.

Drugmakers led by Pfizer (PFE) Inc. agreed to run a “very significant public campaign” bankrolling political support for the 2010 health-care law, including TV ads, while the Obama administration promised to block provisions opposed by drugmakers, documents released by Republicans show.

The internal memos and e-mails for the first time unveil the industry’s plan to finance positive TV ads and supportive groups, along with providing $80 billion in discounts and taxes that were included in the law. The administration has previously denied the existence of a deal involving political support.

Pathetic.

THE TEA PARTY, TAX COMPLIANCE, AND PATRIOTISM. I’d be willing to bet that the tax-fraud rate is lower among Tea Party types than among the general public. And I think that if you want to encourage compliance-via-patriotism, maybe electing a President who doesn’t threaten opponents with IRS audits would be a good place to start.

UPDATE: Reader Arthur Barie writes: “If you want a tax compliant population, try appointing a Secretary of the Treasury who complies with his own taxes.” Hey, ya think?