Via Krugman:

Suzy Welch, former editor in chief of the Harvard Business Review, and wife of Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric...suggested that Mr Obama’s personal style and choice of musical material define him as a member of a “different America”....“It’s the difference between the songs that they’re singing,” Mrs Welch said. “Mitt Romney didn’t exactly do a beautiful job on that song, but think about what he’s singing, OK? I mean it’s that patriotic song and he goes all the way through it. Then you’ve got the very cool Barack Obama singing Al Green. That is the two different Americas. Isn’t it?”

If Al Green is unAmerican, then count me out of America.

CNN reports that James Holmes, the suspect who is believed to have attacked moviegoers at last night's opening of the latest Batman movie at an Aurora, Colorado multiplex, killing 12 and injuring around 50, is a Ph. D. candidate in neuroscience. Earlier reports state that Holmes was a former medical student at the University of Colorado in Denver. CNN also reports that Holmes was in the process of withdrawing from school prior to last night's events.

Holmes, a 24 year old white male, allegedly used gas canisters, an assault rifle and two hand guns in his attack.

Jesse LaGreca, the Ministry of Truth, and I, will be on Daily Kos Radio today at 11 a.m. Listen here.

Topics: 1. Update on Colorado bombing/shooting. - Link 2. President's appearance at Century Village Florida – first attacks on Ryan Plan and ending Medicare as we know it - Link 3. Peggy Noonan Underpants Gnome Theory of why Romney will not release tax returns. - Link 4. The Talibanish attack on a women's right to contraceptives and how it increases the number of abortions – the nation of Georgia's case study - Link 5. Romney example of not needing government help is destroyed by admission that in fact he received government help - Link

President Obama to speak on tragedy at 11:20 am.

Open Thread.

Above: Mitt Romney on marijuana in May, 2012

Below is a clip of Romney in 2007, "I believe marijuana should be illegal in our country." He says cancer patients don't need marijuana, "there are other sources of pain management that work entirely effectively. He says marijuana legalization "is the wrong way to go. We need less drugs in our society" and "I would oppose the legalization of marijuana." [More...]

A gunman entered the Century 16 Movie Theaters complex at the Aurora Town Center (a suburb of Denver)around 12:30 a.m. this morning, released a gas canister and then opened fire, killing 14 people and wounding 50 more. (Updated: Death total is 12, not 14.)

Three of the theaters in the complex, like others in across Colorado, were showing Batman: the Dark Knight at all night movie premieres. [More..]

During his interview of George Zimmerman last night, Sean Hannity asked George Zimmerman "What do you say to Al Sharpton and those who rushed to judgment?" MSNBC today released a statement to Politico:

MSNBC would like to set the record straight following some misinformation presented by Fox News during the interview with George Zimmerman last night," MSNBC wrote in a statement sent to POLITICO. "Reverend Al Sharpton never 'rushed to judgment,' as stated by Mr. Hannity. Reverend Sharpton repeatedly called for calm and for a more thorough investigation in the wake of the tragic events. Ultimately, the authorities agreed an arrest was warranted."

I guess MSNBC forgot about this March 19, 2012 Al Sharpton show. (video here.) Or this Sharpton appearance on the March 21 Joe Scarborough show and this press conference (especially around the 4 minute mark) on the day of his arrest. Sharpton's comments speak for themselves. To say he merely called for calm and a thorough investigation is laughable. [More...]

Jesse LaGreca, the Ministry of Truth, and I, will be on Daily Kos Radio today at 11 a.m. Listen here.

We'll be discussing Elizabeth Warren and the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau and one of it first big results - a $210 million settlement agreement with Capital One for consumer fraud. Also, the GOP's latest attack on contraception, Mitt Romney's ad bragging about his Mexican roots (not a joke) and Justice Scalia's renewed admonition that we get over it on Bush v. Gore. The podcast:

Here is link to a story covering the Lackland Air Base sexual assault scandal that Military Tracy discussed with us this morning on Daily Kos Radio.

Open Thread.

Thanks to Big Tent Democrat for putting up a thread on George Zimmerman's interview on Sean Hannity's show tonight. I just got back to Denver and am watching now. (I missed the beginning.)

I listened to his jail calls for all 7 hours of the drive back from Telluride -- I didn't finish. But, listening in sequence for so many hours, I got a sense of his personality (as well as that of Shellie, his sister Grace aka Susie, his mother (who talked in Spanish), Ken, and some male cousins.)

I think he was genuine on Hannity. Some highlights below: [More...]

There are a lot of people in government who help us and allow us to have an economy that works and allow entrepenuers and business leaders of various kinds to start businesses and create jobs. We all recognize that. That's an important thing.

Who said that? Why W. Mitt Romney hisself -- TODAY.

Huffington reports (TV Newswer actually):

Sean Hannity has landed the first interview with Trayvon Martin shooter George Zimmerman. Hannity interviewed both Zimmerman and his attorney, Mark O'Mara, for an episode that will air on Wednesday night. A press release said that "Zimmerman will open up about what happened the night of Trayvon Martin’s death and his experience in the aftermath of the fatal shooting."

You decide. No comment from me.

Jesse LaGreca, the Ministry of Truth, and I, will be on Daily Kos Radio today at 11 a.m. Listen here.

Today one issue we will discuss is Sheldon Adelson - his alleged corrupt foreign practices and his astounding threat to sue the DCCC for libel:

In a scathing letter to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Sheldon Adelson's lawyer accused the organization of "maliciously branding Mr. Adelson as a pimp" and demanded the DCCC either retract and apologize or be sued.

A credible threat? I wish. We'll talk about it on The Ministry of Truth.

Open Thread.

Another beautiful day in Telluride:

Romney appears close to naming his running mate.

I've downloaded the 145 jail calls in Zimmerman to my iPhone and will listen to them tomorrow on the 6 1/2 hour drive back to Denver. [More...]