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Former Republican National Committee chairman Ken “Closet Case” Mehlman has bought a $4M loft in the heart of Chelsea, where he’ll run into fellow tenants Lance Bass and Marc Jacobs in the elevator. Curbed reports: Mehlman just paid $3.775 million for a 2,200-square-foot 2BR/3BA loft on the 17th floor, and according to the listing (still viewable on the rather spectacular …

It looks like birther loon Orly Taitz might actually have a shot at winning today’s GOP primary for California Secretary of State. And OH the hilarity that would then be laden upon the rest of the GOP field! “It’d be a disaster for the Republican party,” says James Lacy, a conservative GOP operative in the state. “Can you imagine if …

(Via – AmericaBlog)

After a Chicago television reporter confronted Rep. Mark Kirk (R-IL) about his fabricated military record, she pressed him about being outed last week by blogger Mike Rogers. And that went down in an amusing fashion. Reporter: You said you are not gay? Why do the bloggers keep saying that? Kirk: Because I guess I got divorced, but I hope to …

Citing his recent vote against the repeal of DADT, noted outing blogger Mike Rogers has lowered the boom on Rep. Mark Kirk, the Illinois Republican currently running for Barack Obama’s old Senate seat. Today Rogers blogs: Within hours of the DADT repeal vote I was contacted by two people who knew Kirk from his college days. “In law school in …

The Huffington Post reports that Bill Clinton acted as the president’s intermediary to offer Pennsylvania Senate candidate Rep. Joe Sestak an administration job in return for dropping out of his primary battle with Sen. Arlen Specter. The GOP is contending that the offer was illegal. Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Penn.) was offered a prominent but uncompensated, advisory position — in the …

Today the president promised that the White House would “very shortly” address GOP claims that he illegally offered a job to Pennsylvania Democratic Senate nominee Joe Seestak if he would drop his challenge to Arlen Specter. UNRELATED: I always want to write “Sestak” as “sleestak.” Too much Land Of The Lost as a kid!

With the backing of John McCain, GOP Senate members are threatening to filibuster any floor vote on the compromise repeal of DADT, even though the repeal will likely be attached to an important Defense funding bill. Armed Services ranking member John McCain said Thursday that he would “without a doubt” support a filibuster if the bill goes to the floor …

The GOP is hammering away at their accusation that the president offered Senate candidate Joe Sestak an administration job in return for quitting his ultimately successful Pennsylvania primary bid to unseat Arlen Specter. “I think it’s looking increasingly like there’s something that they’re trying to hide,” said former Rep. Pat Toomey (R), who is running against Sestak for the Senate …

Rachel Maddow continues her takedown of Rand Paul.

“I do believe that as a moral country, as a country that was founded in these values, we have always paid tribute to these values of traditional marriage and that the thrust of this bill, which a number of these amendments have tried to address, have highlighted what is clearly a deep cultural divide in this country. And that when …

And he’s got a message to America from the Tea Party.

Donna Milo, 48, a conservative Republican transgender Cuban-American from Miami, has declared her candidacy for Congress. “I’m an American. I make my way on the basis of ability. My triumphs are based on my abilities, not on a label or a crutch,” said Milo, a Miami Planning Advisory Board member running to replace U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Weston, …

Family values evangelical Rep. Mark Souder (R-IN), who in 2004 famously compared gay people to alcoholics, will resign today amid allegations that he had an affair with a female staffer. Souder is married with three children. Saying he “sinned against God, my wife and my family by having a mutual relationship with a part-time member of my staff,” Rep. Mark …

California GOP candidate for governor Steve Poizner has released an ad attacking former eBay CEO and fellow candidate Meg Whitman because eBay sells porn. “Do Republicans want a governor who directly profited from selling pornography and sex paraphernalia?” Oy brother. There are a LOT of reasons to despise Meg Whitman, but this ain’t one of them.

Andrew Sullivan tips us to this almost hilarious campaign ad by Alabama agricultural commissioner candidate Dale Peterson. Guns! Horses! Illegal immigrants!

As he promised, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) has vetoed a bill that would have given gay couples the right to make burial decisions about their partners. Citing his support for “traditional marriage,” Gov. Tim Pawlenty vetoed a bill on Saturday that would allow a surviving same-sex partner to sue to recover damages in the case of wrongful death and …

And it’s delivered perfectly.

Minnesota GOP Gov. Tim Pawlenty vows that he will veto a bill allowing gay couples to make burial decisions for their partners, saying that such a right is unnecessary. Supporters balked at the governor’s rationale, saying his suggestion that same-sex couples could achieve the same rights through a will still leaves gays on unequal footing with their heterosexual counterparts — …

The Democratic machine in Florida is wasting no time in going after Attorney General Bill McCollum after this morning’s revelation that he personally sent a letter recommending Dr. George Rekers be hired for the state’s defense of its ban on gay adoption. As soon as the story broke that Bill McCollum’s expert witness for Florida’s gay adoption trial was photographed …