Twitter: Heh. RT @ExJon: Maybe Blumenthal will update his resume to say he fought against Sauron in The Lord of the Rings. (via @MelissaTweets)
Twitter: LOL #misplacedwords RT @daveweigel: BP now claims oil spill never happened: “The oil is not IN the water, it’s DURING the water.”
FriendFeed: Blumenthal: “On a few occasions, I have misspoken about my service, and I regret that, and I take full responsibility. But I will not allow anyone to take a few misplaced words and impugn my record of service to our country. I served in the Unites States Marine Reserves, and I am proud of it.”
Twitter: LIVE: Richard Blumenthal press conference. Flanked by veterans. http://bit.ly/9JxpUN
Twitter: CNN Breaking News — Fishing banned in 19 percent of the Gulf of Mexico due to oil spill.
FriendFeed: POLITICO guide to today’s primaries in Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Kentucky and Oregon
Twitter: Prediction: Richard Blumenthal will survive misstatement-gate, and will be sworn in as Connecticut’s junior senator on January 3, 2011.
FriendFeed: Nate Silver says Connecticut Democrats should replace Richard Blumenthal as Senate candidate
Twitter: Alan Sullivan: “I am definitely better. This crisis is passing.” Hurrah! http://bit.ly/dxBQW0
Twitter: CNN Breaking News — Five U.S. troops among those killed in suicide bombing in Afghanistan, U.S. defense official says.