• Eric Boehlert, Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America, calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to co-host Right Wing World
• The Rude Pundit calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to talk about the awesomeness that was Abraham Lincoln
• President Barack Obama will be meeting with the nation’s governors today as they push Congress to avert deep federal spending cuts that begin to take effect Friday.
• John Kerry embarked Sunday on his first official overseas trip as secretary of state, hoping to bring new ideas to Europe and the Mideast about how to end nearly two years of violence in Syria.
• The Obama administration urged the Supreme Court on Friday to throw out a section of a 1996 federal law that prohibits recognition of same-sex marriage. The brief was filed in United States v. Windsor, a case challenging Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, the law that legally declares marriage to be only between a man and a woman.
• “Argo” beat out eight other Best Picture contenders at last night’s Oscars, including Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln,” which was expected by many to dominate the night. Daniel Day Lewis won Best Actor for his portrayal of Lincoln, and Jennifer Lawrence won Best Actress for her role in “Silver Linings Playbook.”
