Voters: Keep Passing Bills Even If Obama is Opposed

"A new Rasmussen Reports poll issued Friday found that 59 percent of voters 'think Congress should continue to pass legislation that most members of Congress support even if the president is opposed'," writes Paul Bedard at the Washington Examiner. "Just 25 percent want Congress to cave into the White House and 16 percent are unsure."

Despite bipartisan support, Obama vetoed the Keystone bill this week, and is promising to use the veto pen much more in his last two years in office.

The poll of 800 likely voters taken this week could also strengthen the backbone of Republicans eager to use the Department of Homeland Security spending bill to punish Obama's decision last year to grant worker amnesty to some 5 million illegal immigrants.

White House Benghazi Scandal Spin Falling Apart

A single email obtained by Judicial Watch via a Freedom of Information Act request sums up the Benghazi scandal, writes John Hinderaker:

This one, by Benjamin Rhodes, a White House political operative, shows the administration’s priorities on the Friday before Susan Rice’s infamous tour of the Sunday talk shows. ... The overriding imperative was to deflect attention from the 'broader failure of policy' that led to the disaster.

"In an effort to spin the situation, [White House press secretary Jay] Carney claimed the talking points provided to Rice [in the above email] were about the numerous protests occurring in the Middle East and weren't specifically about Benghazi," reports the Washington Free Beacon.

Fox News' Bret Baier calls Carney's performance "surreal" in his description of the White House press conference to Gretchen Carlson in this Fox News video, which also contains clips of a back-and-forth between Carney and ABC reporter Jonathan Karl:

Pipes: How Will White House Respond to Obamacare Decision

Health care expert Sally Pipes looks at the 4 most likely outcomes of the US Supreme Court decision on Obamacare and how the White House might respond to each one. It's worth reading to understand why the court's decision, however it comes out, isn't likely to mark the end of the health care reform debate.