Still under the weather

Sorry, folks, it's another down day. I'm not saying I'm done for the day, but here's a few links to read if you haven't already on some of the days events.

MyDD and Steve Clemons on the Murtha Amendment. Nothing like changing a bill and then suggesting it's just what was proposed. Even the New York Times gets it:

Murtha offered a resolution that would force the president to withdraw the nearly 160,000 troops in Iraq "at the earliest practicable date." It would establish a quick-reaction force and a nearby presence of Marines in the region. It also said the U.S. must pursue stability in Iraq through diplomacy.

But House Republicans planned to put to a vote -- and reject -- their own resolution that simply said: "It is the sense of the House of Representatives that the deployment of United States forces in Iraq be terminated immediately."

And Michael Hiltzik has a blog over at the Los Angeles Times called "Golden State." Today, he discuss the impact of Arnold's Prop 49, which created mandated after school programs. The full effect hits next year.