Weekly Wrap: The Good, Bad and Ugly

The Good: The legislature was on Spring Break, so no new cuts to struggling families and children. 

• We learned that Ron Richard hasn't read the plan to provide health care to 35,000 uninsured Missourians. He says he may be "willing to look at it" if it's "reasonable."
• It's a remarkably reasonable proposal -- no cost to the state, basic coverage for struggling families, good deal for the hospitals, less stress on the health care system for everyone -- so that's a good sign for things to come next week. Right? 

The Bad: The legislature was on Spring Break, so no new help to struggling families and children. 

• We learned that Ron Richard hasn't read the plan to provide health care to 35,000 uninsured Missourians. He says he may be "willing to look at it" if it's "reasonable."
• Richard was either lying or making a horrifying, horrifying admission.
• The number of jobless Missourians increased in February. 
• The Courier-Post is on board with the GOP ideologues.  They said the hospitals' deal to increase coverage is bad because it will use one-time stimulus money. They also say that it won't take any stimulus money.  We don't understand their logic either. 
• What they said.

The Ugly: We're still learning new ways that Blunt Administration officials broke the rules, enriched themselves and tried to steamroll dissent to enact their ideological agenda.

• Read the emails they fought to hide from the public here. 
• For all of their tough guy routines, they sure were a sensitive bunch. 
• Crazy Eddie likes free things. He plays by a different set of rules than the rest of us, you know. 
• Stayed tuned.  

Other Notes:

• Blaine Luetkemeyer was all about getting the bonus money back from AIG executives before he was against it.
• Former state Rep. Scott Muschany was found not guilty of sexual assault. 
• A budding bromance: Karl Rove and Eddie Martin.
• George W. Bush is writing an "authoritarian" account of his presidency.  His words, not mine.
• Michael Steele got served. Oh, snap!
• Barry Soetero picked Mizzou to beat Cornell and Marquette , but has the Tigers losing to Memphis.
• David Frum, one of Dubya's top aides, wants to know "the hell is going on at Fox News." (I think we've all been wondering about that for some time now.)
• Pitch staff writer Justin Kendall has a crush on Cynthia Davis. Gross. 
• This is also gross. I watched and threw up in my mouth a little (NSFW).
• Kudos to Kit Bond for this video. How can you watch and not love the internets?
• David Catanese has tweeted one of the most profound tweets that's ever been tweeted.
• We won't celebrate St. Patty's Day with a green website anymore because Lou Dobbs thinks its unamerican.