The gloves are coming off in the Republican presidential race, but what about pants? In the last GOP debate Donald Trump charged that Jeb Bush had threatened to "take his pants off and moon everybody." Truth is, Bush had told a reporter in jest that if he did such a thing "the press guys would never notice." It was similar to Trump saying recently he could go into a New York street and "shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters."


Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia enjoyed a good joke so as he rests in peace he might be smiling at the chaos his death on a hunting trip in Texas created in the current presidential campaign. It certainly took the focus off of Common Core and eminent domain.

While serious matters are developing on Capitol Hill in Washington and in national politics, The Hill newspaper reports that President Obama was meeting the challenges of a California golf course "known as one of the toughest in the world."  He played "the famed Stadium Course" at PGA West in La Quinta, Calif. He was on the West Coast for a four-day Democratic fundraising trip.