Friday Morning Open Thread

Good morning.

Capping off his busy week, Obama is heading to Baltimore today to meet with the House Republicans at their "Issues Conference." The President is committed to bipartisanship. The House Republicans are committed to destroying his agenda. But, this will undoubtedly be a productive meeting with lots of smiles and good photo ops for both sides. They can resume the battle when they're all back in D.C.

Next week is critical for the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell. The President submits his budget to Congress on Monday. That's where Obama can send the signal that he's serious about taking action to repeal the law -- and that's where the repeal language needs to be according to SLDN. Then, the Senate Armed Service Committee's first hearing on the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell are scheduled for Tuesday at noon. Chairman Levin promised hearings and he's keeping that promise. We'll have a good sense by Tuesday afternoon of how this is going to play out.

Let's get threading...