Tuesday Morning Open Thread

Good morning.

The President is heading to Delaware this morning to attend the funeral for Vice President Biden's mother, who died over the weekend.

The House convenes today at noon. Later this week, the House Democratic caucus will be going on its annual "Issues Conference." The President will be attending that meeting with the hopes of wrapping up the health care bill. That should be interesting. Every House member is facing an election in 2010. Obama isn't. And, the House candidates need an energized base.

The Prop. 8 trial continues in San Francisco today. Per Justice Kennedy's order, we still won't have video today. The full U.S. Supreme Court should rule on that tomorrow. The full Supreme Court will probably be hearing this Prop. 8 case in a couple years.

Let's start threading the news.