These are my links for March 9th from 17:13 to 18:25:

• President 2012: Gov Haley Barbour adds online communications aide – James Richardson – Haley Barbour's political operation, steadily ramping up toward a full presidential campaign, has hired a communications adviser to handle its online outreach, a Barbour aide confirmed this evening.

  James Richardson, who was online communications manager for the RNC in the 2008 cycle, joins a team that already includes former 2004 RNC communications director Jim Dyke.

  Richardson has more recently been a consultant to Senator Dan Coats and to the National Republican Senatorial Committee. He's also a blogger who's written quite a bit at RedState and elsewhere.

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  Congrats James

• Breaking: Without Democrats Present, Wisconsin Senate Voting on Largely-Intact Budget Repair Bill (UPDATED) | The Weekly Standard – Without Democrats Present, Wisconsin Senate Voting on Largely-Intact Budget Repair Bill
• Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald’s Statement on Budget Vote | The Weekly Standard – Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald's Statement on Budget Vote
• Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald’s Statement on Budget Vote – Wisconsin state senate majority leader Scott Fitzgerald issued the following statement on the senate's vote on the budget repair bill tonight without Democrats present:

  “Before the election, the Democrats promised “adult leadership” in Madison. Then a month and a half into session, the Senate Democrats fled the state instead of doing their job.

   

  “In doing so, they have tarnished the very institution of the Wisconsin state Senate.  This is unacceptable.

   

  “This afternoon, following a week and a half of line-by-line negotiation, Sen. Miller sent me a letter that offered three options: 1) keep collective bargaining as is with no changes, 2) take our counter-offer, which would keep collective bargaining as is with no changes, 3) or stop talking altogether.

   

  “With that letter, I realized that we’re dealing with someone who is stalling indefinitely, and doesn’t have a plan or an intention to return.  His idea of compromise is “give me everything I want,” and the only negotiating he’s doing is through the media.

   

  “Enough is enough.

   

  “The people of Wisconsin elected us to do a job.  They elected us to stand up to the broken status quo, stop the constant expansion of government, balance the budget, create jobs and improve the economy.  The longer the Democrats keep up this childish stunt, the longer the majority can’t act on our agenda.