“Despite a public call by Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) to pray for rain over the weekend, major wildfires continue to rage on across the state.” [NYT]

Reince Priebus:

“I don’t think it’s an issue that moves voters,” he said of the birth certificate chatter. “It’s an issue in my opinion that I don’t personally get too excited about, because I think the more important question is what’s going on in this country in regards to jobs, to debt, and the deficit and spending. Those are the things that people are worried about. People aren’t worried about these other issues.”

Jan Brewer — yes, Jan Brewer:

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Phoebe Snow, singer of 1970s hit ‘Poetry Man,’ dies at 60 [LAT]

Barack Obama, who with the press of a button could end humanity as we know it, uses the occasion of Monday’s White House Easter Egg Roll to test our hypothesis that no man gains from juxtaposition to a human being wearing a rabbit costume.

Previous experiments in Man-Furry Comparative Gravitas follow.

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“In its second week of release, after expanding from 300 to 465 theaters, Atlas Shrugged: Part I may have started to tank. The movie hauled $879,000 over the weekend; more importantly, it only made an average of $1,890 per screen. The first week, it made $5,600 per screen.” [Weigel]

Evening. A community center, upstate New York. Republican Congressman Chris Gibson rises to speak.

GIBSON: I think there’s a rational way to go forward that we’re going to be able to bring closure to this issue. I tell you there is one thing that you’re saying that’s true: There are people in our country that are not paying taxes because they’re illegal. And that’s gotta be addressed…

AUDIENCE MEMBER: You mean like GE?! (Laughter, light applause.)

GIBSON: Well, GE needs to pay their fair share, too. No, I support that, too.

And, scene. Thank you for supporting the arts.

Rep. Chris Gibson Says ‘Illegal’ Immigrants Not Paying Taxes, Town Hall Attendee Asks: ‘You Mean Like GE?!’ [ThinkProgress]

“I resign out of the firmly held belief that a representation should not be abandoned because the client’s legal position is extremely unpopular in certain quarters. Defending unpopular clients is what lawyers do.”

Former Bush Solicitor General Paul Clement, in his resignation letter to King & Spalding chairman Robert Hays. King & Spalding withdrew this morning from defending DOMA on behalf of House Republicans. Clement will continue representing the case, according to House Speaker John Boehner’s office.

Conservative Lawyer Resigns After Law Firm Drops DOMA Defense [TPM]