Government Scientists Left Smallpox Lying Around, Obama Slammed Over Immigration Missteps, Paul Leads GOP Pack: P.M. Links

About that “eradicated” smallpox… A

few forgotten vials of the stuff were found in an unused storage
room at the National Institutes of Health. Whoops.
President Obama is
getting the business for his deer-caught-in-headlights response
to the influx of tens of thousand of unaccompanied immigrant
children in recent months.
Sarah Palin wants to impeach President Obama, which might mean
something if she held a seat anyplace other than news shows.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Hillary Clinton are the
leading contenders for their parties’ respective presidential
nominations, the latest poll says.
Paul is also teaming up with Sen Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on a
proposal to
make criminal sentencing around the country less
draconian.
Customer
cheers greeted the first legal marijuana sale in Washington
state. Tight regulations keep the price sky high, so black market
dealers shouldn’t lose too much sleep yet.
Libertarian candidates show strength
in roughly seven Senate races this year. North Carolina’s Sean
Haugh
polls between 8 and 11 percent.