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March 29, 2012 | | SMOKING GUN Newly released police video of George Zimmerman reveals none of the injuries that the Florida shooter was reported to have received from Trayvon Martin. The Daily Beast’s Jesse Singal on how the footage lays bare the worst, most dangerous tendencies of the Internet—and ourselves—to decide “the facts” of a case long before anyone has a clue what they are. THUMBS UP! Another win for Mitt. Tea Party Senator Marco Rubio endorsed Mitt Romney in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity. Rubio said that Romney is a "very clear alternative" to Obama's plan for the country. As for the current Republican race, the first-term senator said that it's a "recipe for delivery four more years of Obama." Saying that Romney's earned it, Rubio still didn't say whether he'd be on Romney's ticket. Rubio will be the biggest get for Romney since Jeb Bush threw in his hat for the former governor earlier this month. Rubio continued to deny that he has any interest in being vice president. AMBUSH A NATO supply convoy fell under attack by insurgents Wednesday, and 20 were killed in the three-hour long fight that ensued. The convoy was traveling along a highway in the country’s westerly province of Farah. Among the dead were an Afghan soldier, five security guards contracted to protect the trucks, and at least 14 of the attackers. The insurgents reportedly overwhelmed the coalition supply vehicles using rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns. THEN WHAT? In its final day of hearings on Obamacare, the Supreme Court examined the consequences of ruling the health-care legislation unconstitutional. Justice Antonin Scalia considered the political realities, saying that Washington’s “legislative inertia” would make a moot point of the law if the justices took the “heart out of the statute.” Other Justices said that a broad ruling that struck down the whole law was a political task for which the court is not suited. Also, a salvage job would be hard work. “You really want us to go through these 2,700 pages?” Scalia asked a White House lawyer. UH-OH It looks as though Lady Luck may have decided to blow on some other candidate’s dice. Newt Gingrich is “at the end of his line,” casino tycoon and primary Newt backer Sheldon Adelson told the Jewish Journal Wednesday. Earlier this week, Gingrich chopped his staff by about a third, slimming down his operation as he burns through his cash reserves. The Daily Beast’s Howard Kurtz on Gingrich’s zombie campaign. | | 
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