SNIPPET OF THE DAY – AT 9:56 A.M. ET: 

From WaPo:  Hubert J. “Hub” Schlafly Jr., a television engineer who aided countless politicians and performers when he helped invent the scrolling public-speaking crutch known as a teleprompter, died April 20 of undisclosed causes at a hospital in Stamford, Conn. He was 91.

President Obama sent a wreath with a note saying, "You made me possible, Hub."  He tried to read the note to a press conference, but the teleprompter jammed.  (No, no, no.) 

April 27, 2011