News Daze for May 6th, 2009

• Republicans gear up for a fight, without knowing whom they're fighting against (Mike Madden)
• Utah representative Jason Chaffetz has more say on the DC same-sex marriage bill than DC's city council or their constituents (DC CityPaper)
• An all-white jury in rural Pennsylvania acquits two white teenagers of killing a Mexican man, although they are found guilty for the assault that lead to his death (Crooks and Liars)
• Gays in Maine and New Hampshire wait with baited breath for their respective governors to sign same-sex marriage rights into law (NY Times)
• United Kingdom helps reinforce "conservative martyr-complex" by banning talk show host Michael Savage from the country (Talk of the Nation)