Top Line

Scholar Norman Ornstein is pointing fingers in a new book, "It's Even Worse Than It Looks," co-authored with Thomas Mann. Congress is partisan and polarizing, and one party, said Ornstein, bears the brunt of the blame.

"I wouldn't say it's all Republicans," said Ornstein, "it's 80-20 at this point."

"When you look at the data, including voting records ... the Democrats have moved left, to probably their own 25 yard line. President Obama's probably around the 40," said the American Enterprise Institute scholar. "The Republicans have moved behind their own goal post."

Check out this week's Top Line to hear Ornstein break down recent history and the gridlock in Washington.

Spinners and Winners

Mia Love is unlike any  Congressional candidate ever -- she is African-American, she is Mormon, and she is conservative. Republicans have deemed her race in Utah's newly drawn 4th district one of the top ten most important races in the country, vowing to spare no expense to get her to Congress. If she wins, Love would be the first black Republican woman ever elected to the House of Representatives.

Check out this week's Spinners and Winners to hear Love's first order of business should she get to Washington, and her response to people who say her race is playing an out-sized role in all the attention she is receiving from the Republican party.

Political Punch

It is the nation's highest military honor, bestowed by the president on soldiers for extraordinary valor on the battlefield. But just what does it take to receive the Medal of Honor? Recently President Obama recognized the sacrifice of  Specialist Leslie Sabo Jr. for valor above and beyond the call of duty during the Vietnam War. Sabo was killed in combat more than 42 years ago, when his patrol was ambushed by North Vietnamese troops near a remote border area of Cambodia; it came to be known as the "Mother's Day Ambush."

Colonel Jason Evans reviews proposals for Medal of Honor nominees. The process can take years, but usually not 40 years. Anyone with first-hand knowledge, a first-hand witness, can submit a soldier for the award. Proposals are meticulously checked to ensure there is incontestable proof that the event did happen. From there, said Evans, it goes to the Pentagon, then to a review board, then to the Secretary of the Army, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs