Greg Corombos of Radio America and Daniel Foster of National Review Online are glad to see GOP leaders like Mitch McConnell embrace rising stars like Rand Paul and Marco Rubio. They also reject the finger-in-the-wind strategy on gay marriage by a growing number of Republicans, including Ohio Sen. Rob Portman, and they explain why caving in on the issue will not result in more votes. And they wonder how soft the NFL will go now that it’s proposing to ban running backs from initiating contact with their helmets in the open field.