Pershing: Pots, Kettles and Earmarks Bres: Hoyer blasts Republicans on earmark moratorium Pershing: Bush Hits on Stimulus, Earmark Reform As an aside, press releases “reacting” to the speech from left and right have been rolling in for a couple of hours, but Capitol Briefing can’t share them with you because …

O’Connor: Emerson will stay in the House

Pershing: SOTU Expectations Low on the Hill “I pretty much have lost hope, but the good news tonight is that it’s his last speech,” said Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.).

doesn’t like West Va. football The House is taking up two resolutions today to honor college-football teams, which in my opinion is at least one too many. But the assertion in the resolution that the WVU had to “overcome adversity” to win the Fiesta Bowl doesn’t really make it for …

A Frosty Moment between Clinton, Obama

…saving the whales!  I love how this post says “spanky pants.”

Best dunk(s) of the year [rim rockers] Justin Berry’s journey back to the lax field [back in the saddle] Threatening Phone Calls Cause Author Of Scientology Expose To Go Into Hiding [wtf] Back In My Day, Being An American Gladiator Actually Meant Something [TURBO] Ethanol for $1 a Gallon, and …

Taco Bell? The sacrifice he makes for his readers is displayed here: I pulled over to an exurban Orlando Taco Bell — new strip mall literally being built across the parking lot as I type — to write up the increasingly heated back-and-forth between both candidates and campaigns.

Guests expected to sit with first lady Laura Bush during President Bush’s State of the Union address on Monday: [who’s who]

Kurtz: Team Obama is Courting Everybody But the Press

DCist has all of the local road closings for tonight’s State of the Union

JoMa: Mitt rocks the guayabera shirt!

The Canadian Press (1/28) reports, “The son of Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is peddling a board game titled ‘Don’t Drop the Soap,’ a prison-themed game he created as part of a class project at the Rhode Island School of Design. John Sebelius, 23, has the backing of his mother and father, …

CREW demands transparency of everyone…..but themselves [hypocritical]