McCain Says No New Taxes

Extreme Mortman: Waxing Poetic Yes, anti-trust is a Congressional matter.  But steroids?  Spygate?  Hardly.  You know that old warning about mixing church and state?  Congress should likewise stop mixing ESPN and C-SPAN.

Pershing names Congressman John Conyers “Capitol Briefing Player of the Week” House Democrats left town Thursday for the President’s Day recess having fired two controversial salvos at the Bush administration — approving contempt of Congress citations against White House officials while refusing to renew a terrorism surveillance law. House Judiciary …

Politico’s Ben Smith Pleads for More Sane Comments, Less Personal Attacks Anyway, for now, I’d just like to ask some commenters to treat this more like a conversation, less like the wall in a public bathroom.

Obama Makes Secret Visit to North Carolina to Talk With Edwards

–but at least reporters, Members, Senators and Congressional staff finally agreed when it officially expired. Stories about the law were all over the map in describing when it would expire. In the interests of full transparency, this Capitol Briefing item said “Friday night” and this Washington Post story said “Friday,” …

Mark Kilmer’s Sunday Morning Talk Shows Review

WaPo: Redskins Get Smith In the End Titans Assistant Said No Earlier in the Day On second thought, Sherman Smith will join the Washington Redskins. After initially rejecting an offer yesterday to become the Redskins’ offensive coordinator, Smith reconsidered and became the final member of new head coach Jim Zorn‘s …

Just hit refresh [strange] A new venture for Jay-Z, on Madison Avenue [HOVA] Friday House Line: Republican Retirements Galore [AARP] Who does number two work for? [agony] Put on some damn pants, son [cowboy draws] Trouble for the GOP [turked] Have a great weekend -keep it famous…

Google Inc., YouTube Combining Forces with GOP to Create Tech-Savvy Convention

How many headlines will read something like this the day after Hillary loses or drops out of the race for President? “The ‘fairytale’ is over for Clinton” Regardless of how many it is -remember, you saw it here first.

CNN Producer Says He Was Fired for Blogging

While both sides of the aisle argue about our nation’s safety, and the monumental importance of our national security- Republicans seem to be making a better case as to why the Democrats are not taking it seriously.  And the proof is in what happened [or didn’t happen] on the House …

Hillary is watching them drop like flies – her supporters that is.  In the latest blow to her campaign, Rep. John Lewis (GA) has decided that he would cast his superdelegate vote to Barack. “In recent days, there is a sense of movement and a sense of spirit,” said Mr. …

  The folks at the National Beer Wholesalers Association [NBWA] have come up with a clever website [with the world’s longest URL] that asks, “which of the presidential candidates would you rather have a beer with?” From the site: “Drinking a beer with someone means more than just quenching thirst. It means spending …