Incase you’ve been slammed and haven’t hit up the news today, Barack Obama’s “controversial” pastor and the church he’s served for 36 years is knee high in controversy. Why? Because of off-colored statements he’s made from the pulpit in support of the Junior Senator from IL. RCP has more: “… …

Gov. Sarah Palin announced last week that she is about seven months pregnant with her fifth child. Due date around Mayish according to our math. The governor says she knows the sex of the child but has not told her other children yet. [Unclear as to why she can’t trust …

What happens when you cram five twenty-somethings into the same house, all with the same goal in mind – each with easy access to booze, all of whom love late nights and wild times?  Well, usually a combination like that spells trouble, hangovers and sometimes these – but for one …

It’s going to be a circus today when charges fly about the level of pay some CEOs got during the subprime mortgage crisis. In a memo, that was perhaps preceded by a TPS report, committee Democrats blasted Countrywide Financial Corp., Merrill Lynch, and Citigroup for awarding their CEOs massive compensation …

This week the Democrats made time for luxury living, but not so much time for our national security.Their excuse for omitting FISA [again] … …the schedule was too packed.  “House Democratic leadership aides said late Tuesday it looked increasingly likely that floor action on legislation overhauling the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance …

According to the St. Petersburg Times ed board, Democratic voters gave Hillary Clinton exactly what she needed Tuesday in order to keep her in the fight until the convention.  Although they admit the fight won’t be pretty. The endgame in this fascinating and historic contest could be ugly and divisive. …

Republican Leader John Boehner is sick and tired of the Democrats having all the fun.  Instead of sitting back and watching his Democratic friends live-blog ’till their blue in the face, the Ohio congressman has decided it’s time for him to venture out into the wild wild web and “live-blog” …

Yesterday, a Germantown teenager who was “kidnapped” and taken to the crawlspace in his house, finally admitted that he made the entire story up – in order to avoid trouble with his mother. Problem: Now he’s in even more trouble – with the police – and a local news reporter …

…But if you want opening day tickets, you’re too late.  Those suckers sold out within minutes. Click here for tickets to all other games. [Ben’s Chili Bowl]

Nobody wants to go down with a sinking ship, but on the flip side, nobody wants to walk away and watch their team win the Super Bowl the following season [Tiki]. So what do you do if you are one of the nation’s leading political minds and things aren’t looking …

In a move that will send shockwaves through the left-leaning main stream media and its credibility – a SF Gate columnist has penned what he thinks the GOP’s playbook will be for Obama – if nominated. [sarcasm] Right now, deep in the GOP dungeons, they’re planning their racist, disgraceful assault. …

Regardless of whether influential members of her party agree with her or not, Speaker Pelosi is sticking to her guns – a move that might prove detrimental if the FISA saga drags on any longer. Pelosi, today during her press briefing, was asked: “Can you say today that you are …

UPDATE: Rep. Senfronia Thompson of Houston, as defected from Sen. Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and joined the growing list on Sen. Obama’s side. Strangely enough, up until about 3 minutes ago, Rep. Thompson had previously endorsed Clinton and spoke about her endorsement on camera.  Although she even seems confused as who …

The 24 hour news cycle covering the presidential race – fine, I can handle that. The 234,000 blogs covering each candidate and their every move, guilty as charged. The radio ads as I hear as I drive into work – whatever, I’ve got a CD player. The TV ads – …

Leave it up to the New York Post for such wildly entertaining news: “Hillary Rodham Clinton’s pit-bull pollster and chief strategist Mark Penn has his Washington, DC, neighborhood in an uproar. He recently started multimillion-dollar renovations on his house on O Street in Georgetown, but didn’t alert anyone beforehand, said …