What’s worse than a government run health care plan that makes you chance your insurance plan, switch doctors, wait in longer lines AND raises your taxes? One that gives you cancer. Clearly. So you can’t possibly support the Democratic health care plan. Unless, of course, you actually want your wife …

When meeting a soon-to-be member of Congress, it’s generally a good idea to be wearing pants – unless of course your name is Matt Lira and you work for Rep. Eric Cantor. Matt Lira, the guru for Republican Whip Cantor, likely didn’t wake up earlier this week figuring he’d read …

Pat Buchanan’s not crazy, he just too old to care anymore. [tell us how you really feel] Conservative pundit and onetime Nixon aide Pat Buchanan suggested in an interview Monday that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s husband should murder her daughter’s ex-boyfriend for speaking unfavorably about her campaign and decision to …

For the record, we have no idea if they enjoyed an Italian BMT or the Cold Cut Trio – nor do we care.  [baked]

Facebook Status Abuse: Jimmy is drinking coffee What, no post about making it first? Come on folks, nobody cares that you’re drinking coffee, or making a sandwich or taking a nap. Please attempt to be slightly more creative. [contact-form 3 "Facebook Alerts"]

Unfortunately, Mr. Bedard is talking about the ole DC tradition of going off-the-record during meetings with reporters –not the famous Hay Adams bar or the rockin’ song by My Morning Jacket (also, you just witnessed the first time in history Hay Adams and My Morning Jacket were used in the …

Ex-Ebay CEO Meg Whitman recently made a $15M donation  to her CA governor bid, bringing her total personal contributions to $19M. [highest bidder wins] Political experts have gone as far as saying that this race for CA governor will be a "free-spending race."  You don’t say… h/t Wake Up Call

As reported by ABC’s Jake Tapper and echoed by Matt Drudge – President Obama’s teleprompter took a fall yesterday. For more information, we decided to check out his blog. Barack Obama’s Teleprompter’s Blog: I’m Okay Remember how I was hoping to take the next couple of days off? Well, that …

This screen grab was taken from the Judiciary Committee TV channel. [seriously] Our guess is that this kid is a relative, based on where he was sitting. Whether he was giving thumbs up to the TV on purpose, or whether it was meant for Judge Sotomayor is TBD.  All we …

9 months later, the federal deficit has topped $1 trillion for the first time. [boy or girl?] Pop the bubbly, cuz we’re settin’ records… Congrats, Washington.

He also sleeps in his office, which we find awesome. [air mattress]

How does he get air time on the Today Show?  [brilliant] Levi Johnston, the father of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s grandson, told the "Today Show" this morning that he thinks the governor changed markedly after her losing bid as the Republican Party’s vice presidential candidate. What’s next, GQ will invite …

Dear Rep. Obey, It’s “Matthew,” not, “Mathew.” But don’t worry, Guttenburg didn’t have spell check either. Warmly, FDC

Oh My Goff, better known as Angie Goff, is the W*USA traffic anchor. She also happens to be the coolest TV personality we’ve ever run across.   A George Mason grad, Angie rejoined W*USA team after a stint as an intern back in 2001. Angie has also been honored with an …

Barack Obama will be adding baseball broadcaster to his résumé. SI.com learned Sunday that the President will join Fox Sports announcers Joe Buck and Tim McCarver during Tuesday’s All-Star Game. Obama is expected to be in the booth sometime between the third and fifth inning. Joey Buck is hoping this …