My first boss Bruce B. Brugmann (B3) has a blog.

And it’s not worth explaining, but if you know Bruce, it’s fucking hilarious:

PG&E’s interest is clear: to grab as many City Hall appointments as possible to protect and enhance the position of this corrupt and corrupting private utility.

Newly-named RNC Chair Michael Steele says he’s going to make the GOP competitive in the, how shall I put this, less monochromatic territory of the northeast. It seems unlikely.

Taking Larry Summers to task over household savings

The good news is that it looks like the Senate has agreed on a stimulus bill that can pass. The bad news is that it’s been watered down by over $100 billion – mostly the stuff that would actually work.

8:59: Blub reminds us that anything Lieberman voted for two years ago was considered “bipartisan.”

7:20: Reid is speaking in the Senate. I guess Collins and Nelson didn’t get their lights-camera-action press conference moment, but Reid is giving them props along with Specter and …wait for it…Joe Lieberman. Did that prick hold this thing up?

CNN reports that Kennedy is on his way from Florida in order to vote.

CNN headline:

A group of Democratic and GOP senators have reached a tentative deal for a $780 billion stimulus package, sources say.

Kristin Davis, who pleaded guilty for promoting prostitution–she was the madame in the Elliot Spitzer prostitution case–says Wall Street CEOs and investment bankers used their corporate credit card cards to charge sexy romps at a stimulating cost of $2,000 an hour.

In an interviw with ABC’s 20/20 airing tonight, Davis says:

Some of these guys, I was invoicing on corporate credit cards. I was writing up monthly bills for computer consulting, construction expenses, all of these things, I was invoicing them monthly so they could get it by their accountants. Okay, prostitution is one thing–but fraud? Yikes!

So far, there’s a lot of support in these parts for Howard Dean to be HHS Secretary.

Obama has said he made a mistake by overlooking Daschle’s conflicts and tax problems when he first appointed him.

I’m here on television saying I screwed up, and that’s part of the era of responsibility.

Barack Obama’s Labor Department needs a leader now. It’s time to end the delaying tactics. The obstruction must stop. Hilda Solis must be confirmed. You can tell the Senate to act right here.