The public agrees we’re in a hell of a pickle — and the GOP is the cause, not the answer.

Featuring new videos from Great Lake Swimmers and The Deep Vibration.

No “ifs” in evidence. Well, it’s a start.

In addition to violating his membership in Promise Keepers, Senator John Ensign (R-Hypocritical Adulterer) has resigned his position as head of the Senate Republican Conference, the number four job in the Senate GOP. But — has he reported his employee’s attempted extortion to the authorities?

Russ Feingold asked Holder whether he stands by his statements on Bush’s illegal wiretap program last year. And Holder squirmed. Visibly.

President Obama told reporters yesterday he’s willing to consider Kent Conrad’s co-op proposal as a compromise substitute for a robust public health insurance option.

For those of you who don’t work on Wall Street, I thought it might be useful to define some terms that you may be reading or hearing in the news media, that might be used during testimony before a Congressional Banking Committee, and which will undoubtedly be used if a new Pecora Commission is constituted.

Oh, good lord. Save me from this idiocy and self-inflicted wound licking from the bipartisan zombie crew.

Making alterations to lending, securitization and derivatives are positive steps, but giving the Fed more power, and shuffling the deck chairs of the regulatory arena, while leaving Wall Street’s landscape intact – is NOT an overhaul.

I spoke with Jude McCartin, Press Secretary for Jeff Bingaman, who indicates that Senator Bingaman as a member of the HELP Committee supports a “strong public option.”