Looks like someone’s got a case of the grumpies after getting smacked by the President yesterday.

William Greider (who really needs no introduction) is the national affairs correspondent for The Nation. During his 40-year career, he has written for many publications, including the Washington Post, where he was a correspondent for 12-years and eventually assistant managing editor of national coverage, and Rolling Stone, where he wrote a column for 17-years. He also served as an on-air correspondent for six PBS Frontline documentary films, including the 1985 Emmy winner ‘Retreat from Beirut.”

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse offers to bring a little hardball to the OLC proxy fight.
One vocal Johnsen supporter, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), said he’s eager for a Senate debate about the office. “I’m happy to spent the whole [time] talking about what the Bush administration did to the Office of Legal Counsel and why it needs to be cleaned up.

If you truly want a public plan, you’re going to have to fight for it — just like the Blue Dogs are.

Stark was elected to the House the day Nixon was elected to a second term, and won his last election with 74% of the vote. His district has a PVI of D+22. In other words, he has nothing to lose by taking the pledge, and nothing (at least comparatively) to gain by raising some extra cash.

• Shorter GOP: screw bipartisanship.
• I wouldn’t underestimate Obama.
• Back to the drawing board.
• Shocker.
• With Democrats like these…
• Harvard Prof. arrested for being black at home.
• A demographics problem for the white Christian party.

Jupiter hit by comet, or meteor, or maybe Mark Sanford

New videos from Diane Birch and Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey.

Obama’s gonna take away yer guns! Get ‘em while you can!

The CIA explains away its Vaughn Index sampling gaps by claiming documents listed on its index as cables are derivative, not original reporting on the torture.