Rachel Maddow calls out dozens the Republican hypocrites who “trashed the stimulus, and voted against it,” and then exploited it by bragging to their constituents how great this money would be for local jobs and economic development.

• More bipartisany kabuki.
• And more proof the bipartisany kabuki ain’t workin’.
• Can we please get rid of Ben and Blanche?
• Geez, what’s going on in Japan?
• MC Steele: conservatives hate me because I’m black.
• Double standard? What double standard?

Glenn Beck, The Tears of a Clown Tour kicks it up to the highest, most offensive, notch.

Gov’t Mule — Slackjaw Jezebel, Rockpalast, Germany, 2005.

South Carolina has nifty new tool in the battle against terrorism: A form that must be filled out in duplicate and filed with the Secretary of State.

The obvious question is whether Obama’s health care summit with the Republicans is a good thing or a bad thing. And the answer is… Who knows?

the big measure here is the job creation tax credit, which comes in two forms – payroll tax forgiveness for new employees, and a business credit for retaining individuals hired in 2010, essentially an incentive to hire now. In addition, there are extensions for unemployment benefits and the 65% COBRA subsidy from the stimulus, allowing laid-off workers to retain their current health insurance at a reduced rate. The third big element relates to spending on infrastructure projects, through both renewing the Highway Trust Fund and some new allocations to do with transportation.

And that’s mostly it. . . mostly.

For those who are fascinated by watching slow motion train wrecks, the Obama White House is giving a demonstration. The trick is to pretend the other side wants to play a nice game with fair rules and not to notice while they’re destroying you.

Republicans more recently started attacking the Obama Administration for having Mirandized “underwear bomber” Umar Farouk Abdulmutalla after a pollster said voters responded positively to senatorial candidate Scott Brown’s framing; Brown said he favored charging suspected terrorists as enemy combatants in a military tribunal while opponent Martha Coakley said she would give terrorist suspects a civilian trial.

The Senate voted against invoking cloture on Obama appointee Craig Becker, a nominee for the National Labor Relations Board. The final vote was 52-33, with all Republicans opposed, including Scott Brown, who claimed to be “undecided” last week. Among Democrats, both Ben Nelson and Blanche Lincoln voted against Becker.