Peter Sellers — Cigarettes and Whiskey, from The Muppet Show.

It’s hard to consider this the most serious indignity that liberals have been forced to suffer  since the start of the supposed Democratic-majority era a year and a half ago, but chalk it up as adding insult to injury, in more ways than one (via The Hill): Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) will put [...]

I’m terribly confused. Is the GOP the Law and Order Anti-Terrorist Party, or the Protect Serial Killers and Let Any Random Maniac Buy a Gun Party?

New West Virginia Senator Carte Goodwin opposes any cap and trade legislation before the Senate, CQ reports.

For the first time in a very long time, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has a significant lead in his re-election bid. The latest Mason-Dixon poll for the “Las Vegas Review- Journal” shows Reid with a seven-point lead over his Republican opponent, Sharron Angle.

The pressure is building to name Elizabeth Warren as the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, on the inside and outside.

The DNC is out with a new memo (PDF), short and worth reading, making the case that this November will not be as bad as 1994 was for Democrats or 2006 was for Republicans. It is an attempt to dispel the idea Democrats will lose control of the House.

Be wary about celebrating Adam Dillon as a hero, and of attributing “whistleblower” status to someone who could very well be appropriating that status only to discredit it. The importance of real whistleblowers have done should be treated with respect, and protected from association with those who do not deserve to wear that mantle.

The Obama Administration has applied what amounts to the Stupak amendment to the interim high-risk insurance pools created in the Affordable Care Act, banning abortion services coverage in them.

I am in town for a week to visit with my family here in Louisiana and am curious to see if there was evidence of the BP tragedy in my hometown. What I do find is very interesting and consistent with a place that lives with the tangible possibility of danger and excitement on a seasonal basis. The two seasons that come to mind are hurricane and Mardi Gras.