You know the old adage – legislation is like making sausage – the result might be great, but you surely don’t want to watch the process.  Well, the same goes for the Democratic “after primary caucus” process down in Texas – at least for one teed off resident. [why I’m …

Okay, so it’s not an official endorsement, but it’s damn close.  From the National Journal’s Hotline:  “Hillary Clinton told reporters that both she and the presumptive Republican nominee John McCain offer the experience to be ready to tackle any crisis facing the country under their watch, but Barack Obama simply …

Republican Leader John Boehner is sick and tired of the Democrats having all the fun.  Instead of sitting back and watching his Democratic friends live-blog ’till their blue in the face, the Ohio congressman has decided it’s time for him to venture out into the wild wild web and “live-blog” …

Michael Calderone notes that according to Chuck Shumer — all the kids are going online.

Daniel Reilly: Bill Gates to Testify Before Congress — March 12, House Science and Technology Committe

Data snafu puts Clyburn 77th in influence ranking (did Politico just drop SNAFU in a title?) “We erred on that one,” acknowledged Knowlegis CEO Brad Fitch. Fitch was alerted to the error Monday by Clyburn’s press secretary, Kristie Greco. Fitch said Clyburn fell into one of the “two categories of …

Chris Frates: Big Business Ventures Into the Blogosphere Who would read a pro-business blog? “Short answer: people who care about your issues,” such as congressional aides, lawmakers, reporters, policymakers and opinion leaders, Pat Cleary said.

We’ll deal with him [Mark Penn] later,” said Rep. Stephanie Tubbs-Jones

Nobody wants to go down with a sinking ship, but on the flip side, nobody wants to walk away and watch their team win the Super Bowl the following season [Tiki]. So what do you do if you are one of the nation’s leading political minds and things aren’t looking …

DMN editorial board recommends Mike Huckabee for GOP nomination The editorial board’s blog 

Thanks to RedState:Thanks to the Obama camp:

From the Politico: Another 3 a.m. call My colleague Carrie Budoff Brown e-mails from an Obama campaign conference call (big day for conference calls): A reporter asked whether Clinton should drop out after Ohio and Texas. Obama adviser Richard Danzig responded: “I would encourage you on March 5 to call …

Pershing’s Player of the week: Mitch McConnell [always about the Senate]

From your parent’s basement to K St., according to the Wall Street Journal,  in “New-Media World,” everyone sounds like an inside beltway wonk [and everyone’s got a blog]. WSJ looks into the tip sheets and web sites that drive the politically plugged in chattering class – from Mark Halperin to JoMa to …

Regardless of whether influential members of her party agree with her or not, Speaker Pelosi is sticking to her guns – a move that might prove detrimental if the FISA saga drags on any longer. Pelosi, today during her press briefing, was asked: “Can you say today that you are …