McCain Says No New Taxes

Extreme Mortman: Waxing Poetic Yes, anti-trust is a Congressional matter.  But steroids?  Spygate?  Hardly.  You know that old warning about mixing church and state?  Congress should likewise stop mixing ESPN and C-SPAN.

Pershing names Congressman John Conyers “Capitol Briefing Player of the Week” House Democrats left town Thursday for the President’s Day recess having fired two controversial salvos at the Bush administration — approving contempt of Congress citations against White House officials while refusing to renew a terrorism surveillance law. House Judiciary …

Politico’s Ben Smith Pleads for More Sane Comments, Less Personal Attacks Anyway, for now, I’d just like to ask some commenters to treat this more like a conversation, less like the wall in a public bathroom.

Obama Makes Secret Visit to North Carolina to Talk With Edwards

–but at least reporters, Members, Senators and Congressional staff finally agreed when it officially expired. Stories about the law were all over the map in describing when it would expire. In the interests of full transparency, this Capitol Briefing item said “Friday night” and this Washington Post story said “Friday,” …

Mark Kilmer’s Sunday Morning Talk Shows Review

How many headlines will read something like this the day after Hillary loses or drops out of the race for President? “The ‘fairytale’ is over for Clinton” Regardless of how many it is -remember, you saw it here first.

While both sides of the aisle argue about our nation’s safety, and the monumental importance of our national security- Republicans seem to be making a better case as to why the Democrats are not taking it seriously.  And the proof is in what happened [or didn’t happen] on the House …

Hillary is watching them drop like flies – her supporters that is.  In the latest blow to her campaign, Rep. John Lewis (GA) has decided that he would cast his superdelegate vote to Barack. “In recent days, there is a sense of movement and a sense of spirit,” said Mr. …

  The folks at the National Beer Wholesalers Association [NBWA] have come up with a clever website [with the world’s longest URL] that asks, “which of the presidential candidates would you rather have a beer with?” From the site: “Drinking a beer with someone means more than just quenching thirst. It means spending …

Famously recomended: Garrett Graff recently penned “The First Campaign: Globalization, the Web, and the Race for the White House.”  This book is a must read that explores the political, economic and technological changes that Graff believes will make this years race for the White House a campaign of “new age.”  [click …

Akers: Meltdown on House Floor Disrupts Lantos Memorial Service Steroids in Baseball – CHECK NFL Spygate – CHECK Pelosi’s Daughter’s Wedding – CHECK Political Gotcha – CHECK Terrorist Surveillance (FISA) – nah

Does Congressman John Shadegg’s surprise retirement announcement now make more sense given rumors of a McCain retirement from the Senate?  Is Shadegg preparing for a senate run?  Was he tipped off by McCain?

The timing is suspect – especially given the fact that McCain has this all but locked up.  Is Romney itching for a VP nod? Announcement at 4pm EST.