If you thought this was going to be good – wait ’till you see this… "We found that there was a real possibility of representing my home district in Congress, the place where I had swam and studied and run with my goats in the woods, the First District of …

Someone must have recently told Mike Huckabee that he needed to work on his branding.  [identity crisis] "Team Huck" rolls into the bookstore like a NASCAR pit crew, red uniform shirts adorned with the corporate logos of Mike Huckabee’s website, his speaker’s bureau, his publisher, and "Huck" emblazoned on their …

Amie Parnes: State Dinner: Ari Emanuel To Attend

We thought the same thing. One, and only one, Republican broke ranks to vote for the health reform bill in the House. Dude needed a song. Worth the watch.

Sarah Palin’s book launched, New Moon hysteria took Washington by storm, Chris Gindlesperger is celebrating a birthday Saturday, the Washington Blade shut down, Wolf Blitzer watched Lebron James, Oprah announced that she’s ending her TV show, a double entendre can be taken two ways, Congressman Peter DeFazio ain’t on Treasury …

This email is going around the Senate.  Staff assistants rejoice. The Senate voice mail system is not working because of all of the health care calls to the Senate right now. The calls are blowing the system out. Not much they can do about it – we’ll just have to …

Oh boy… On the heels of that news, Public Policy Polling released this shocking nugget on its blog: "a 52% majority of GOP voters nationally think that ACORN stole the Presidential election for Barack Obama last year.  [move on] A majority of Americans also blame ACORN for their bad mood …

Finally, a Member of Congress introduces legislation that FDC can support.  [guaranteed not to be over 2,000 pages]

If our dreams come true, this could be riveting.  [get your popcorn] The 2,074-page Senate health care bill would take 34 hours to read cover to cover — and that’s just what Sen. Tom Coburn wants done on the Senate floor. It’s a great day to be a Senate clerk. …

We don’t live in New Orleans, but if we did, we’d vote for James Perry just because he’s an Eagle Scout.

Nailed down or not, Congress will likely tax it.  What’s next, the Botox tax?  [oh, wait]

We bet he wants Twitter take-backs: [too soon?] On his Twitter page, Hunter, who assumed office earlier this year after being elected to the seat longtime held by his father, Rep. Duncan L. Hunter (R-Calif.), posted a link to an article promoting him as a potential 2012 vice presidential nominee …

No, Obama won’t be reading Sarah Palin’s book any time soon. "I probably won’t, but I don’t get a chance to read things other than briefing books very often these days anyway," he said. Somebody has to ask. [Ed Henry]

California Democrat Xavier Becerra learned a valuable lesson yesterday. “I understand I have tire tracks on my back because Xavier threw me under the bus,” witnesses quoted Pelosi as saying. [my bad] Don’t ever cross Nancy Pelosi.