Rahm Emanuel, in anticipation of passing health care form, but never wanting to sound cocky: ‘No spiking the ball on the 20-yard line here.’

President Obama shuts down airspace in New Jersey to attend a fundraiser for Senator Corzine’s campaign. So the serfs on all the other flights get delayed several hours heading back into New Jersey. No big deal, right? Unless one of those stranded passengers is Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough (and …

New York Times: A Senate Naysayer, Spoiling for Health Care Fight He tries to stop armadillos from tearing up his lawn. He pulls fat water moccasins from his pool. … “I kill them,” he said with relish, “by slicing their heads off with the sharp edge of a shovel.”

Ryan Grim: How The Blue Dogs Cost Pharma $14 Billion

POLITICO: Job Change Update Republican press secretary Pepper Pennington is moving on from the very funny Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.) to the now very-well-known Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.). If anyone can handle Wilson, it’s Pennington, who learned from the master: longtime boss and former Rep. Tom Feeney (R-Fla.).

Doug teaches us all how to write one article that includes: the NFL, Dan Snyder, Rush Limbaugh, President Obama, President George W. Bush and Michael Vick. Doug Heye: Dan Snyder Unifies Redskins Fans in Misery–Rush Limbaugh Could Do Better

Glenn Thrush: Alan Grayson: Unavoidable for comment Upon reading a Grayson press release that says he will not be available for comment until Monday, Thrush replies: No Grayson until Monday? Shut down the servers.

You could see this coming the moment she quit her job.  [bargain bin] Yesterday, we learned that Sarah Palin would make her first trip to Iowa since last year’s presidential campaign — sparking even more speculation that she may run for president in 2012. However, Politico reports that she wants …

Which political party is better at using the tubes? It’s the been the age-old question for the past several years and frankly, one that keeps us up at night. Democrats claim they continue to dominate online.  Twittering Republicans argue while that was the case, it’s no longer true. Case in …

This is kind of hysterical. Republican Congressman Jeff Flake, [R-Ripped] released the following statement regarding his vote against H.Res.784, a bill “honoring the 2560th anniversary of the birth of Confucius and recognizing his invaluable contributions to philosophy and social and political thought.” “He who spends time passing trivial legislation may …

Um, ok, we admit it; we totally bit, meaning we read a press release we otherwise never would have read. Heinrich Taco Language Signed into Law by President Obama Unfortunately this release has nothing to do with tacos, burritos or any food for that matter.

San Francisco Assemblyman Tom Ammiano recently received a very creative message from Gov. Schwarzenegger. The subtle message was written into a letter the governor wrote in response to a recent bill he vetoed that was sponsored by Ammiano. Like a find-the-word puzzle, the second message was visible by stringing together …

Sen. Reid admitting he was very popular in high school. Overheard on the Hill. “You can’t dance if your partner was unwilling to get off the chair — like when I was in high school. I wanted to dance but she wouldn’t get up.” If they could see you now, …

Spend a few minutes getting to know a Member of Congress with one of the coolest staffs on Capitol Hill. Anne Schroeder Mullins: Rooney Would Wear Snuggie

Hysterical. Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) released a statement Tuesday backtracking from a quote in Politico that fellow Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) is "one fry short of a Happy Meal." Even better than that, the Roll Call headline: Rep. Weiner Apologizes for Saying Grayson ‘Is One Fry Short of a Happy …