Finally, a political story that doesn’t involve poll numbers: [drudge bomb] One sign that Washington, D.C., had been home to Obama Mania was the number of independent retailers selling all sorts of Obama merchandise. Every street corner, it seemed, had Obama wares (or Obama wear) for sale. Now, however, most …

Ok, there’s cold as in getting a blank stare when slipping the maitre d’ a 20 spot, or in getting nothing but the hair-flip-turn-and-burn upon offering to buy a girl a drink [is it hot in here?], and then there’s, well, COLD. Last Thursday, Matt Drudge went arctic [Who left …