I ran Fannie Mae into the ground requiring a taxpayer funded bailout and all I got was this $8.25 million house.

Do you think things are bad? … You could… turn off the TV … hang in the dumps … ring the alarm bell … lead the team in catches or drop hockey pucks

House Minority Leader Boehner: Minority Leader John Boehner nearly choked up as he begged his Republican colleagues to vote “in the best interest of their country” for the bailout bill. … Admitting that the outcome is in “serious doubt,” an impassioned Boehner implored his colleagues to cast aside politics — and …

In a rush to post the latest financial bailout news, it seems Matt Drudge had a breakdown of his own.  A grammatical breakdown. If it makes him feel any better, we do it all the time.

Republican Study Committee Executive Director, Russ Vought, recently got a full page Washingtonian shout out and Shenanigans was nice enough to scan in the profile. Shenanigans Staffer Russ Vought, the exec director of the RSC gets a Washingtonian page shout out.

Yes … having solved the energy crisis, ended the Iraq war, and fixed social security, Congress is now spending today congratulating Florida Gator Tim Tebow (born in 1987) on winning the Heisman Trophy.  No really. H.Res. 901 – Congratulating University of Florida Quarterback Timothy “Tim” Tebow for winning the Heisman …

Rep. Thad McCotter, who represents Strangeville, USA – is at it again, this time on the House Floor. McCotter, who might have the strangest sense of humor of anyone who has ever laced ’em up and served in Congress, recently took to the House floor and delivered a priceless rant …

This country went from an expected decade of Republican majorities in the Senate and House as recent as 2004, to an expected Republican minority of 70 seats in the House…in 2008. John Harris & Josh Kraushaar: GOP Cancer: Party Could Lose 20 More Seats: Many House GOP operatives are privately …

John Bresnahan: GOP Leaders Warn of Election Disaster Shellshocked House Republicans got warnings from leaders past and present Tuesday: Your party’s message isn’t good enough to prevent disaster in November, and neither is the NRCC’s money. … The double shot of bad news had one veteran Republican House member worrying …

Tighten up your jockstraps FDC readers and hold on for the latest update from Capitol Hill’s biggest jock jerk… [$ subscription] You might remember, Jock Friedly from here, or here – yeah, he’s the neighborhood bully who might be more liked if he wasn’t so damn arrogant. Well, it seems …

Kucinich, a fundraising machine $689K in 7 weeks

Stimulus rebates may come by mid-May