New vendors coming to [Eastern Market] Livingsocial features dreidels at a 7 sins party [greed] Washington football team’s name not about [Dan Snyder] DC’s Halloween party king [1970s] Baby panda now too big to escape through [zoo bars] Photo by Kevin Wolf

Proof that you don’t need depth perception to play in the NBA [short comings] Democratic lawmakers admits his party might totally suck this election cycle [short comings] Harry Reid: racist or political realist? [short comings]

Last week PA Congressman Jack Murtha called some of his constituents “racists” and as you can imagine, that didn’t go over well. This week, in hopes of cleaning up his image, Murtha reverted back to the name calling.  This time, instead of dropping the racist bomb, he cleaned it up …

UPDATE: what others are saying … [h/t RCP] The hate-filled sermons of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright has led to Obama to this: Race uproar offers test for Obama Today he has to give the most important speech of his life.  From the Politico: He is now facing a full-blown and …