Damnit, we don't need two new members of the Senate up above this year.

It's debate time! Can't you feel the excitement?

Boehner's bailout plan was designed to keep economic conservatives on the ranch. I'm not sure how serious they are about passing it, or whether they will even want to compromise -- in the House, if Pelosi wants something done, the most Boehner can do is delay for a few days.

McCain's clearly not suspended his campaign. Can he recover from not even showing up to the first debate?

The social conservatives will be kept on the ranch by the Tax Avoidance Sunday sermons in a week or two where many White evangelical ministers will openly endorse McCain from the pulpit. This is out of no great love for McCain, mind you, it's out of being terrified from being shut out of the halls of power for the first time since 1993.

Just got some thin sleepers for Melanie's 24 month season.

I've got to admit, I enjoy Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl" more than Jill Sobule's song of the same name.

But I've also got to admit Katy Perry's set the gay rights movement back a good three to six months there.

I'm going to say that my first reaction to McCain suspending his campaign was, 'What the fuck?'

McCain's gambling again. Maybe Bill Bennett has some advice.

I'm making a spreadsheet that contains voting percentages in 2004, 2005, and 2006 in each VA municipality, and shows the % of African-Americans and Hispanics. To be included would/should be US Census estimates, so we know how much localities have grown since 2000 ... anything else?