Yes, There Are Deeply Angry Democratic Members of Congress  —  This email is from a lawmaker and it should give you a flavor for what's going on right now in Congress.

All the Candidates' Cars  —  From the magazine issue dated Sep 29, 2008  —  When you have seven homes, that's a lot of garages to fill.  After the fuss over the number of residences owned by the two presidential nominees, NEWSWEEK looked into the candidates' cars.

Obama: No blank check for Wall St  —  CHARLOTTE, N.C. - In his first comments about a $700 billion government bailout package meant to help stabilize Wall Street, Sen. Barack Obama on Sunday stopped short of saying whether he supports the proposal, as he laid out some broad economic goals he believes such a plan should include.

Franken helps craft McCain ‘SNL’ skit  —  Al Franken, the former “Saturday Night Live” star now running in a high-profile Senate race in Minnesota, helped craft the opening sketch mocking John McCain that kicked off the NBC comedy show Saturday, according to two well-placed sources inside the network.

The Record  —  Ali Frick rounds up the record of Bush administration financial mismanagement in the inimitable Think Progress style.  Remember when $5.1 billion in expenses for Iraq reconstruction were charged with no documentation?  Or the “widespread” waste and mismanagement on the millions of dollars spent on Katrina recovery?

The Bailout  —  Everyone should read the actual text of the proposed bailout plan the administration is sending to Congress.  It's clearly not a final version (the part about only purchasing from financial institutions headquartered in the US has already been changed, as Kathryn notes below) …

Mac and I had tropical heat in Rio, says ex  —  BY HAROLD EMERT IN RIO DE JANEIRO AND PATRICK SULLIVAN IN NEW YORK  —  While John McCain attended his 50th Naval Academy reunion Saturday, a Brazilian beauty fondly recalled the affair she had with the young “good kissing” midshipman she met a half a century ago.

FBI ACTS!!!... SERVES (suspected) PALIN HACKER DAVID KERNELL WITH SEARCH WARRANT!!  —  Bummer... Feds break up a party to serve University of Tennessee student David Kernell with a search warrant!  —  A court date was set for this week.  —  David is a self-described Obamacrat …

Did Obama Just Touch the Third Rail?  —  CURIOUS EDITS TO HIS SOCIAL SECURITY PAGE.  —  Barack Obama is such a hard-core wonk, his camp grinds through policy day in, day out.  That may be a great quality to have in a president—but it's not necessarily a smart strategy for a presidential candidate just weeks before an election.

Obama, McCain debate prep underway  —  (CNN) — The presidential candidates face their first debate Friday in Oxford, Mississippi and both are taking time off the campaign trail to prepare.  —  While the Obama campaign confirmed that Barack Obama will be prepping this week in Tampa, Florida …

Interview With Obama, McCain Economic Advisers; Interview With Ron Paul  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.  THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.  —  WOLF BLITZER, HOST: This is LATE EDITION, the last word in Sunday talk.  —  BLITZER: A roller coaster week on Wall Street.

Democrats and Double Standards  —  Obama's not-so-secret weapon: the media.  —  When Barack Obama announced his presidential candidacy in Springfield, Illinois, on February 10, 2007, he promised to change the practice of American politics. … Obama told the crowd on that chilly day that he was running …

An Anonymous Lawmaker Diagrams the High Stakes Chicken in the House  —  Another email. … Ouch.  —  If anyone out there is good with diagramming software it'd be a neat picture to put together.

Back in Iraq, Jarred by the Calm  —  BAGHDAD — At first, I didn't recognize the place.  —  On Karada Mariam, a street that runs over the Tigris River toward the Green Zone, the Serwan and the Zamboor, two kebab places blown up by suicide bombers in 2006, were crammed with customers.