Robert Wexler to resign from Congress  —  Update: U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler, who represents Broward and Palm Beach counties, plans to resign from Congress.  Wexler plans to meet with reporters Wednesday morning in Boca Raton to detail his next move.  A Democratic source with knowledge …

Top Ten Reasons Why The GOP Website Relaunch Is Fizzlin'  —  10. In a section devoted to “future leaders,” there were none.  —  9. In the subsequent rush to get up a “future leaders” page, they choose “you.”  —  8. The last GOP accomplishment cited on the accomplishment page was from 2004.

Breaking: Snowe defects on committee vote  —  Charles Grassley predicted that the Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee would stick together on the final panel vote on the Baucus health-care overhaul plan.  Unfortunately, he didn't reckon on colleague Olympia Snowe's desire to make …

Charles Johnson Now So Anti-Racist He's Denouncing Fake Racist Quotes  —  Charles Johnson was against fake but accurate before he was for it.  —  No link for the idiot.  I'll just quote him.  From a thread: … That link I've left in provides a flurry of extremely dubious Limbaugh “quotes” — and not a single link or citation.

Echoing Insurance Industry, Lieberman Says He Doesn't Support Baucus Bill  —  In August, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) told CNN that he believed it was the wrong time for President Obama and Congress to attempt health care reform.  “I'm afraid we've got to think about putting a lot of that off until …

NFL Casts Doubt on Limbaugh's Bid  —  BOSTON—Commissioner Roger Goodell said here Tuesday that it would be inappropriate for the owner of an NFL franchise to make the sort of controversial statements attributed in the past to conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh.

‘Chill out,’ Graham tells critics  —  GREENVILLE - An often clamorous crowd blasted, grilled and occasionally cheered Republican U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., in a town hall meeting Monday that centered on health care reform but returned repeatedly to his positions on climate change, judicial appointees and immigration.

Michelle Obama is afraid of...South Carolina?  —  First, the White House goes to war with Fox News.  —  Now, if Democrat Rep. James Clyburn is to be believed, it looks like the First Lady is spoiling for a tiff with the state of South Carolina.  —  Is there anyone Team Obama isn't willing to alienate these days?

Robert Reich Reveals Brutal Health Care Truths; MSM Snores  —  Paging Congressman Alan Grayson!  Here is a quote that validates what you said about those EVIL Republicans: … Aha!  So it turns out that Grayson was right when he said “Republicans want you to die quickly.”  Only one “little” problem here.

Controversial Bush-Era EPA E-mail Released  —  Message Buried by Bush Administration Because of Its Conclusions on Global Warming Surfaces  —  (AP) A controversial e-mail message buried by the Bush administration because of its conclusions on global warming surfaced Tuesday …

GOP Tweets clip of Hitler praising Pelosi UPDATE  —  Hitler hearts Pelosi?  —  That seems to be a view the National Republican Congressional Committee [which brought you the put-Pelosi-in-her-place statement last week] seems to be endorsing, judging from what the committee posts on their Twitter account.

Christian Convert Teen Must Go Back to Ohio, Judge Rules  —  A 17-year old girl who fled from her home, fearing her Muslim parents would kill her for converting to Christianity, must go back to Ohio, a Florida judge ruled Tuesday.  —  Judge Daniel Dawson ruled Ohio has jurisdiction over the case involving the teen, Rifqa Bary.

GOP NJ governor candidate's spending questioned  —  TRENTON, N.J. — The Republican candidate for New Jersey governor, who has campaigned on a platform of ethical integrity and cutting government waste, regularly spent beyond federal guidelines on business travel while U.S. attorney, records show.

Symbol carved into green at Lakeville golf course  —  LAKEVILLE, Mass — Police along with the Secret Service are investigating after a local country club discovered a symbol resembling a swastika carved into the green.  —  Lakeville County Club workers discovered the vandalism early Monday morning.

O'Reilly Falafel Suit Turns Five  —  Fox News star's pervy sex fantasies, boasts just never get old  —  Happy anniversary, Bill O'Reilly!  On this date five years ago, the Fox News Channel host was named in a sexual harassment lawsuit brimming with lurid details about vibrators, phone sex …

Saudis Seek Payments for Any Drop in Oil Revenues  —  Saudi Arabia is trying to enlist other oil-producing countries to support a provocative idea: if wealthy countries reduce their oil consumption to combat global warming, they should pay compensation to oil producers.

Supply-Side Economics, R.I.P.  —  Today is the official publication date of my latest book, The New American Economy.  In this post I'd like to explain a little bit about why I wrote it and how I arrived at my present state of mind, which seems to be confusing to many of my friends.

Not Good Enough  —  If President Obama can find a way to balance the precise number of troops that will stabilize Afghanistan and Pakistan, without tipping America into a Vietnam there, then he indeed deserves a Nobel Prize — for physics.  —  I have no problem with the president taking his time to figure this out.

Pour Rock Salt on Snowe  —  Olympia Snowe has sold out the country.  Having been banished to our world after Aslan chased her out of Narnia, Snowe is intent on corrupting this place too.  —  So we should melt her.  —  What melts snow?  Rock salt.  —  I'm going to ship this 5 pound bag of rock salt to her office in Maine.