Congressional estimates show grim deficit picture  —  WASHINGTON - A new congressional report released Friday says the United States' long-term fiscal woes are even worse than predicted by President Barack Obama's grim budget submission last month.  —  The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office predicts …

If The Founders Had Wanted a Supermajority Requirement for the Senate, They Could Have Put One in the Constitution  —  Here's some abject nonsense from Judd Gregg as he tries to foster the misperception that the de facto supermajority created by routine filibustering is part of the Framer's vision of the constitution:

Dem-turned-GOP cites healthcare debate as reason for switch in party's address  —  Rep. Parker Griffith (Ala.) on Saturday stressed he joined the ranks of the Republicans last December because the Democratic Party had “lost its way” in the healthcare debate.

Craig Crawford leaves MSNBC...  Longtime MSNBC analyst Craig Crawford has left the network...according to Craig Crawford...  And Crawford saves the real venom, and dirt, for the thread comments...  Crawford was a mainstay on MSNBC for a very long time and also one of the more level headed analysts they had.

Does DPS leader's writing send wrong message?  —  The president of the Detroit school board, Otis Mathis, is waging a legal battle to steer the academic future of 90,000 children, in the nation's lowest-achieving big city district.  —  He also acknowledges he has difficulty composing a coherent English sentence.

White House reconsiders holding terror trials in civilian court  —  Suspected Sept. 11 plotters may be tried before military tribunals after all, administration officials say.  Holding the trials in civilian court is deemed ‘politically untenable.’  —  Reporting from Washington …

Mirror, Mirror  —  Textbook economics is “a bizarre point of view”—according to the textbook's author!  —  (Best of the Tube This Weekend: We discuss the Supreme Court's latest gun-rights case on “The Journal Editorial Report.”  Fox News Channel, Saturday 2 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET, Sunday 6 a.m. ET.)

Karl Rove sets the record straight — sort of  —  As a White House reporter during the Bush presidency, I often worried that I wasn't getting the whole story.  Now, Karl Rove has finally given it to me.  —  His new book, “Courage and Consequence,” promises to “pull back the curtain …

Insurers Set To Raise Prices, Walk Away From Consumers: Goldman Report  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?  —  Read More: Goldman Steve Lewis, Healht Insurance, Health Insurance Goldman, Insurance Prices, Lewis Insurance.  Rates Premiums, Price Competition, Pricing Competition, Business News

New Palin scandal: Leno might have piped in some laughter for her jokes  —  Can you believe it?  Next thing you know, we'll be told that she doesn't even write her own lines.  Come to think of it, we were already told that.  And that was treated as a “scandal” too.

Massa To Resign  —  Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY) will resign Monday at 5pm, a source close to the embattled incumbent tells Hotline OnCall.  —  Massa has been pressured by House Dems to step aside amid an ethics controversy that caused him to announce earlier this week he would not run for a second term.

End Saturday mail: U.S. Postal Service can save billions, join the 21st century  —  The postmaster general of the United States floated the idea of eliminating the delivery of mail on Saturdays to help boost our nation's sagging postal bottom line.  —  In 1957.

‘Lone wolf’ anti-government extremist opens fire at the Pentagon.  But let's not call it terrorism.  —  Home » Blogs » David Neiwert's blog  —  You can view this video right here by getting the latest version of Flash Player!  —  DOWNLOADS: (140)  —  PLAYS: (563)

Preliminary Analysis of the President's Budget  —  CBO has just released its preliminary analysis of the President's budget.  This analysis presents CBO's assessment of the budgetary outlook for the 2010-2020 period assuming enactment of the President's policy proposals and reflecting CBO's economic forecast …

The Lost Wages of Youth  —  Raising the minimum wage has put teens out of work.  —  There's plenty of competition, but our vote for the recent act of Congress that has caused the most economic hardship goes to the May 2007 law raising the minimum wage in three stages to $7.25 an hour from $5.15.