Daily Briefing: The Biggest Nuts
* President's Day trip to Mount Vernon inspiresGeorge W.Bush to say ofGeorge Washington, "He is I, and I am him." [ NYT ]
*Hillary Clintonswallows the "you go, girl" sloganeering, impresses black voters in South Carolina. [ WP , NYT ]
*John McCainwas also in South Carolina yesterday, flip-flopping and cracking Rumsfeld jokes to the delight of morons everywhere. [ AP ]
* The rise and fall ofRichard B. Cheney, "confrontationalist, warmonger, and happy talker." [ WP , NYT ]
* The knee-slapping hilarity of "series of tubes" has subsided, leaving "series of pipes" to fill the vacuum. [ WP ]
* Freshman Rep.Kirsten Gillibrandworks hard to prove she's not just another MoCILF. [ NYT ]
* Forrest Gump, Rachel Green, James "Thunder" Early, and Malcom X write fat checks forBarack Obama. [ NYT ]
* The ascendantJustice Scalia: tolerating pussy judges no more. [ LAT ]