Whoa hey it’s ol’ Andrea Mitchell on the teevee there dishin’ up Rush Limbaugh, and he’s just runnin’ around goin’ nuts about shit. Obama and Sotomayor are radical “reverse-racists” because of whatever, the firefighters, bwah bwah bwah… MORE »

• Reliable Source: Hillary celebrated her 58th birthday on Wednesday with Bill and the McAuliffes at Cafe Milano. [WP]
• Inside the Beltway: McAuliffe: “I almost wish I was chairman again. Almost.” [WT]
• Inside Politics: “Miered” can mean “unscrupulously torpedoed by an ally”. . . Tom DeLay: “We are witnessing the criminalization of conservative politics.” [WT]
• Page Six: Andrew Mitchell on Judith Miller: “I also can’t believe there would be this much concern and sniping if a man were involved instead of a woman.” [NYP]