Oooh, Barack Obama put out a TUFF ad today calling John McCain’s terrible lies “dishonorable.” This is a code word designed to set off sensors in John McCain’s brain and make him lose his Legendary Temper, because he cares so much about honor that he finds it dishonorable to be asked to define it. The point is, this ad, like pretty much every Obama ad we’ve seen, is lame. MORE »

• TERRIBLE SHOOTINGS AND DEATH EVERYWHERE: Arkansas Democratic Party chair Bill Gwatney was shot yesterday by some crazo who burst into his office in Little Rock. Four hours later Gwatney died. The gunman, Timothy Dale Johnson, was killed by the police. [Los Angeles Times]

A source close to Stephen Colbert tells CNN that the Colbert Report host will file papers tonight or Thursday to get on the South Carolina Democratic primary ballot — but not the Republican one. Although his initial plan had been to run in both parties’ primaries, making the Republican ballot costs $35,000, while the Democratic ballot costs $2,000. (The cost must be causing massive anxiety inside the McCain camp). To hear Colbert’s commentary on this, tune into an all-new Colbert Report tonight at 11:30/10:30 ET on Comedy Central! Well, we assume. MORE »

Good morning Senators Clinton, Schumer. What’s up Mr. Biden? How’re my dawgs at the DLC holdin’ it down this morning? Say, guys, if you are wondering where those dark stains you found in your britches this morning came from, we’re here to help. At about five past eleven last night, The Daily Show’s Ed Helms tore out a new hole in your asses. MORE »

Another day, another article full of on-the-record Democratic hand-wringing. Today’s comes from the New York Times, and features a handy graphic illustrating this week’s Major Problem With the Democratic Party: No effective party-wide leader! Under the faces of those with fairly legitimate claims to that title are lists of reasons — handily provided by the Democrats themselves! — why each one of the candidates isn’t effective in steering the party. But shit, that’s a lot of words. To save you a couple minutes, we’ve summarized both the article and the entire Democratic media strategy for the rest of the year:
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