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It turns out Michele Bachmann isn’t the only terrified lawmaker hiding from her constituency behind a wall of phone-dialing robots. Politicians across this great land of ours have discovered the beauty of the tele-town hall, which allows them to pretend to interact with voters while sparing them the pain of actually talking with them. MORE »

Drudge often gets us excited, then leaves us disappointed. Consider this headline: MORE »

The Washington Post’s Congressional Votes Database is an invaluable resource. It displays votes by the legislator’s party, state, region, gender — and astrological sign. Here’s the tally for the just-defeated cloture motion on the gay marriage amendment: MORE »

This is actually sorta brilliant. Senators Kerry and Kennedy could have stopped the Samuel Alito nomination by EATING HIM. MORE »

Following on the heels of yesterday’s gem, here’s a snippet from another great press release from Harry Reid: MORE »

For filing under “too cryptic to be helpful”: MORE »

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In a long but interesting article in this morning’s Washington Post that takes a behind-the-scenes look at the Alito nomination, we learn the following: MORE »