Wonkette

For better or worse, it’s officially time to shut up about the Republican race being “wide open.” Either WALNUTS! will ride his momentum to the nomination or Mittens will charge just enough Super Duper Tuesday delegates to his AmEx. Fred died yesterday, Rudy is in sixth place, Ron Paul is a raging hobo and — as all the kids on the Internet are talking about today — Mike “God” Huckabee is broke and worthless. Everything the pundits said was bad about the long-term prospects of “Huckaboomania” turned out worse. MORE »

* Heard on the Hill: Roll Call auf’d some old trends…Sen. Richard Burr finds some love in the animal kingdom and, consequently, on Facebook…Feel free to blow the whistle at rumor-mill.org…Rep. David Hobson finally got his gas station. [Roll Call]
* Reliable Source: Ridley Scott is bringing the Reykjavik Summit to the silver screen…Sen. John Sununu saved by Al Hunt. [WP]
* Yeas and Nays: Last chance to get tickets for the Miley Cyrus!!!…Viggo Mortensen still throwing his star power behind Dennis Kucinich…The California Nurses Association wants universal “CheneyCare.” [Examiner]
* Shenanigans: REM’s Michael Stipe has got a thing for Mike Huckabee, seeks Gen-X author to make sense of it all. [Politico]
* The Sleuth: Ed Rollins is a potty-mouth. [WP]
* Page Six: Andrew Stein and Ann Coulter call it quits. [NYP]
* Rush & Molloy: Rudy Giuliani is kind of an angry guy. [NYDN]
* Fishbowl DC: Journalists have groupies, too…Wolf Blitzer talks beard…The Simpsons takes a hit at the Washington Post and their dying medium. [Media Bistro]

Ed Rollins, Jeb Bush, SCREW YOU GUYS, Bense ain’t gonna run!

Allan Bense, speaker of the Florida House, announced just moments ago that he’s not gonna run against Katherine Harris, despite the pleading and begging of WASHINGTON INSIDERS and the REPUBLICAN ESTABLISHMENT. Suckas! You got ’till Friday to come with a better name. Good luck. Bense’s full press release, after the jump.

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KATHERINE HARRIS: FIRE THIS MAN MORE »

GOP consultant Ed Rollins (who abandoned poor Katherine Harris, the cruel, cruel man) on WatergateGate (Now With Hookers): MORE »