The Politico devotes a couple hundred inches to Mike Bloomberg for some reason today. They love him, you know, but it’s a shame he’ll never be president. On account of the Jew thing. MORE »

* First day of the real Walnuts! campaign means first day of the “long awaited official McCain 2008 blog,” which of course, is over before it started with opening lines like, “As the Straight Talk Express pulled into Prescott Park, the crowd went wild.” [johnmccain dot com slash blog]
* Hillary uses a “black-cent” when she talks to the blacks. [NY Post]
* WHCA president doesn’t give a shit if you had fun at his dinner. [Romensko]
* Michael Bloomberg says something glorious. [Political Wire]
* Screw you Harry Reid — Dick Cheney’s approval rating is actually 29%. So there. [The Volokh Conspiracy]
* Lou Dobbs has found the Illuminati behind the immigration crisis: local newspapers. [Passport]

The NRA’s already having a pretty bad week, so how about everyone pile on and accuse it of anti-Semitism?

After Diane Cardwell of The Times wrote about a National Rifle Association magazine’s broadside aimed at Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and his gun proposals, a reader raised an issue about the image on the cover (at right), showing the Jewish mayor as an octopus. MORE »

Will Michael Bloomberg run for president? “Observers” say probably! MORE »

* Gee, those Republicans still really love that Iraq War. [NYT]
* But hate that Attorney General. [NYT, LAT]
* Fired US Attorneys go on the Sunday shows and blast the White House, proving once again that jobless people with the least to lose, make the best teevee. [WP, WP]
* 2008 campaign may soon be even more diverse if midget Jew Michael Bloomberg plays the big blind. [WP]
* Adam H. Putnam’s life is like a compilation of all the wet-dreams Alex P. Keaton ever had. [NYT]
* Are there political improprieties going on at GSA? Is the Pope Catholic? [WP]
* Democratic Congress considers robbing the old to insure the young. [LAT]
* President Bush acknowledges the existence of income inequality, but won’t do anything about it until you get off your lazy ass and get to work. [WSJ]

* Jack Cafferty thinks Alberto Gonzalez is a “weasel.” Don’t ask him what he thinks about Wolf. [C&L]
* Jon Kyl is going on a legislation-blocking rampage because he’s just so tired of “Walnuts, Walnuts, Walnuts” all the damn time. [TPM Muckraker]
* George “H-Dubs” Bush almost dies on the golf course — HuffPo commenters wish him well. [HuffPo]
* Michael Bloomberg wants to fuck up the 2008 election. [Captain's Quarters]
* So does Ron Paul. [Wizbang Politics]
* Dick Gephardt saves Bill Clinton’s ass, again. [Freakonomics]
* John McCain stink-palms himself. [CC Insider]

• Page Six: Donald Trump defends the biggest, swankiest flag ever [NYP]
• Cindy Adams: Cindy predicts Michael Ripoff’s demise. [NYP]
• Liz Smith: Anthony Kennedy whoops it up with Lally Weymouth. [NYP]
• The Reliable Source: Hillary Duff, Nicollette Sheridan and Michael Bolton spotted in the area. [WP]
• Lloyd Grove’s Lowdown: Will Bloomberg run for President? Signs point to… maybe! [NYDN]

• Reliable Source: First daughter Jenna Bush is popular with her students… Dick Cheney dodges questions about his daughter Mary Cheney’s new book. [WP]

• Lloyd Grove’s Lowdown: Anderson Cooper faces the challenges of his increased fame. [NYDN]
• Rush & Molloy: Rev. Al Sharpton is upset at Hillary, because Clintonistas Howard Wolfson and Gigi Georges are working against his favored congressional candidates. [NYDN]
• Page Six: Bill Clinton is worried that New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg might run for president as a third-party candidate, spending $300 million of his own money, and siphoning votes away from Hillary. [NYP]

When you cover politics, there’s no such thing as too much Hillary. Here’s an amusing (if slightly overlong) video of Hillary, from the New York LCA dinner, in which she assumes the role of her Madam Tussaud’s wax figure: MORE »

* Reliable Source: Laura Bush dropped two sizes after a year of private fitness classes; she works out three times a week at 8 a.m. [WP]
* Rush & Molloy: Bloomberg, David Remnick, Bob Schieffer, Lesley Stahl, Kurt Andersen, Richard Holbrooke, and Ron Silver attended Joe Klein’s New York book party. . . Actor Dennis Hopper defends Bush. [NYDN]
* Page Six: Cheney was accidentally shot on a hunting trip in the late ’90s. . . Emails from Aaron Sorkin to call girl are revealed in her new book. [NYP]

• Reliable Source: Collection of Majorie Williams‘ writings and reflections on life is published. . . Malcolm-Jamal Warner and Jessica Biel spotted in town. [WP]
• Page Six: Chelsea Clinton mislead The New York Post about her breakup with Ian Klaus; she is now dating childhood-friend Marc Mezvinsky, the son of two former lawmakers. [NYP]
• Rush & Molloy: Bloomberg on running for president: “Are you insane?” [NYDN]
• Liz Smith: Lewinsky is doing her London School of Economics thesis on the effects of drinking too much. [NYP]