Monday, January 7th, 2008
Congressman John Doolittle of California — Tom DeLay’s scumbag buddy who took a bunch of dirty money from Jack Abramoff — might be wussing out after all. Doolittle’s chief of staff denies it, but the re-election campaign is already almost broke and he nearly lost his 4th District “safe seat” in the ‘06 midterms that swept away his crooked sweetheart Richard Pombo, from California’s 11th District. [TPM Muckraker, Politico, OpenSecrets]
Congressman John Doolittle of California — Tom DeLay’s scumbag buddy who took a bunch of dirty money from Jack Abramoff — might be wussing out after all. Doolittle’s chief of staff denies it, but the re-election campaign is already almost broke and he nearly lost his 4th District “safe seat” in the ‘06 midterms that swept away his crooked sweetheart Richard Pombo, from California’s 11th District. [TPM Muckraker, Politico, OpenSecrets]
Senator Tim Johnson has finally been moved from the hospital to some type of private care, his office just announced. 
After the Mark Foley scandal, it was all but certain that even the most naive “civic minded” teenager would avoid the House and Senate page programs. Instead, becoming a page is more popular than ever before. 
The honorable Vern Buchanan of Florida’s honorable 13th congressional district didn’t get a real warm welcome from House Democrats, because he won under absurdly suspicious circumstances. Outgoing governor Jeb Bush certified Buchanan’s bogus 369-vote “win” — 18,000 voters mysteriously avoided choosing a new House representative. Thanks to legendary Florida secretary of state and former 13th District congresslady 
Why did violent, delusional alcoholic Jim Gibbons take the oath as Nevada’s newest and craziest governor at 12:00:12 a.m. on January 1? Initial reports blamed some make-believe terror threat because Saddam Hussein supporters would certainly target some nobody in Northern Nevada to avenge the Iraqi president’s hanging.
Jim Gibbons was already famous for being a 
A Wonkette operative notes that Santorum’s people are filling a dumpster with unwanted books from his Senate offices. What kind of stuff do they like in Rick’s World? Scary books about The Gays, that’s what! These are allegedly actual books being tossed out today: 
There are plenty of laughs in this 
The celebrated 2006 midterm elections, already beloved for featuring more man-on-page action and bitch-choking than any other election since the Era of Good Feelings, are finally drawing to a totally anti-climactic end. Deborah Pryce (R-OH) has defeated some loser. The recount will be certified on Friday, and then we can all get back to Vilsack Fever. 
Having successfully destroyed the “Republican Revolution” and inexplicably avoided prison, Tom DeLay is now launching a ” Grassroots Action and Information Network” and has a 
Finally, we can put Cocktober behind us: The Republican House Leadership has just concluded that the Republican House Leadership is totally innocent of wrongdoing in the Mark Foley cover-up. 
Way back in 1984 — the 
Remember that whole 