NBC’s appeal to keep Dennis Kucinich out of tonight’s MSNBC debate in Vegas was set for a 4:30 ET hearing in Nevada’s Supreme Court (the majors!). Word should come out shortly whether our favorite hobbit makes the grade or not. Also, Liz “Polaroid” Glover did not go with Ken to Vegas. This is just a leftover from New Hampshire, and THEN THAT’S IT. [The Caucus]

Dennis Kucinich’s lawsuit to get into tonight’s Democratic debate from Vegas actually worked. A judge ordered that NBC must include him in the debate. It makes sense, since he and John Edwards ultimately have the same chances of winning the nomination.

UPDATE: NBC News “will appeal a judge’s ruling rather than include Democratic presidential hopeful Dennis Kucinich in a candidates’ debate in Nevada.” So mean! [Las Vegas Now]

In an interview with NBC today, George W. Bush responded to all these candidates talking about Change, because what’s so bad with the way things are now? Of course it’s nothing, he says. It’s just something those politick-types like to say to win presidential elections and maybe get laid. MORE »

Last night, ABC and NBC News interviewed Getty photographer John Moore who (along with Farooq Naeem of Agence France-Presse) took the photos I published yesterday. During the interview, they showed one of the photographs I swore mainstream media wouldn’t show you (and the one the editors of the New York Times had the stones to put unedited on the front page above the fold this morning). But, did they really show you? Their still, and the original, after the jump.

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In New York, the Joan’s Legacy Strolling Supper to benefit lung cancer research is auctioning off some doozies. One of which, is spending election night in the NBC control booth. Weirdos. [Page Six]

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Have either of these two men ever looked so uncomfortable?

In last night’s interview with Matt Lauer, Sen. Craig blames the scandal on a slow hurricane season, talks about getting jerked in the bathroom and how he used to “take it in” before things got too aggressive. Hello sailor! Oh, and he’s still not gay. MORE »

As the hype machine from today’s Today snippet continues to roll out, the entire wise-ass world anxiously awaits Matt Lauer’s hour-long interview with Sen. Larry Craig. 8 p.m. Tonight. NBC. Between Lauer and Craig, no 60 minutes of television will have ever aired such repressed homosexuality.

Sen. Craig to break silence on airport arrest [MSNBC]

Who could hate that face??? MORE »

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