Do you know what time it is?? It is HALF PAST SERIOUS O’CLOCK, right now and forever, on the HuffingtonPost.com. Yeah, you’re goddamn right someone embedded little countdown clocks that correspond to unpunished Congressional ethics violations somehow! “In the public interest, HuffPost is launching a congressional ethics clock to note the number of days (and hours and minutes and seconds) it’s been since a potential ethics violation has been probed or brought to the attention of Congress’s self-appointed watchdogs.” Uhh, and guess what Charlie Rangel? That clock embed is going to continue to tick until there are some big BIG CHANGES around here. Mmhmm. We’ll wait. [HuffPost]

Despite being the candidate willing to be photographed inside of a Dunkin, Obama’s post-Iowa aura of inevitability has been pretty well tarnished tonight. Part of that is that the young turnout didn’t go as high as it did in Iowa and another part is gains Clinton made with women voters (way to work that wavery-voiced moment!). Independents definitely turned out in droves, and they seem to have voted for Obama more often than Hillary (according to Fox News polls) but not enough to override the Democratic party machine. Also, Clinton did better among the less well-off and union voters. Oops! Sorry, Barry! MORE »