The whole political Internets were abuzz (WITH JEALOUSY) all day yesterday about how lil’ old Sam Stein, the workmanlike Huffington Post blog reporter, got to ask Obama a very serious question at his primetime press conference about prosecuting Bush and Cheney for their various crimes against everyone. White House press conferences will devolve into Atrios yelling monosyllabic pejoratives from a dark corner in the back of the room, for days. It is David Denby’s dream. Anyway, yeah, Sam Stein, he interviewed Pat Leahy last night and got some good stuff. MORE »

Did you spend double-digit money this weekend to see the Most Important Film Of Our Time, Batman Vs. The Dead Gay Cowboy Clown? YEAH YOU DID BECAUSE YOU LIKE HIGH ART. As we’ve mentioned previously, the dead Joker harasses Sen. Patrick Leahy at some fancy Washington cocktail party (Capitol File?) in this Work of Deep Brilliant Cinema, which is based on a comic book for children. And because Pat Leahy is a whore in real life, he has written a review of the film for known modernist film trade publication The Hill. It is an exciting review which you can read in its entirety after the jump. MORE »

*LEAHY WANTS TO FEEL PRETTY ALSO:* Sen. Patrick Leahy, a pretty cool old cracker who heads the Judiciary Committee, will apparently endorse Barry Obama in some 11 a.m. conference call. Should make it an easy cabinet approval process for Barry down the road — Leahy won’t give no guff to Secretary of Defense Oprah or to the Secretary of Oprah, who will also be Oprah. [Politico]

Having spent the past year throwing comical questions at Alberto Gonzales and all his sexy Christian super-villain ladies, Senate Judiciary Chairman Pat Leahy is now returning to his first love: performing in Batman movies. But what role will Leahy fill in the new caped crusader movie? MORE »

Alberto Gonzales: Opposed to “politics,” dedicated to fixing problems. What’s not to like? We’re thrilled that he’s decided to be Attorney General forever and ever and ever, because if there’s one man who can clean up the mess caused by Alberto Gonzales, it’s Alberto Gonzales. Or maybe the A-Team, but that’s more than one man. MORE »

The White House said today it would not comply with congressional subpoenas for documents and testimony relating to the firings of federal prosecutors last year, setting up a potential constitutional confrontation over its claim of executive privilege.

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The Senate Judiciary Committee has sent subpoenas to the Bush Administration and the Cheney Branch, a move experts believe will lead Dick Cheney to dissolve the Senate for “inefficiency.” MORE »

* Rahm Emmanuel wants Democrats to keep hangin’ tough, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, hangin’ tough. [Election Central]
* John Warner is definitely retiring - all hail the return of Macaca! [MyDD]
* Pat Leahy calls “Nixon” on missing RNC emails. [C&L]
* Everywhere Bush goes, documents just disappear. [Salon]
* Hillary’s rap money tainted by Imus. [The Hillary Project]
* Tony Blair is mad racist, son. [Guardian]
* How biz-czar. [HuffPo]

* Pat Leahy thinks Karl Rove needs to go under oath. Chuck Schumer thinks it’s “highly unlikely” that Alberto Gonzales will have a job after this week. [NYT]
* David Iglesias was the world’s greatest voter fraud prosecutor before he wasn’t. [WP]
* Carol Lam, on the other hand, got what she deserved for inconveniencing esteemed government officials like Duke Cunningham and Dusty Foggo. [WP, LAT]
* US Military is unprepared to begin new exciting wars. [WP]
* Patrick Kennedy tells Ted Kennedy to, “do it for the crazies dad, do it for me.” [NYT]
* State Department gives North Korea its drug money back. [NYT]
* What’s this “internet primary” all the kids are talking about these days? [WSJ]
* The Smithsonian: still free, thanks to tax-payers like you. [WP] MORE »

Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy was on Capitol Hill yesterday, hitting the Senate up for money for federal judges. Apparently $165,200 a year, though more than what 95 percent of Americans make, isn’t enough for these black-robed money-grubbers, despite perks like their ability to mandate gay abortions for everybody and confiscate all churches for transformation into temples for the Cult of Reason. They’d rather work for fancy-pants law firms where they can bill by the hour. MORE »

Patrick Leahy, Senator from Vermont, total hippie. Above, Pat and his lovely tie-dyed wife enjoy the groovy sounds of the surviving members of the Dead — and, apparently, sing a little backup. Full gallery of photos, by Terry Rogers, available here. They are totally stoned. MORE »