Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings appeared on Celebrity Jeopardy last night. She lost. By a lot. This screenshot comes just after the end of the Double Jeopardy round, when the imminent loss was most painfully apparent. She lost to (in the words of outraged Wonkette emailers) either “David St. Hubbins of Spinal Tap” or “Lenny from Laverne and Shirley” (better those two than Nigel Tufnel and Squiggy, we suppose). Two of those emails are reprinted after the jump.

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• Joseph Ellis smashes together second term metaphors with abandon: “Lame ducks that can’t enforce discipline on their own party, chickens come home to roost, and you get in a bubble or a cocoon inside your own White House.” [Face the Nation]
• Wonkette family fave comic “Get Fuzzy” gets political. “I hereby call for the immediate release of Scooter Libby!” [Comics.com]
• One of the most awesomest things about living in D.C. are the ads for fighter planes on the Metro. Because, you know, sometimes you think, “Well, if I had a couple billion….” Finally, someone explains why those ads exist. [WP]
• WaPo wants its readers to “remix” it. Can we do something with the Style section? [WashingtonPost.com]
• “I Can’t Be The Only Person Who Is Reminded Of Spinal Tap” [INDC Journal]