Once upon a time when people played poker and they came across somebody who lost very large and predictable amounts at the table, other players would say, “I’d like to get you on a slow boat to China,” so that this loser could continue to shed large amounts of cash for a long period of time. You see how this all relates to the prolonged and expensive death of the McCain campaign? Good. MORE »

Mike Murphy is this Republican guy with crazy hair like Bozo the Clown would have, if Bozo the Clown had very fine straight hair and wasn’t dead. Whenever Mike Murphy shows up on Meet the Press he is wearing some ridiculous plaid jacket and talking actual sense about Republicans, which is unusual. Naturally, he will not be joining the McCain campaign. MORE »

Hmm, you’d think that one of Hillary Clinton’s top advisers would wait until after their horrible losses on March 4 to distance himself from that flaming trainwreck of a campaign, right? Then again, it’s never too soon to start prepping for new jobs, and Harold Ickes has one foot out the door. In an interview with the New York Observer, Ickes speaks with harsh candor about the failure that is “chief strategist” Mark Penn, that slovenly toad, and how he pretty much is responsible for the world’s problems. MORE »

Hopefully dispelling all doubts, the object of Jack Burkman’s affection (and target of his attempted solicitation) has posted his business card. We’d suggest something about public shaming, but the guy’s probably pretty hard to shame. MORE »