Here’s what we can look forward to in this year’s annual “Treehouse of Horror” installment of the Simpsons: DIEBOLD!! [YouTube via Oliver Willis]

OMG did you hear what colored people are up to “in their churches”? Well let’s have one more moment of comic/feigned outrage over what those uppity black people are saying, as the Jeremiah Wright “scandal” will be the closest any of you white people ever get to a black church. Also, uh, this is what the fancy New York magazine Vanity Fair does these days: “Mash ups” of copyrighted video from The Simpsons and the entire two minutes of Reverend Wright’s wacky history of sermons, which so far we’ve yet to hear a single person, you know, make any sort of coherent argument against. Anyway, John McCain is Grandpa Simpson, as we will scientifically prove, after the jump. MORE »

* Heard on the Hill: A different debate… Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt steals lines from The Simpsons… Bill Clinton gets a little pick me up. [Roll Call]
* Reliable Source: Happy Birthday, Charlie Brotman. [WP]
* Yeas and Nays: Americans not feeling so good about America… Kent Brockman meets his colleagues… Fred and Jeri Thompson spotted at The Palm. [Examiner]
* In the Know: Lawmakers find Iraq scary… Josh Romney has got connections… Sen. Olympia Snowe is ever so slightly injured. [The Hill]
* Shenanigans: State of the Union speculation… Marcia Cross comes to D.C. with a cause…AP headline: “Bush Cancels Event After Ledger’s Death”… John Edwards finds a fellow Wendy’s fan in Tyra Branks. [Politico]

Do you have Draft Obama fever? Well, take some Advil or whatever, because it’s time to drop the “draft” and make it official! Barry Hussein will announce he’s running for president at a special event on Saturday in Springfield, home of TV’s “The Simpsons.” MORE »

* Fresh Saddam Hussein execution video is head and shoulders above the rest. [The Jawa Report]
* DEA agents watch Training Day like it was a training video. [Talk Left]
* The New Republic is either stealing headlines from Comedy Central or just making up shit like they do. [Comedy Central Insider]
* Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to be a Zenataur. [Washington Whispers]
* Lisa Simpson does what Al Gore never could: be concise. [C&L]
* Barack Obama has begun preparations for 2008’s swimsuit competition. [Hotline on Call]
* Dick Cheney pulled his guns out of the ground, figures he can use them some more. [AP]

• Clint Eastwood knows that if George Allen was on that Iwo Jima hill he would’ve made sure it was the stars ‘n stripes flying, not the stars ‘n bars. Unless it was the ’70s, then whatever. [Hotline on Call]

• Julia Allison learns via NRSC press release that Rep. Harold Ford is just not that into her. [Julia Allison]
• Laura Bush and George Allen (The Organizer) evite supporters to a grand-per-head fundraiser that apparently does not include dinner. Luckily, all attendees already have the number for the Morton’s in McLean on their speeddial. [The Gaggle]
• Tony Snow channels his best Lawrence Fishburne, “You take the red pill and you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes.” [Whiskey Bar]
• Wal-Mart’s marketing firm is the Mark Foley of public relations. [Young Manhattanite]
• Overwhelming majority of Democrats feel the #1 issue in the midterm elections is, “What species of alien is Bush really?” [Radar, Hit & Run]
• Dana Milbank: truly in his element when interviewing candidates on how best to promote “man/boy love.” [Hit & Run]

According to a new CNN poll, 45% of Americans blame Bush for 9/11. MORE »

When Pierce Bush got caught up in the news cycle after mounting a defense of his uncle’s stance on the Dubai Ports deal, it was only a matter of time before we heard from the good people at Operation Yellow Elephant: MORE »

• New programming at CNN: “Get ready for Anderson Cooper 360 Full Monte, a panoramic view of the Mini Cooper, if you catch my drift.” [Mr. Sun] MORE »