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FOX News is sad that Barack Obama is so mean to the Senate Republicans, who are just interested in good-faith negotiation! (FOX News)
Is Texas Gov. Rick Perry totally gay for earmarks? Yes, according to fellow Republican and opponent Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison! (CNN)
New York Gov. David Paterson will not run for reelection because governing is just so hard! And definitely not because of any domestic violence scandal or abuse of power, or anything. (NYT)
Black people were much better off as slaves than they are now because they are all abort-o-holics, according to Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ). I for one am looking forward to when Michael Steele has to go on TV to defend this statement. (TPM)
Florida Senate candidate Marco Rubio is all about fiscal responsibility, which is why he will pay back the Florida GOP for the flights he accidentally charged to the state party’s credit card. (Miami Herald)
Thailand’s highest court fined former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra almost $1.5 billion after finding him guilty of corruption. This practice, known as “accountability,” could never happen in this country! (Guardian)

Showing Up to Events is “Politics as Usual”

Quitting: It's not just for jobs anymore.

Your U.S. government finally came up with a program that everybody likes, the cash-for-clunkers program, so they are ending it for lack of funding. (WaPo)
In addition to kinda being a wanker on healthcare reform, Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) is also not sure if he’ll vote for Sonia Sotomayor. (The Hill)
Is Rick “The Hair” Perry a gay? The guys who programmed Kay Bailey Hutchison’s website think so! (Austin American-Statesman)
Sarah Palin’s first event as not-Governor was going to be a speech at the national shrine to Republican Jesus, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, but now she is just not going. Mavericky! (CNN Political Ticker)