Gonzales hasn’t spoken to Bush since the President left office in January. That’s a rather interesting silence.

I’ve been meaning to put up a Friday trash talk for some time. I tried to convince bmaz to do it. But ever since his man Brett Fav-ruh said no to the Vikes, bmaz has been pouting. And while I hope that Fav-ruh un-retires around mid-season, so bmaz will get out of his funk, on the off-chance that the Kitties are on a resurgance this year, I’m happy that Fav-ruh declined

Dana Milbank reveals what really doomed Mouthpiece Theater.

Dana Milbank says it was clear that “Mouthpiece Theater” wasn’t working even before the “Bitch Beer” brouhaha. “We were trying to squeeze it into our daily routines, writing and filming it while still keeping up our other responsibilities, in my case writing four columns a week and in [Chris] Cillizza’s case writing umpteen blog items a day …If anybody has an idea about a

If Obama has made a deal with PhRMA, then why aren’t there pharma reps at every single town hall in the country pitching the value of reform?

Unlike her Republican counterpart in Missouri–and BOTH Republicans in Tennessee, Claire McCaskill voted against a highly effective stimulus program benefiting her constituents tonight: Cash for Clunkers.

John Brennan’s explanation for his role in the illegal surveillance program are in some ways worse than Alberto Gonzales’ answers on the same topic.

You mean we had to bail out AIG because Hank Greenberg was making misrepresentations about the companies profits that enabled it to keep blowing up the bubble?

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged former American International Group Chairman and CEO Maurice “Hank” Greenberg and former Vice Chairman and CFO Howard Smith for their involvement in numerous improper accounting transactions that inflated AIG’s reported financial results between 2000 and 2005.

Soft power is all well and good, provided the US is still capable of it. But if John Brennan is leading that effort, will it be legal, or will it be more abuse of power like the domestic surveillance program Brennan was intimately involved with?

Lanny Breuer provided John Kiriakou, who responded to Dick Cheney’s inquiries at CIA about Joe Wilson, with at least $5000 of legal services. Doesn’t that mean he probably shouldn’t have been the guy at DOJ who submitted a declaration insisting on keeping Cheney’s interview with Patrick Fitzgerald secret?

There’s a problem with Mark Ambinder’s argument in favor of covering the Rent-a-Mobs. It suggests he believes that Granny really is going to be euthanized as a result of Obama’s health care reform.