In today’s run for the roses Mickey Kaus and Jon Kyl looked strong at the start, but guess who blew them away in the stretch?

[Lanny] Davis’ history is as long and consistent as it is sleazy.  He was recently hired by Honduran oligarchs opposed to that country’s democratically elected left-wing President and promptly becamethe chief advocate of the military coup which forcibly removed the President from office.  He became an emphatic defender of the Israeli war on Gaza after he was named by the right-wing The Israel Project to be its “Senior Advisor and Spokesperson.”  He has been the chief public defender for Joe Lieberman, Jane Harman and the Clintons, all of whom have engaged his paid services.

And believe it or not, Chuck Grassley (a three-time winner) almost made it four today.  Douché!

The Lanny Davis Disease and America’s Health Care Debate [Glenn Greenwald]

The Prince of Darkess is gone.  ThinkProgress:

Novak will be remembered for outing the identity of undercover CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson in 2005, as part of the Bush administration’s battle to spin the American public on the Iraq war (even though Novak himself was a skeptic of the Iraq war). Last year, Novak said that while he had been thinking “about my life and what I’ve done right and not done right,” he wouldn’t have done anything differently. In 2007, he explained what he envisions heaven to look like: “I’m going to a place where there are no blogs.”

I predict Tweety will be a fawning, blubbering mess.

Robert Novak Passes Away [ThinkProgress]

“We will forcefully resist people imposing their will on us through the strength of the majority with a vote.”

This is not going to end well.

UPDATE:  “Chris” appears to be a Paultard. 4409 is a libertarian group.

Man With Assault Rifle at Obama Event: ‘We Will Forcefully Resist’ [TPM]

I think he’s won the rest of the week (as well as twice today):

In an interview today on MSNBC’s “Morning Meeting with Dylan Ratigan,” Senate Finance Committee ranking member Chuck Grassley (R) said he’d vote against any health-care reform bill coming out of the committee unless it has wide support from Republicans — even if the legislation contains EVERYTHING Grassley wants.

I have no words left.

GOP Support Most Important to Grassley [MSNBC]

What is this, the third time in two weeks?

Grassley on public option: “The government is a predator, not a competitor.”

Our politicians are paid by health insurers to lie to us. And more people will die in the future if  there is no public option.

Digging In [TPM]

Yet another sign that our civilization is in rapid decline:

NEW YORK – Former Republican Majority Leader Tom DeLay will join 15 celebrities from the worlds of entertainment and sports in kicking up their heels on the new season of “Dancing With the Stars.”

The show’s largest cast ever, announced Monday, features singers Mya, Macy Gray and Aaron Carter; actors Ashley Hamilton, Melissa Joan Hart and Debi Mazar (MAY’-zahr); and models Joanna Krupa and Kathy Ireland.

Why?  Why is this little shitbag allowed in polite society? And who wants to see him on ‘Dancing With the Has-Beens’?

‘Dancing With the Stars’ Cast Includes Tom DeLay [OMG!]