Jason Carter (b.1975), grandspawn of Jimmy Carter, won a Georgia state senate race on Tuesday. Christopher Nixon Cox (b.1979), grandspawn of Richard Nixon, is running for New York congresscritter from Long Island.

“I think bringing up the 1970s is great if you’re sitting in a history class,” says Chris, brushing off grandpa’s dedicated service to infamy. We agree. So let’s make history more fun for the kids: What songs were Chris’s and Jason’s parents enjoying when they danced the beast with two backs?

Not everyone is endorsed by a frothy mix of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex.

[Campaign website]

We noticed this Monday, noticed it again Tuesday, and now we notice that few others seem to be noticing. Which makes perfect sense, given the source, but is also very odd — and for the same reason. So let’s start with the news, and take it from there:

Through key intelligence sources in Afghanistan and Pakistan, I have just learned that reclusive Taliban leader and top Osama bin Laden ally, Mullah Omar has been taken into custody…

At the end of March, US Military Intelligence was informed by US operatives working in the Af/Pak theater on behalf of the D.O.D. that Omar had been detained by Pakistani authorities. One would assume that this would be passed up the chain and that the Secretary of Defense would have been alerted immediately. From what I am hearing, that may not have been the case.

When this explosive information was quietly confirmed to United States Intelligence ten days ago by Pakistani authorities, it appeared to take the Defense Department by surprise. No one, though, is going to be more surprised than Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. It seems even with confirmation from the Pakistanis themselves, she was never brought up to speed.

Well! Congratulations to all involved! But why isn’t anybody bragging about it?

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Just in time for Thanksgiving!

Sarah Palin’s new book has a title, America By Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith and Flag, and a release date, Nov. 23, publisher HarperCollins announced Tuesday…

It will include “selections from classic and contemporary readings that have moved her,” according to HarperCollins, along with “the nation’s founding documents to great speeches, sermons, letters, literature and poetry, biography, and even some of her favorite songs and movies.”

Y’know, Rupert’s HarperCollins could spare itself the trouble and leave the pages blank. They’re really selling the dustcover.

Sarah Palin’s book, ‘America By Heart,’ out Nov. 23 [AP/USA Today]

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The “True Republican PAC” would like you to know that if you nominate Bradley Byrne for Alabama governor, you’ll be forcing your kids to learn science and dooming them to an eternity in the Lake of Fire. Shame on you.

[via Political Wire]

“7.52pm Applause and Cheers: Gordon Brown arrives at Labour Party headquarters to applause and cheers from staff and political figures there. He produces an actual smile — not the rictus grin to which we’ve become accustomed.” [Times UK]

“Federal, state and local taxes — including income, property, sales and other taxes — consumed 9.2% of all personal income in 2009, the lowest rate since 1950, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reports. That rate is far below the historic average of 12% for the last half-century.” [USA Today]