A lot of you have been watching the video of the Tea Partier who called in sobbing to C-Span mortified to think that his prayers for the death of Sen. Byrd (which would have deprived Senate Democrats of their 60 votes) might have gotten misrouted through the prayer exchange and taken out Sen. Jim Inhofe. But was it a spoof or the real thing?

Like most grand philosophical questions, there probably is not sufficient evidence to definitively answer the question one way or another. But that doesn’t mean it can’t be a fun day before Christmas Eve parlor game. So we want your opinion. Listen to the tape and let us know what you think. To get you started, here’s TPM Reader JW’s analysis of the evidence which tells him it was a hoax … Read More

Folks at the Senate and White House have had the health care reform bill a done deal so many times only to see it blow up and fall apart again that they’ve all basically gone to ground wanting to avoid any comment, leak or maybe even thought that could bubble into a new controversy that could scuttle or upend even this latest deal.

So just, mum’s the word!