TPMDC’s Eric Kleefeld asks conservative Alabama Dem Rep. Bobby Bright whether he might follow Rep. Griffith out of the Democratic party, and gets this reply: Merry Christmas!

Blackwater (now rechristined Xe) sets up shop in Afghanistan looking for more contracts.

Wondering if the kid in the orange shirt gets a talking to from his mom …

Diaz-Balart brothers both pulling their endorsement from Charlie Crist. “We take our endorsements seriously, but the governor knows why we withdrew and he left us with no alternative,” says Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, whatever that means.