Remember when a billionaire media mogul with a rep as a roaring playboy spent almost a decade as the prime minister of Italy? Yeah, that was crazy.

More informed analysis on yesterday’s decision by the Supreme Court to hear the health care reform law challenges: “The court’s announcement is precisely 64 percent expected, 18 percent unexpected, and 18 percent astounding.”

Hoyer: I think we’re going to get the grand bargain on the super committee, even though Republicans would need to agree to tax hikes and there’s no real evidence they will.

Explaining his change on a balanced budget amendment, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) says the GOP has proven to be too irresponsible to be trusted with such a stricture.