Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC): GOP lost Pennsylvania because “forced unionization” caused Republicans to flee the Northeast for the safety and comfort of the southern motherland.

Mark Halperin’s 100 Days grade for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: B-

Mark Halperin’s grade for thinking Pelosi’s job title is “House Majority Leader“: any ideas?

Jon Stewart unpacks the Jane Harman-Gonzo-AIPAC-wiretapping imbroglio.

Michael Steele involved in new plot to smoke out his enemies by coaxing them into taking away his control of the RNC’s finances.

Michele Bachman attacks Obama for being like FDR and bringing us the “Hoot-Smalley” tariffs before he even became president.

I was thinking Jane Harman had a better case to make before she hired Lanny Davis to start making her case for her. That said, keep an eye on the developing reporting and commentary pointing to a lot of this being tied to former DCI Porter Goss’s personal axe to grind with Harman.

Senate Guru reviews Michael Steele’s first 100 days of greatness.

Sure, 100 days is pretty arbitrary. But, the pictures are pretty good.

I always thought Sen. Inhofe was a pretty hardcore war on drugs guy. So what’s he smoking?

It doesn’t have quite the punch of the market collapse and all the hullabaloo surrounding the big national banks. But largely under the radar there’s a major unfolding scandal tied to corruption of state pension funds. Basically cases in which hedge funds and other investment firms have buttered up state bureaucrats or elected officials to get their hand on public pension fund money for highly speculative or downright fraudulent investments. It got some high-profile attention when one part of the story ended Gov. Bill Richardson’s hopes of being Commerce Secretary. But there’s a lot more to the story.