Rep. Peter King (R-NY) says he’s re-evaluating his decision not to take on Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) this year.

There was another party crasher at the same White House state dinner the Salahis crashed, the Secret Service just revealed.

House Democrats who threatened to block health care reform if illegal immigrants were not covered are preparing to concede the point — on the strength of a White House promise that the issue will be addressed in comprehensive immigration reform legislation later this year.

Republican candidate for governor of Idaho declares:

To think that we can save the Constitution without God’s help when the government of the United States is corrupt is absurdity. We are in America’s second Revolutionary War to save our freedom, which we paid for with blood. We need God’s help and I’m not ashamed to ask for it.

This was the same guy who “joked” last summer about hunting Obama.

Allen Quist, who’s challenging Rep. Tim Walz (D-MN) says the war against terrorism is important but not as big a deal as the war on Democrats.

Looks like we might have Tricky Dick to kick around some more. Former Rep. Richard Pombo (R-CA), who’s re-election bid in 2006 was crippled by his links to political scandal, is going to run for Congress again this year (in a different California district). Here’s a quick rundown of some of the highlights from our Pombo file.

A rash of letters with suspicious white powder were sent to politicians in Alabama today. Initial tests showed it was not anthrax and apparently not anything harmful.

And then a bit before 9 PM we heard from TPM Reader DH told us he witnessed a similar incident at UC Irvine just south of Los Angeles. We’ve now found confirmation in reports from the OC Register and another local paper.

For those of you missed it, this is one of our articles today that I really got a kick out of. Why has Michele Bachmann suddenly gone mum on bashing the census and telling people not to participate? It turns out that Minnesota is right on the cusp of losing one of its House seats. And the most logical outcome of an undercount of state residents would be to eliminate Bachmann’s seat in Congress.

Self-interest, all-powerful, can even defeat the Crazy …

Contra Cheney: Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) says there’s more to keeping us safe from terrorism than lobbing missiles and tossing off belligerent statements.