I am not kidding — today President George Bush blamed Congress for the bad economy. Basically, his claims and complaints are that he has awesome ideas to fix the economy but Congress won't do anything with them. He then called on them to quickly — and no doubt magically — fix everything.
So now at least we know the source of the problem.

So, hey, the Fed is meeting again, and the expectation is that they will decrease the key interest rate one more time by .25 percent. That will bring it down to 2 percent. If you need to refinance stuff and your credit score is like 1100, now is the time!

Judicial Watch has filed a complaint with the FEC over a recent McCain fundraiser held in London. The complaint ponders whether the free venue for the event was 'an illegal in-kind contribution'. Some campaign staffer is getting canned over this one.

Oh boy. The Rise of Voter ID:

The Supreme Court has ruled that states can require voters to produce photo identification without violating their constitutional rights. The decision validates Republican-inspired voter ID laws.

Just in case you'd forgotten since he went to the media last week, DNC Chairman Howard Dean wants you (and probably a few Democratic presidential candidates) to know that this race has to end in June. Seriously, please. From TPM Election Central.

The video is not embeddable yet, but you can see this powerful spot over at the Huffington Post.

I have often wondered what the audience breakdown is like for The Daily Show versus The Colbert Report. Over at The Fix, our BFF Chris Cillizza answers that question for the 18-25 year old demographic.

Fred Thompson says that he won't accept an invitation to be McCain's running mate. We can all rest easy now.

New evangelicals that are concerned about social justice and the environment and human rights are one thing. When you start to go generational? That seems like it might become a movement.

Obama and the DNC are going to help each other raise money! A deal with Clinton is also reportedly in the works.