Dana Milbank reports that 178 Republican members of the House have voted against American mothers. True story!

It isn't a wife swap. It isn't even a land shark. It's a land swap.

The Rick Noriega campaign sent out an email earlier today with more good news for Texas Democrats and more bad news for John Cornyn. This Research 2000 poll shows Cornyn at 48% and Noriega at 44%.

This makes two polls in one week that show Senator Cornyn under 50% and two polls in one week that show Rick Noriega to be within the margin of error of Senator Cornyn.

I have never totally bought into the idea that my generation is getting all of its political news from The Daily Show, and a new scientific study has proven that skepticism correct.

Which country could potentially be drawn into a larger battle by the guerrilla warfare that broke out in Lebanon today, courtesy of Hezbollah?

Sure, Governor Rick Perry was only elected with 39 percent of the vote last time. But this time, everything will be fine, because he is going to send you money. Behold the spoils of his personal battles in the Proposed War on Taxes (At Any Cost).

New York Republican Congressman Vito Fossella was arrested in Virginia last week for driving under the influence. Unfortunately for Representative Fossella, this week has proven to be worse than last week.

Congressman Fossella admitted today that he is the father of a three year old daughter with a retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel who lives in Alexandria, Virginia. Fossella and his wife, Mary Pat Fossella, have three children.

The Michigan Democratic executive committee approved a plan on Wednesday that would allocate delegates to Obama and Clinton and allow them to be seated at the National Convention in August.

Texas Democratic Party All-Stars Ken Molberg, Fred Baron, Chris Bell, and Ron Kirk are all quoted in the Dallas Morning News discussing how Texas Democrats will come together in the aftermath of a contentious primary. Despite some anecdotal evidence, I agree that whatever rift or divide the primary caused among Clinton and Obama supporters is totally surmountable, and that descriptions of those rifts have been, from time to time, a bit hyperbolic.

Yesterday, Dmitry Medvedev became Vladimir Putin's successor as President of Russia. Today, two military attaches stationed at the US Embassy located in Moscow were asked to leave by the Russian government. That was fast.