Dennis Kucinich has introduced a measure to impeach George Bush.

I regret having spoken against Kucinich in the primary. He and his lovely wife have my humblest apologies. If The Two Towers taught us anything, it taught us that elves have balls.

Karl Rove did not appear before the House Judiciary Subcommittee -- and by failing to appear, he has defied subpoena. If the House does not file contempt charges against Turdblossom, our congress-critters will advertise their impotence as unabashedly as Bob Dole ever did.

The Subcommittee wants to tallk to Rove about the Don Siegelman scandal. The fact that Rove has risked contempt charges to avoid questioning tells you much.

Jesse Jackson: Yesterday's post deserves a few follow-up remarks.

This is not the first time the elder Jackson has broken with the Obamaphile party line -- a line set, in no small measure, by his own son. Remember the artificial outrage over Bill Clinton's remarks after South Carolina? Jackson Sr. doused the fire by expressing no offense at anything said by the former president.

One of my readers has snarkily opined that Jesse Jackson Sr. has a history of playing the race card. Oh yeah? I don't recall him doing so in '84 and '88. Sure, he talked about racism on occasion -- as well he should have. However, neither he nor his staffers ever hinted that Dukakis, Mondale or Hart might be bigots simply because they ran against him.

A few people (including yours truly) have suggested that Jackson's "hot mic" remarks were delivered "accidentally on purpose." This piece suggests that the accident was genuine.

Moulitsas on FISA, Clinton and the PUMAs: The Cheeto-in-Chief is fuming because Evil Hillary did the right thing on FISA and the Lightbringer did not. Ultimately, Obama's move is justifiable (when seen in CheetoVision) because it helps him win, and Winning Is Everything.

That justification works only if your initials are BHO. If your initials are HRC, different rules apply.

Kos, the kwasi-literate King of Blogland, has deigned to notice the PUMA movement:

That has cost him some intensity of support, some bad headlines, a new avenue of attack for Republicans (even though McCain didn't even bother showing up for the vote), and ... renewed energy and sense of purpose for the ridiculous PUMAs. That last one is really fucking annoying

"Ridiculous"? "Annoying"? But Markos...! You created the PUMA movement! You're the father!

Didn't you spend six months screaming at everyone in Clinton's half of the party to go and be gone? Didn't you insult the judgment of Clinton's supporters irrevocably by telling them that the candidate they favored was actually a Republican?

So off we skedaddled, re-registering indy and vowing not to vote the Lightbringer ticket. Why doesn't our absence make you happy? Isn't that outcome want you wanted? How can you call us "ridiculous" for fulfilling your command?

By the way, Markos: You slam McCain for not showing up for a vote. That's very amusing, coming from the blogger who gave us Barack "I-voted-Present" Obama.

One more thing, Marky-poo: Learn how to write.

Look at your words: "That has cost him...a new avenue of attack for Republicans..." Are you trying to imply that a Republican "avenue of attack" was something Obama once possessed but now possesses no longer?

The Big MO: Rasmussen's latest poll shows that in Missouri, Obama has slipped from an even-steven position vis-a-vis McCain to five points behind.

Donna Brazile: She's gotta go, says blogger Lynette Long, who has fired up an email campaign. Since Brazile is known for her nasty replies, this could get good.

You know who really has to go? Howard Dean. I used to like the guy, but let's face it -- he has run the Democratic Party with all the skill of a lobotomized Buddy Hackett trying to program in Assembly.