Friday Fun

Just a couple quick items:

• Burris won't seek reelection next year. Thank goodness.
• The latest revelation in the Senator Ensign (R-NV) scandal: his parents paid his mistress $96,000. Silence doesn't come cheap.
• Peggy Noonan just tore into Palin today in the WSJ. Money quote: "Really, she is the most careless sower of discord since George W. Bush, who fractured the party and the movement that made him." Either that, or: "But, she is a ponder-free zone. She can memorize the names of the presidents of Pakistan, but she is not going to be able to know how to think about Pakistan. " It's really that harsh.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Maybe He Should Do a Carwash

According to the Trib, the honorable Senator Roland Burris (D-IL) raised a whopping $845 in the first quarter. That's not even enough to order 100 custom-made yard signs. Honestly, I looked it up.