RIP, Levon Helm.

Something idiotic is bound to come out of her cosmetically stretched and plumped pie hole. Case in point:  “Amend the First Amendment”: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Thursday endorsed a movement announced by other congressional Democrats on Wednesday to ratify an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would allow Congress to regulate political speech when it is engaged in by corporations as opposed to individuals. The First Amendment says

“… or some law enforcement agency, or troops to secure the border.” Or, you know, we could just do nothing, call that intended impotence “comprehensive immigration reform,” then pat ourselves on the back for being such champions of universal human liberty.  Plus, more people to pander to! — Which, hell, that seems a lot easier — and a lot more gratifying — than being labeled a xenophobic hater of the

Unfortunately, it turns out the GOP doesn’t really have a soul, so the “fight” is more or less moot: Big business and the Tea Party are at swords’ points once again, with GOP Senate primaries for the second straight election becoming proxy battles in the war over the soul of the Republican Party. Conservative insurgents pose serious threats this year to establishment Republicans in at least three open-seat Senate races.

At IBD, Andrew Malcolm welcomes Gavin Newsom to the Current TV vanity stable: Since 1996, Newsom has been busy. He was for a time the only white heterosexual male on the Board of Supervisors. He was the city’s mayor and gained national fame for issuing marriage licenses to gay couples against state law. During the divorce from his first wife, Newsom had an affair with his appointments secretary who was

What Republican establishment? Mitch Daniels and John McCain are coming to Sen. Dick Lugar’s rescue, POLITICO has learned. The Indiana governor and the Arizona senator have cut ads on Lugar’s behalf that are likely to air in the closing weeks of his neck-and-neck Republican primary contest. While the details of the commercials are unclear, two GOP sources confirm that the two political heavyweights are featured in television and radio spots