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It looks like Blago’s AWDD (Attention Whore Deficit Disorder) was kicking into high gear:

Blagojevich, referring to the president as "this guy," says Obama was elected based simply on hope.

"What the (expletive)? Everything he's saying's on the teleprompter," Blagojevich told the magazine for a story in its February issue, which hits newsstands Jan. 19.

"I'm blacker than Barack Obama. I shined shoes. I grew up in a five-room apartment. My father had a little laundromat in a black community not far from where we lived," Blagojevich said. "I saw it all growing up."

I guess Blago got a little jealous of the attention Reid has been getting and decided it’s time to get a little bit of that spotlight.

Sarah Palin just keeps getting more and more attention:

A 42-year-old Wasilla woman was arrested Thursday at her home by Alaska State Troopers with a search warrant in an undercover drug investigation. Sherry L. Johnston was charged with six felony counts of misconduct involving a controlled substance.

Johnston is the mother of Levi Johnston, the Wasilla 18-year-old who received international attention in September when Gov. Sarah Palin and her husband, Todd, announced their teenage daughter was pregnant and he was the father. Bristol Palin, 18, is due on Saturday, according to a recent interview with the governor's father, Chuck Heath.

Troopers served the warrant at Johnston's home at the "conclusion of an undercover narcotics investigation," said a statement issued Thursday by the troopers as part of the normal daily summary of activity around the state.

Troopers charged Johnston with second-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance -- generally manufacturing or delivering drugs -- as well as fourth-degree misconduct involving controlled substances, or possession.

Wasilla is known as the crystal meth capital of Alaska. Even though the article doesn’t say exactly what it was she was busted with, one can only assume. The Wassilla-billies strike again!

If the NYT's reporting about Rick Davis is so wrong, then why is he running?

John McCain campaign manager Rick Davis--under the spotlight because of his work for mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac--is skipping a Wednesday lunch with reporters sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor.

Do the innocent run, or do they try to prove their innocence? Perhaps someone should ask Rick Davis that question - if he can be found.

Boehner is back in the spotlight on the Foley scandal. Now he is in the swing of attempting self survival:

ABC's Teddy Davis reports: In a radio interview with 700 WLW radio in Cincinnati, House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) placed responsibility for the Foley matter not being handled properly on House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL).

"I believe I talked to the Speaker and he told me it had been taken care of," said Boehner. "And, and, and my position is it's in his corner, it's his responsibility. The Clerk of the House who runs the page program, the Page Board—all report to the Speaker. And I believe it had been dealt with."

This follows an interview on Sean Hannity's radio show yesterday where Boehner was being more forth coming with the impact the Foley scandal will have on the GOP this fall:

The House majority leader, John A. Boehner of Ohio, dismissed that possibility. “To vote for this candidate, you have to vote for Mark Foley,” Mr. Boehner said on a conservative radio program hosted by Sean Hannity. “How many people are going to hold their nose to do that?”

That interview was very heated and I wish I had audio of it. Hannity was working his ass off to spin this around and Boehner actually wouldn't let him.

Of course this in no way let's Boehner off the hook. He still played around with his story and did not follow up on the incident as he should have. We still need to send Boehner home this fall and there is still time to do that.

Evil Jean is at it again. This woman can not get enough of the
spotlight for being a raving lunatic. Via
WCPO news.

Schmidt Demands Apology For Cake
Incident

 Congresswoman Jean Schmidt is upset with some of her political
opponents for slicing up a cake made to look like her.

State Representative Tom Brinkman cut the head off the Schmidt-cake at a
meeting of COAST, an anti-tax group he founded.

Bob McEwen, Schmidt's opponent in the Second District Republican
congressional primary was also in attendance.

I didn't see a segment on this last night on WCPO's news but if
they run one I will get a clip up of it.

What I find peculiar on this is the fact that the GOP just held
their big convention last week and the opening of it featured a movie where the
Democrats were the evil empire and the Republicans were the Jedi trying to save
the universe.

John also has some interesting points on this.

Really - If Jean can not handle politics then she needs to just
give up. I have never heard someone with such a short time in office cry as much
as she has.