will announce today that he is resigning from the House of Representatives to “join a Washington, D.C., law firm.” Wynn, a six-term Congressman, was recently defeated by Donna Edwards in the Democratic primary. Wynn will undoubtedly be making some real bank shortly.

From Hotline

“I’m not of the Washington world. ”
– James Carville, “AC 360,” CNN, 3/24.

What world is Carville from?

Looks like it’s raining McCain…

Chuck Norris thinks John McCain is too told to be President of the United States.

Yes, I know that clip came during a heated GOP nomination fight, but it is kind of true. Bill Maher has an interesting take on McCain’s age and his ability to answer the red phone at 3AM. This is really funny. Check it out.

In case you missed it last week, my brother and I did MSNBC, discussing the online fights taking place between supporters of Sens. Clinton and Obama and what that will mean for the general election. We hope to be doing a lot more television and radio in the coming months. Stay tuned.

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Peter on MSNBC:

Matthew on MSNBC:

Okay, this is a bit odd. Rep. Tim Mahoney, who replaced Mark Foley in the 2006 election has an interesting prognosis if this convention really does come down to the convention in Denver.

U.S. Rep. Tim Mahoney, whose district includes much of Martin and St. Lucie counties, is hoping he won’t have to attend the Democratic Party national convention in Denver in August.

If he does go, that will mean the Democrats still haven’t decided a nominee for the presidential election. And if neither Sen. Hillary Clinton nor Sen. Barack Obama has clinched the nomination by August, Mahoney says we may see a brokered convention, meaning the nominee could emerge from a negotiated settlement.

“If it (the nomination process) goes into the convention, don’t be surprised if someone different is at the top of the ticket,” Mahoney said.

A compromise candidate could be someone such as former vice president Al Gore, Mahoney said last week during a meeting with this news organization’s editorial board.

This is just wishful thinking. However, I do believe that ultimately Al Gore will have a role to play in this nomination fight. If the spats continue through the spring and both Clinton and Obama are weakening in head-to-head match-ups against Johnny McCain, I’d imagine Gore, Edwards and Carter will step in to help ease tensions and likely convince Clinton (unless there is a major sea change between now and then) that it’s time to step aside and allow for the general election campaign to begin.

I just came across this piece by Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) on The Huffington Post. I think it’s a really good tribute on this sad anniversary; five years in Iraq. I’ll post it verbatim.

Last week marked the fifth anniversary of the start of our nation’s invasion of Iraq. Again we are confronted with a sorrowful reminder of the consequences of that fateful decision by the death of four Americans killed in Baghdad, bringing the total number of American troops who have made the ultimate sacrifice in Iraq to 4000. Each brave soul leaves behind devastated loved ones — sons, daughters, wives, husbands, moms, and dads. Each tragic loss leaves a void — a missing smile and loving embrace, an empty chair at the family dinner table — that can never be filled.

As we mark this painful milestone, we must ask ourselves: what is the moral justification for allowing this war to continue? Can we honestly say that the disastrous mission in Iraq warrants the sacrifice of more of our troops and the heartache and loss that so many loved ones continue to suffer?

In March of 2003, just prior to the invasion of Iraq, I made a final plea to the administration and my colleagues in Congress to avert a war that I believed would reap sorrowful consequences for our nation. In a speech entitled “We Stand Passively Mute”, I expressed my outrage at the fact that the United States Senate — the world’s greatest deliberative body — stood “for the most part-silent-ominously, dreadfully silent” on this monumental question.

Sadly, my worst fears have been realized. The decision to invade Iraq may go down as one of the gravest foreign policy blunders in our nation’s history.

Yet the war continues. American troop levels are higher than they were the day President Bush flamboyantly swooped onto the deck of the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln to declare “Mission Accomplished.”

Four thousand Americans have now lost their lives, including twenty-three brave West Virginians. Almost thirty-thousand Americans have been wounded in action, many gravely, and countless thousands of Iraqi civilians have been killed.

It is long past time to start bringing our troops home. Our men and women in uniform toppled the dictator. There were no weapons of mass destruction. There is scarce evidence that the Iraqi government is working to achieve the kind of political reconciliation that could end the continuing sacrifice of our brave men and women.

At this somber moment, let us resolve to take steps to finally bring this tragic war to an end. In 2008, the American people must not stand passively mute, as far too many of their leaders did five years ago. Let your voices be heard.

If you haven’t been following the “minor blip” over Hillary Clinton’s trip to Bosnia in 1996, you certainly are missing an epic tale.

Sen. Clinton, in a effort to shine the spotlight on her commander-in chief-credentials told the gripping story last week of her dangerous mission to visit American troops in the war-torn Balkans. The only problem; nearly the entire story was both wildly exaggerated and, well false. Ooopppsss. She must have been having one of those “commander-in-chief” moments.

Talking Points Memo has more on the story here.

Check out this YouTube clip – if you are going to see one movie this year, this should probably be it!

I think after this week’s events, we all need to blow off a little steam.

Here is some news you can use from everyone’s favorite news source…The Onion.

Poll: Bullshit Is Most Important Issue For 2008 Voters

has just announced that he will endorse Barack Obama for President. Here’s the story.