K Street

In the 1970s, Gallup began polling to see what Americans think of honesty and ethics in various professions. Generally speaking, nurses have toped the list. And towards the bottom have been business executives and stockbrokers (each with a 32% low or very low rating), advertising practitioners (37%), car salespeople (44%) telemarketers (56%), and members of Congress (58%).In 2007, they may have been looking for a profession with even less regard than members of Congress, so they added lobbyists.

The same establishment hacks-- think Neera Tanden of the grotesquely corrupted Center for American Progress, for example-- who foisted Hillary Clinton on the Democratic Party (bringing us Trump) now want us to get behind another Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden-- and for many of the same shiny reasons. Hillary represented the status quo establishment then; Biden does now. She was the most experienced candidate ever then; he is now.

The NRCC, the House Republicans' campaign arm, raised $10.5 million in February, a record-- and more than double what they took in last February. (In January the NRCC took in $10 million, also a record and beat a DCCC many Democrats are growing increasingly sick of for it's venality, incompetence and lame leadership. In January the DCCC took in $7.8 million.

"Lucky Jack" Burkman sez: "If the NFL has no morals and no values, then Congress must find values for it.""Ultimately, the bill proposed by lobbyist Jack Burkman isn’t aimed at keeping gay players out of NFL locker rooms.  Instead, it’s about keeping gay players in the closet."-- from an NBC Sports blogpost today by Mike Florioby KenYou remember lobbyist Jack Bu

Mac Thornberry and Buck McKeon, shameless tools of the Military Industrial ComplexLast Friday, we looked at some of the speculation on which Members of the House are most likely to announce retirements over the next few months.