Come On, Larry! The Clock's Ticking!

It's the Friday before Labor Day weekend. If you've got bad news, best get it out now while the country's not looking.

White House spokesperson Tony Snow is out - to be replaced by Springfield's own Dana Perino. I wonder if she'll have any more luck explaining this administration's many insanities. Poor Tony had better poise than his predecessor Scotty, but he still looked like a beaten puppy half the time up there.

Virgina's last Republican holdout, Senator John Warner announced that he will not seek re-election in 2008. This opens the door for the ragingly popular ex-governor Mark Warner - a Democrat. This is a big pickup opportunity for the Democrats.

Republican operatives have been providing soldiers and civilians in the Iraqi Green Zone with oppositional research on all Democratic congressional leaders who visit. And if that weren't bad enough, it turns out that most of the stuff they're putting out is not true.

Paging Senator Larry Craig. There's a podium and a press conference with your name on it.