From today's Roll Call

[Republican challenger John] Jacob has narrowed Cannon’s lead to within the margin of error, according to two new polls conducted for Utah newspapers, though both were taken before Jacob revealed that he had played poker in the past — a no-no for Mormons — and that he believed the devil was sabotaging him.

Jacob told The Salt Lake Tribune late last week that since he decided to enter the race, Satan has stymied his business dealings and prevented him from having as much cash for the race as he wanted to spend.

“There’s another force that wants to keep us from going to Washington, D.C.,” he told the paper. “It’s the devil is what it is. I don’t want you to print that, but it feels like that’s what it is.”

Sadly, this sort of thing no longer surprises me.

From a hearing this morning held by the Constitution Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary:

Further, it must be emphasized that there is nothing in the law today to bar declared enemies of America, including without limitation terrorists who we are warned are in fact in our midst, from following the precedents being set by the ACLU and others to bring lawsuits to destroy or desecrate our veterans memorials, or other public displays of symbols of our American history and heritage if they contain a religious aspect, and then to exploit federal law, including the Civil Rights Attorney Fees Act, 42 U.S. Code Section 1988, and related acts, including the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), which also should be reformed, to demand that the courts award them taxpayer-paid attorney fees for such Establishment Clause litigation attacks.

STATEMENT OF REES LLOYD
VICE COMMANDER DISTRICT 21
DEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIA
THE AMERICAN LEGION

The cover story in today's National Journal is titled, "Off the Clock: What Hill staffers, lobbyists, and other Washington professionals do outside the office can make a difference in what happens inside the workplace."

In other news, "Rain: Wet."