MONDAY’S MINI-REPORT…. Today’s edition of quick hits:
* Yet another rough day on Wall Street, with the Dow closing down another 223 points.
* According to a late-breaking report from Roll Call, Senate Democratic leaders are expected to propose that Joe Lieberman “keep his gavel at the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee but lose his Environment and Public Works subcommittee chairmanship.” In other words, a meaningless slap on the wrist.
* Obama and McCain spoke for 90 minutes this afternoon in Chicago. Asked whether he would help the president in the future, McCain responded, “Obviously.”
* A whole lot of people tuned in to see Obama on “60 Minutes.”
* Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt (R), I do believe your pants are on fire. (thanks to B.B. for the tip)
* It was good to see Teddy Kennedy return to the Hill today, looking and sound energetic and excited about working on a national health care bill.
* Voter turnout in Alaska may not have been suspiciously low after all.
* Have I mentioned lately how great Burlington, Vt., is?
* Is the Franken camp losing confidence in Minnesota?
* A.L. is more or less on board with my Spitzer idea.
* With Huckabee and Romney feuding again, November 2008 sounds a lot like November 2007.
* Right-wing media personality Glenn Beck claims to have been accosted by a liberal truck driver at a Wendy’s.
* I love it when there’s a convergence like this: just as we learn that Barack Obama collects Spiderman comics, Stan Lee is awarded the National Medal of Arts and the National Humanities Medal at the White House today.
Anything to add? Consider this an open thread.
