Below The Beltway

From our friends at The Onion:

Funny. Although I have a feeling some of the Nutroots and the Paulbots will take it seriously.

Earlier this week, the District of Columbia submitted three design proposals for the D.C. Quarter to be released next year:
Forget the fragile cherry blossoms and cuddly panda bears. The District has decided to seek a tougher message on its new commemorative quarter: a protest of its lack of full voting rights.
The only question is whether [...]

This was rumored two weeks ago, but now it’s official; Georgia Congressman John Lewis withdrew his support from Hillary Clinton and endorsed Barack Obama:
(CNN) — Rep. John Lewis has formally switched his support to Sen. Barack Obama in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, he told CNN affiliate WSB Wednesdy.
The respected voice on civil [...]

On Monday I noted that the lastest poll shows Mike Huckabee far behind John McCain in his firewall state of Texas.
Today, new polls are showing much the same in two more March 4th states.
Ohio:
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Republican Primary voters in Ohio found John McCain ahead of Mike Huckabee 55% to [...]

I knew this would happen, I just knew it.
The House Oversight And Government Reform Committee, which hasn’t done much oversight or proposed any government reform lately, is asking the Justice Department to investigate Roger Clemens’ Congressional testimony for possible perjury charges:
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress asked the Justice Department to investigate whether Roger Clemens ”committed perjury [...]

People For The Ethical Treatment of animals takes a stand in the war on terror:
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - An international animal rights group called on Sri Lanka’s separatist Tamil Tigers to “leave animals out” of the armed conflict, two weeks after a grenade attack blamed on rebels at the island’s main zoo.
People for the [...]

This isn’t entirely surprising:
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — New home sales slipped to a nearly 13-year low in January, according to a key government report on the battered housing market.
January sales came in at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 588,000, the Census Bureau report showed, down 2.8% from 605,000 in December.
The reading was below the consensus [...]

Not too long ago, Hillary Clinton had a double-digit seemingly insurmountable lead in the Keystone State.
Not anymore:
Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, surging among younger voters, has cut Sen. Hillary Clinton’s lead among Pennsylvania likely Democratic primary voters to 6 points, 49 - 43 percent, after trailing by 16 points just two weeks ago, according to a [...]

William F. Buckley, Jr., the founder of National Review and arguably the founder of the modern American conservative movement, died today at the age of 82:
William F. Buckley Jr., who marshaled polysyllabic exuberance, famously arched eyebrows and a refined, perspicacious mind to elevate conservatism to the center of American political discourse, died Wednesday at his [...]