On Hound Dogs and a Son of a Bitch

Taegan Godard posts Kevin Rennie's hillarious column from the Hartford Courant. Here's his take on the myth that this election was a mandate for conservative Democrats:

Forget the Bluedog revival. Put your chips on the hound dog caucus. It’s the biggest one in the business because human nature still dwells within us. Plenty of cheating congressmen with wives at home and girlfriends in DC were re-elected on Tuesday. And some aspiring new recruits will take Representative Don Sherwood’s seat at that crowded table. Mark Foley is only the first to have IM’ed himself into oblivion. Other dogs will sniff that trail to ruin.

Taegan also informs us that Charlie Rangel has his sights set on evicting Dick Cheney from a cushy office space he has horded in the House of Representatives. As to his public comment that Cheney is a "son of a bitch," Rangel offered this apology:

"I take back saying that publicly. I should have reserved that for him when we were together privately. Believe me, he would have understood."