Principal Vernon of Breakfast Club fame, RIP...

Election prospects, 60 year old American Idols and Pat Robertson's miracle shake

Intro

• Pop-Culture-Politics
• Shownotes at capitalcaucus.com
• Email us at capitalcaucus@gmail.com
• Roundtable intro

Elections

• 2006 - The genius of the GOP... Elections crux of GOP strategy, Washington Post
• Senate races
• House races
• Governor races
• 2008 - Gore's rising faster than ocean levels! (The Comeback Kid, New York Magazine)

Last Call

• Kelly - Bill Frist, gorilla doc
• Adam - Justice Stevens' hypocrisy
• Dan - Super secret surprise last call
• Tim - Pat Robertson's Age Defying Shake and his 2000 lb 1000 lb really heavy somewhat heavy leg press!

Conclusion

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Um, no.  Actually a family of 4 (with two kids) pays a touch over $3,000 in federal taxes.  I guess 7.5% is now zero.  Fuzzy math indeed.  Check out the full statement here...

Busy week professionally for the ragtag gang of the usual suspects... we'll be back next week with the next edition of Capital Caucus.

In the meantime, check out this little bit of lunacy from the craziest of crazies over at Fox News, courtesy of Media Matters.

The NSA has your number, a bad week for judges and Charmed fans rebel

Intro

• Pop-Culture-Politics
• Shownotes at capitalcaucus.com
• Email us at capitalcaucus@gmail.com
• Roundtable intro

Executive

• The NSA has your number
• NSA has massive database of Americans' phone calls, USAToday
• Bush defends NSA data collection program, USAToday

Judicial

• Kavanaugh (with best buddy Karl Rove, right) - Judge nominee eludes effort to pin him down Key Bush aide says he knew nothing on controversial issues, SF Chronicle/Washington Post
• Wallace - ABA gives Bush nominee 'unqualified' rating, MSNBC
• Kavanaugh/Boyle - A Tale of Two Judges, Washington Post

Last Call

• Kelly - Clinton and common gound
• Adam - Iran letter
• Dan - Hackocracy
• Tim - Katherine Harris

Conclusion

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On a recent episode of Capital Caucus, Kelly apparently offended a very key demographic... homophobic Charmed fans.

Check out our iTunes commentary for the scoop:

Needless to say, we're going to have to chalk this one up as "lesson learned."

Special week-off edition

We're taking the week off, but we certainly won't leave you, our loyal fans, high and dry.  Here's what we would have podcasted about... see you next week for Capital Caucus #8!

Executive

• Bush polling continues to drop - Gallup Poll
• Rumsfeld (finally) asked the hard questions - ThinkProgress.org

Legislative

• Lobbying "reform" passes
  
• House passes ethics-reform bill, Washington Post
• Kill This Bill, Washington Post
• The hard-workin' Congress
  
• Boehner: House to Work Until Christmas, Roll Call

Judicial

• Brett Kavanaugh still in the hopper - filibuster coming?
• New Hearing Scheduled For Bush Judicial Nominee, Fox News
• Gang Set to Meet on Judges, Roll Call

Fourth Estate

• Colbert at the WH Correspondent's Dinner

Thanks again to Think Progress!

At this point, it really seems like McClellan is mailing it in. Check out this response to a pretty straightforward question on the infamous "Mission Accomplished" banner... (thanks to ThinkProgress.org)

Thanks to C-SPAN for this pure comic gold (Real Player)