* President's Day trip to Mount Vernon inspires George W. Bush to say of George Washington, "He is I, and I am him." [NYT]

* Hillary Clinton swallows the "you go, girl" sloganeering, impresses black voters in South Carolina. [WP, NYT]

* John McCain was also in South Carolina yesterday, flip-flopping and cracking Rumsfeld jokes to the delight of morons everywhere. [AP]

* The rise and fall of Richard B. Cheney, "confrontationalist, warmonger, and happy talker." [WP, NYT]

* The knee-slapping hilarity of "series of tubes" has subsided, leaving "series of pipes" to fill the vacuum. [WP]

* Freshman Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand works hard to prove she's not just another MoCILF. [NYT]

* Forrest Gump, Rachel Green, James "Thunder" Early, and Malcom X write fat checks for Barack Obama. [NYT ]

* The ascendant Justice Scalia: tolerating pussy judges no more. [LAT]