Daily Briefing: The Grudge Report

* Campaigning for House majority leader as fierce as it is becauseNancy Pelosihas hated that rat bastardSteny Hoyersince 1960 and she's not stopping now. [ WP , NYT , LAT ]

* A thin layer of Iraq hearing was placed on top of a hearty serving of 2008 posturing in the Senate yesterday. [ NYT ]

*Mitch McConnellandTrent Lottelected as Senate Minority Leader and Whip respectively. After which Lott gets verklempt, cries, and makes the Capitol press corps visibly uncomfortable. [ WP , WP ]

* In Georgia, two more House races have been called for Democrats, seven still counting. [ NYT , WP ]

* Government diction experts assert that 35 million Americans are not going hungry, they just have "very low food security." [ WP ]

* A record five House committees could be chaired by African-Americans. [ WP ]