* We're sure that the promise of $4,000 from FEMA will be enough for Katrina people to uproot themselves again and go back to where they came from. [NYT]

* Now that his numbers are in the shitter, Bush spends most of his time talking to friendly crowds. [NYT]

* Some candidates are doing well, others are spending more than they raise. And then there's Fred Thompson. [WP]

* It's time to cut the sick children loose. Get a job, you fucking deadbeats. [WP]

* Rep. Don Young has spent on defense attorney's a tiny fraction of what he earmarks on a typical spending bill. [Politico]

* Nothing gets us going first thing in the morning like the thought of Dodd-Schumer-Durbin three-way. [Roll Call]