SNIPPET OF THE DAY – AT 8:47 A.M. ET: 

From The Politico:  With Republican leaders anxious to set an austere tone for their ascendance into the House majority this week, the lavish fundraiser scheduled for Tuesday night at a trendy Washington hotel to benefit a dozen GOP freshmen is not exactly the populist image leaders are anxious to project...“If incoming GOP freshmen were hoping to bring fiscal responsibility and ‘family values’ to Washington, they may have gotten off to an interesting start,” conservative blogger Matt Lewis noted, citing the event’s steep ticket prices, as well as Rimes’s confessed extra-marital affair and her recent appearance in a “Sexy Santa” outfit at a gay men’s chorus Christmas performance.

Smart.  Real smart.  Nothing like giving the Democrats a clipload of ammo right from the first day.  You'd think someone would have intervened to stop this embarrassment.  We'll hold our side to a high standard here.  It's a public service.

January 4, 2011