Kevin James from Intelligent. Conservative. Talk Radio goes on Hardball and makes a play to become the future Mr. Lauren Caitlin Upton

One thing that I haven't mentioned is the transformative powers of a puppy on Beckham. While Beckham still occasionally barks at people or other dogs on the street, post-Fenway he has become much more mellow around the house and, yes, there are degrees of basset mellow-osity.

Welcome gay couples! Come on out and come on in: The California Supreme Court ruled today that same-sex couples should be permitted to marry, rejecting state marriage laws as discriminatory.

I take great comfort in knowing that the guys who are going to "fix" the Republican party include Adam "Opie" Putnam and Eric "Solutions Factory" Cantor, two lock-step Conservatives who will bring more of the same.

Sorry. The exquisite and tanned mrs tbogg returned from Hawaii over the weekend with the lovely and talented Casey in tow. She also brought back my laptop which is now infested with more viruses and spyware than you can shake a stick at (if that's your thing) courtesy of the hotel in-room network.

Um. Okay. I went and saw Iron Man instead. So sue me.

I used to be an "elitist" but apparently, by not wanting Hillary Clinton on the ticket with Barack Obama, I have graduated to the "Creative Class": It turns out that the only people against a Unity Ticket are Ted Kennedy, Mark Cohen and Creative Class bloggers.

How far we have come:Danielle Ross was alone in an empty room at the Obama campaign headquarters in Kokomo, Ind., a cellphone in one hand, a voter call list in the other. She was stretched out on the carpeted floor wearing laceless sky-blue Converses, stories from the trail on her mind.

I'd like to think that this is the reason that Hillary Clinton won't accept the inevitable as opposed to an unchecked ego. Hillary Clinton may have a financial incentive to remain in the presidential race for a while. And she has Senator John McCain to thank for it.

The set-up:(Jed) Babbin is an ardent detractor of what he describes as the "527 Media", which he considers to be composed of The New York Times, The Washington Post, ABC, CBS and NBC. Babbin considers those outlets as nothing more than an extension of the Democratic National Party and charges that they willfully distort truth to pursue their own agenda.