In fairness to Team Romney, they did more right than not. They rose from single digits in the national polls to receiving 32% of the primary votes cast to date.

It was less than two years ago that Mark Warner hosted his now-legendary bash for liberal bloggers–with its ice sculpture and $50,000 price tag–during the 2006 Yearly Kos convention in Las Vegas.

Congressional appropriators began soliciting requests for pet projects this week, a sign that Congress is still grappling over whether to bow to President Bush’s State of the Union request to rein in earmarking.