Joe Scarborough doesn't watch MSNBC much

Otherwise he wouldn't have been surprised by what he saw.

The Next GOP Nominee Brought to You by Fox News

An early, likely meaningless, poll taken out in Iowa shows that three of the four top nominees for the 2012 Republican nomination are Fox News contributors. I'm pretty sure Newt's not under contract, but he doesn't go two weeks without appearing, and Huck & Palin ARE signed employees. Looks like Romney will need to step up his appearances.

1. Mike Huckabee - 22%
2. Mitt Romney - 18%
3. Newt Gingrich - 14%
4. Sarah Palin - 11%
5. Ron Paul - 5%

Others: Tim Pawlenty, John Thune, Rick Santorum, Haley Barbour, Rick Perry

Olbermann slams O'Reilly's dead father

Cable news is a circus show, but there's one freak who just has no shame, and it's preceisely because he remains firmly entrenched in his echo chamber. Keitho attacks O'Reilly pretty much every day, and O'Reilly, to my knowledge, has not uttered Keith's name on air in years. He's above it. And I think that feeds Keitho's rage and makes him try harder to provoke Papa Bear.

Keitho's latest seems unusually low-class even for him. Granted, Bill going after Jennifer Aniston's comments about fathers seemed like not the most wise use of precious broadcast minutes, but Keitho attacking Bill's father and using that as psycho-analysis? I am glad I don't understand him. And I'd thank NBC once again for not making Bob Costas share a NFL TV show with him this fall.

Don't Repeal the 14th Amendment

When you have Lindsay Graham and John Boehner entertaining the idea, it's time to squash it. GOP, if you go down this path, you will lose more votes than you gain.

Top 100 Stimulus Wastes

Courtesy o' the distinguished Senators Coburn & McCain.

Worst Job-Loss Recession Ever?

It looks like ever since the Democrats took control of the House and Senate, the US has entered the worst job-loss recession ever, at least in the worst post-WWII. And if the trend plays out, we're several years away from unemployment ever getting back up to 5%.

InTrade Watch on GOP Presidential Hopefuls

I love this site. Here's the latest numbers on who traders think will take the GOP nomination.

1. Mitt Romney - 29%
2. Sarah Palin - 19.4%
3. John Thune - 12.7%
4. Tim Pawlenty - 11.1%
5. Newt Gingrich - 10.1%
6. Mitch Daniels - 7.5%
7. Jeb Bush - 6%
8. Mike Huckabee - 5.2%
9. Ron Paul - 3.5%
10. Bobby Jindal - 1.7%

I'm not really sure why Thune ranks so high. I don't see or hear from him much on the news, but I'll keep a closer eye on him. There are other names I can see, like Mike Pence or Eric Cantor, who might want to test the waters. Bobby Jindal fell after people compared his accent to "Kenneth the Page" from 30 Rock, but his hands-on approach to the BP oil spill could help him later, should he aspire.

Mitt Romney will be the front-runner, and if unemployment stays high, his momentum will increase. He has plenty of soundbites from the 2008 campaign that are going to come back to hurt him, and personally I think if Jeb Bush runs, Romney won't prevail.

I have a hard time believing Palin will actually run in 2012. I have a hard time taking her seriously. Plus she'd make a lot more money not running.

Will Jeb Bush run in 2012?

I think he will. I think a lot of Republicans of the smoke-filled-room ilk will want him to run, and the media speculation is growing.