New GOP Rep. vs. Vaccines, Taxing Text Messages, Pelosi’s Power Ploy

Jim Geraghty of National Review and and Greg Corombos of Radio America find themselves drowning in crazy martinis again today. They slap their foreheads as a new GOP congressman from Tennessee - who is also a doctor - appears to tell a constituent that he's hesitant to accept the government's denial that childhood vaccinations cause autism and says he thinks the Centers for Disease Control have "fraudulently managed" data on the issue. They also rub their hand with glee at the possibility of political inroads with young people as Democratic regulators in California consider a tax on text messaging and then consider some far more annoying aspects of modern communication that ought to be taxed. And they can only smile as Nancy Pelosi somehow jumps on the bandwagon for term limits in the Democratic leadership in exchange for four more years as Speaker of the House.