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“ Is it because Michael Steele is the chairman, or is it because a black man is chairman?

— Michael Steele, playing the race card

Robert Gibbs with a grocery list and “hope” and “change” on his hand, openly mocking Sarah Palin. Awesome.

“ We have been blessed because of our relationship with Israel, and if we reject Israel, then there is a curse that comes into play.

— Michele Bachman, still crazy

» 25 percent of D.C. plows out of commission

Taken at a Rick Perry campaign rally featuring Sarah Palin. Get a brian, moran.

Mass Ave in front of Union Station. This is normally a three-lane road. There are one to two lanes of cars driving on it now. And the sidewalks from the Metro are single-file footpaths. THE SNOW STOPPED MORE THAN 48 HOURS AGO.

“ It’s an honor to be seated as a U.S. senator. But really: Do I have to wear this tie? Or pants?

— @Nudescottbrown

“ AL GORE’S NEW HOME

— The cardboard sign atop an igloo built by the family of Jim Inhofe during the DC snowstorm. Morans.

A “mystery billboard” featuring George W. Bush has appeared on I-35 in Wyoming, MN, but “there’s no billboard ownership plate” and the mayor also has “no clue” where it came from (Minnesota Public Radio).

alcaniglia: “Sarah Palin had to scribble her notes for her priorities as President, during her appearance at Tea Party Convention. The scribbles say “Energy. ~~Budget~~ cuts. Tax. Lift American Spirits.” During the same conventions, she criticized President Obama for his use of teleprompters.”

» A fearsome foursome

“Financial Times Washington Bureau Chief Edward Luce has written a granularly informed insider account about those who hold the keys to the inner most sanctum of Obama Land — Rahm Emanuel, Robert Gibbs, Valerie Jarrett and David Axelrod. It’s a vital article — a brave one — that includes “dozens of interviews with his closest allies and friends in Washington.”“

“ I would.

— Sarah Palin, on if she’ll run for president in 2012.

“ I have no doubts that we have to raise taxes in order to close this huge deficit.

— Alan Greenspan, who argued for the Bush tax cuts by saying that the biggest economic threat the United States faced was paying down the national debt too quickly.

“ Now listen, you queer. Stop calling me a crypto-Nazi, or I’ll sock you in the goddamn face and you’ll stay plastered.

— William F. Buckley, after Gore Vidal told him that “the only sort of pro-crypto-Nazi I can think of is yourself” during the broadcast of the 1968 Democratic National Convention. God the 1960s were insane.