>The Sunday Deck Bass

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Sunday, and time once again for northern Nevada’s least coveted, utterly unwanted, and undesirable award: The Sunday Deck Bass. The Deck Bass is awarded weekly to politicians and political figures who best exemplify the flippity flopping of a landed fish. Since Hugh Jackman isn’t available to sing and dance the introduction, without further ado, this week’s nominees are:

Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) earns his nomination for loudly lamenting “wasteful spending” in Washington, D.C. while insisting that the congressional operations budget remain at $4.4 billion because Senate Republicans wanted to keep their staffing levels equal to the previous number of positions – despite losing 20% of their seats in the last general election. [TP]

Senator David Vitter (R-LA) achieves his nomination for grandly announcing that beleaguered Illinois Senator Roland Burris should resign after reports indicated Burris may have misled Illinois legislators about his connections to former Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Vitter, former client of the DC Madam, dismissed criticism that his stance during the Lewinsky matter might be at odds with his own actions, and rejected the notion that his call for Burris to step down might be perceived as hypocritical. [TP] Vitter might very well be in the most interesting primary race in decades because his opponents to date include Tony Perkins (Family Research Council) and porn star Stormy Daniels. [TPM]

Governor Bobby Jindal (R-LA) has been flopping around like a hooked smallmouth bass since his response speech to President Obama’s address on the economy before Congress. Jindal claimed (1) he was standing stalwartly beside Sheriff Harry Lee demanding that red tape be cut so rescue boats could be deployed during Katrina; or (2) it was days after Katrina that Jindal valiantly stood beside Sheriff Harry Lee to cut the red tape; or, (3) he didn’t mean to imply that the story as Jindal recounted it took place during the fight to release the rescue boats. Jindal overhead an interview with Sheriff Harry Lee about the matter? Or, Jindal didn’t hear the interview but did overhear a phone call about releasing the boats? Or, Jindal didn’t hear anything? Whatever. [TPM] Oh, and then there’s that request from the Louisiana Department of Transportation for a $110 million upgrade for the New Orleans to Baton Rouge rail line. [NOLA] We get it. When the train runs from southern California to Las Vegas it’s pork, but when it goes from Baton Rouge to New Orleans it’s the Bring Home The Bacon Express. (b/b Dkos)

Former Senator Norm Coleman (R-His Imagination) earns yet another nomination for the continuing Soap Opera “All My Ballots” in Minnesota. At the point where a rational person might believe his recount litigation couldn’t become any more convoluted, Coleman’s legal team was forced to admit that they had hidden a witness, and “explicitly” stated their intention to keep her identity and the nature of her testimony secret. She was the sole witness available to Team Coleman to substantiate their “double counting” argument. [FDL]

And, the Winner is…(insert dramatic music)…Governor Bobby “Fishy Story” Jindal (R-LA) This is Governor Jindal’s first Deck Bass Award, and in terms of Governors, he has a ways to go before overtaking Governor Jim Gibbons (R-NV) who has secured nine bass in his creel. However, should Governor Jindal secure more speaking engagements as the head of the Grand Oxycontin Rush Limbaugh Party, then this award may be only the first of many.

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