Even in politics, there's just some things you just don't talk about....

1) Ted's Troubles: For the outpouring of soul, for reminding us that the most exclusive of clubs does still have a heart, for harking back to the days when Senators were masters of this game. And we were the better for it.

2) Mike & Mitt & the Unseamly Chase: There was a time not so long ago when gentlemen did not act this way. What's next? Will they pull blades on each other? Don't they know the last cookie always goes to the quiet one?

3) Republican Party or Donner Party? You Decide. Hey Newt! Thanks for the great new batch of old ideas. Yes. All they need to do is write a new Magna Carta. In which alternative universe did you dream that stuff up? Did the Ruskies win?

4) Note to Huckabee, Hagee, Hillary, et al: Rule # 43: In politics, don't mention Hitler, the Holocaust, assasinations or make fun of sick people. Ever.

5) Bush hat in hand to the Saudis: Speaking of somebody looking like Neville Chamberlain.

6) Goodbye to Vito F.: I guess reality finally set in. But wouldn't we all have loved to have been a fly on the wall in that room. Who did it? Boehner? Cole? Someone closer to home?

7) Dick Tuck Hall of Fame Awards: To whoever sent that plastic penis on a mini remote-controlled helicopter flying through Garry Kasparov's press conference to unite Kremlin opponents. Who says Big Brother doesn't have a sense of humor?

8) Remember Hamilton Jordan. There's a guy who drew up a 70-page plan that laid out a year-by-year, step-by-step campaign for an obscure Southern governor to win the White House. They followed the plan.

9) Mark McKinnon has a code. He follows his word. Got to admire that these days.

10) And the "Hasn't caught up with the news yet" Award goes to: Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana (R), who this week said: "I think the way back to the majority is to the right."