Four best lines of the day, so far

“But by my calculation, more U.S. senators (72) voted today to condemn a newspaper ad attacking Gen. Petraeus than voted yesterday (56) to lengthen the time off troops get from the frontlines in Iraq, thereby reducing individual soldiers exposure to actual attacks.”

Talking Points Memo

“Newt Gingrich says he’ll run if voters give him $30 million. I wonder what it would cost us to get him NOT [to] run?”

FARK.com

“All around the country these days, all anyone can talk about is how bad the Irish have looked in their first three games. NBC is going through its archives to decide whether to start showing Blossom reruns in future weeks.”

Stewart Mandel

“The best way I can describe it is it felt like somebody bungee jumped off my right nut.”

— Ken Griffey on his injury, via Awful Announcing