Today's News in the Land of Weird . . .

Remember the “Gang of Six’, you know the bi-partisan group of Senators who were going to come up with a compromise deficit reduction plan.  Well they are now a Group of Five, although that may not even be true.

http://www.rollcall.com/issues/56_124/gang-of-six-tom-coburn-debt-limit-205710-1.html?pos=hln

Why the collapse?  Because a deficit reduction plan that does not raise taxes and does not cut defense and does not cut entitlements cannot be done.  End of story.

Still another big outside donor group is entering the NY 26^th district special election.

“The House Majority Political Action Committee will unveil what it calls a television “advertising offensive” across western New York on Tuesday, a move that tests the fledgling organization’s ability to balance conservative outside groups in next week’s suddenly high-profile special election”

Reports Roll Call Politics.  Amazingly, this is a Democratic Group.  Did anyone know any of those existed?

And a Republican want the Federal Government to start selling the state of Utah to meet its debt, at least Taegan Goodard says so.

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2011/05/17/start_liquidating.html

But what would China do with it?

And we close with this quote from Rick Santorum

"He doesn't understand how enhanced interrogation works

on John McCain.