Evening eats

a. Can the golden gals save the golden state?

b. McCain wants a troop surge; Thune wants a conditional surge.

c. Rick Perry might not like the bailout, but his donors sure do.

d. Michele Bachmann: "If they go it alone, I think they'll be really alone in November, 2010."

e. Rudy's son gets a second chance.

f. "This is like her and her death panels".

g. Poizner and Campbell accept debate invite; Whitman's decision pending.

h. Rick Perry gets the cops.

i. Her name pops up in the damndest discussions.