– Lady Gaga went from protesting Don't Ask Don't Tell in a meat dress at the VMAs to giving a "red-meat" speech against DADT while wearing suit and tie in Maine. Why Maine? Because of its two moderate Republican senators, Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe, that's why.
— Meanwhile, those same Maine senators and other moderate Republicans are reportedly nagging Gaga's Twitter pal Harry Reid to grant them some concessions before the cloture vote this afternoon, which will determine whether the Senate can proceed to debate the defense authorization bil containing DADT repeal. Reid needs 60 votes for cloture — which would prevent McCain-led anti-repeal forces from filibustering the whole thing into oblivion.
— And tonight on Fox, it's is, um, kind of jaw-dropping.
This article appears in Sep 16-22, 2010.