From the Pork Barrel: The League of Extraordinary Losers

* Walter Shapiro highlights the grim future that lies ahead for Joe Biden should he and Obama fall short in November.

* New Bridge to Nowhere discovered in New Hampshire.

* Rush Limbaugh has not shown his face in Chicago since Occupy Wall Streeters started protesting him. This would mean something if he was in Chicago.

* George W. Bush is being coaxed away from his Texas ranch long enough to visit the White House for the first time in two years for the the unveiling of his official portrait and to pick up some old Doobie Brothers records he left behind.

* Rahm Emanuel is "livid." Which, I suppose, counts as a news item.

* Don't forget to download our Election Companion App for iPhone and iPad and follow along as Ilya Gerner liveblogs Sen. Dick Durbin and Rep. Paul Ryan on this Sunday's Meet the Press.

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