Good morning! Today, there are short lists, vendettas, losses, more vendettas and the people Barack Obama has hired to combat spam. It's quite a morning! But that's all after the jump.

Impeachment Redux Having failed to impeach Dick Cheney, but being to type of guy that doesn't allow failure to stop him, Congressman Dennis Kucinich plans to force a vote today on his articles of impeachment against President Bush. Despite the fact that the Democrats are in control of the House, almost no one is expected to vote for it.

Obama's Short List In the Veepstakes, one prominent candidate, Ohio Governor Ted Strickland, has officially dropped out before he even got asked. Apparently, it's more than just the female Clinton supporters that remain upset.

The Maker of the Short List So, it turns out that the "different kind of candidate" has hired Jim Johnson, the same old kind of politico to vet the VP candidates. I guess that's what happens when you go from being the outsider to the standard-bearer.

The Clinton Short List The Clinton's (and their supporters) have a short list, too—of all the people they think should've been more loyal. In fact, Susie Tompkins Buell, a co-founder of the Esprit, has a rather long one and it mostly includes prominent Democratic women who supported Obama. Aren't mash lists so high school?

The Definition of "Win" Senate Republicans have decided that "only" losing eight seats to Democrats in November will constitute a win. And I thought I was a pessimist.

Obama's Web Guys Barack Obama is hiring a whole team of people to combat the stupid spam that tells people he's a scary Muslim Manchurian candidate. People are still buying fake penis enlargement products and sending their bank accounts to Nigeria, guys. It's not gonna work!

Have you gotten one of those emails? Are you disappointed about Ted Strickland? And are you more or less pessimistic (or optimistic, depending on how you look at)?