The devil swallow him sideways: John Boehner snubbed Irish Ambassador Dan Rooney by not inviting him to the congressional Friends of Ireland lunch today. (Maybe he's sore at former constituent Ben Roethlisberger?)

A new F&M poll shows a good deal of pessimism by PA voters, who are down on Obama, Casey, Toomey and Corbett. In surveys taken last week, Corbett's job performance numbers are worse than they were at this point for Rendell or Ridge. And voters would much rather tax tobacco or natural gas -- or privatize liquor sales -- than cut education funding, it finds. Full details here.

The Pa AFL-CIO helpfully reminds: "Drink Responsibly . . . And Drink UNION"