Twitter roundup

From my Twitter feed:
-A high point in the history of fact-checking: Politifact investigates Snooki's claims about the health care reform tanning tax (for the record: true)
-TNR's Jon Chait on the "postmodern scandal" of BP's CEO watching a yacht race -- an entirely image-driven faux controversy
-I'm not sure why Eliot Spitzer is seen as a "potentially tangy" choice to host an 8 PM show on CNN -- won't the scandal make him more risk-averse?
-CJR's Greg Marx provides the missing political science for McClatchy's story on Trent Lott and polarization in Congress
-Kevin Drum cites public opinion in a post titled "Why Congress is at a Standstill," but the filibuster is more important
-It's horrifying that Utah's Attorney General live tweeted an execution
-Politico details Darrell Issa's aspirations to be the Dan Burton of the next Congress if the GOP takes back the House