So many questions, so little time.

Will the Energy and Commerce Committee vote on the health care overhaul before the House leaves for the August recess on Friday?

Will the GOP tally in favor of Sonia Sotomayor break double digits?

Will Sgt. Crowley show his birth certificate when he meets the president and the professor for a drink tonight?

As always, we ask the tough questions in this week's episode of our "It's All Politics" podcast.

Credits (as it were) —
Nonstop talkers: Ron Elving and Ken Rudin
Producer: Gisele Grayson
Editor: Cathy Shaw

Some fan mail, much of it written by people other than myself. William Bailey of Queens, N.Y., "loves" the podcast: "You guys make me chuckle on my subway commute." Spud Muther of Minneapolis and David Talley of Raleigh, N.C., are among those who were happy with the fact that Ron and I have been dropping references to Firesign Theater as of late, notably stuff about Nick Danger (Third Eye). The truth is, we've been doing that for years, but our producer always took them out!

And Tom Hickcox wrote the other day, wanting to know who was singing "The Happy Wanderer" at the end of a recent episode. It was New England folk singer Bill Staines.

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