Who would’ve thought in 2008 that President Obama would get into political trouble for being too cool? Echoing a growing sentiment that the president has not responded passionately enough to the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, Republican Senator David Vitter challenged his coolness last night on The O’Reilly Factor, arguing that he wished to see more anger at the tragedy. He also revealed his “personal nickname” for the president: “Joe Cool.”

Silver lining for Republicans? Visiting Keith Olbermann tonight to talk about the details of pro-abstinence Republican Rep. Mark Souder‘s affair with a staffer, Washington Post blogger David Weigel noted that the relative damage compared to the Eric Massa affair shows that, perhaps, Republicans are better at cleaning up after themselves with these scandals.

He may have lost some big donors and his most important staffer, but at least GOP Chair Michael Steele can claim a new recruit in adult film star Stormy Daniels. Daniels, who has been contemplating a Senate run for David Vitter‘s seat in Louisiana, is ready to make the move from lifelong Democrat to loyal Republican thanks to the latter’s good taste in bondage-themed night clubs.

This is the reason why Jon Stewart and The Daily Show deserve all the accolades they receive: they take a topic that would be so very banal in the hands of any one else, and make it far more entertaining and informative with their own treatment. In this instance the topic is political sex scandals and the associative and hypocritical rhetoric that follows

Expect this to turn into a much bigger story very quickly. Yesterday, a U.S. Attorney Jim Letten (a holdover from the Bush administration, according to Rachel Maddow) recused himself from the James O’Keefe case for “various relevant factors” that have yet to be disclosed in detail (though not for long one imagines!). There’s more.