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The annual Harris Poll gauging public views of 23 professions just came out — and journalists were ranked at the bottom, just between tort lawyers and porn fluffers. • Boost Greg’s self-esteem: Watch his Greg-alogue Just 13 percent said that journalism had “very great prestige,” while 16 percent said it …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: A Matter of Color When Tennessee Democratic Congressman Stephen Cohen replaced Harold Ford — who quit to run for senate — he wanted to establish a firm connection in the black community — since his district in Memphis is majority African-American. Cohen …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Don’t Call Us The FBI has been forced to abandon some recent criminal investigations into leaks of classified information because it cannot get cooperation from intelligence agencies. The New York Sun reports investigators had to close three inquiries because the agencies victimized …

Mitt Romney picks up some ground on his two main rivals in the latest FOX News poll as the Granite State’s first-in-the-nation primary looms closer — at just over three weeks away. The poll shows that John McCain and Rudy Giuliani still are capable of making the race closer, but …

Hillary Clinton | Enrique Iglesias | Harry Potter Hillary’s Hollywood Pals Are a Little Fickle Hillary Clinton is raising a lot of money in Hollywood for her presidential bid, but where are her closest friends and what are they doing with their money? Married actors Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Kids Care Congressional Democrats are pushing legislation that would expand the reach of the federal program that feeds money to states to pay for poor children’s health insurance. But The Washington Times reports the Senate version would raise the eligibility ceiling on …

Your Grrrs…. Kilene in Cyberspace: I try to not let the obliviots or Wal-Martians get the best of me, because there are more important things in life to worry about. But sometimes there is an obliviot so big that he or she can’t be ignored. A little over a week …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: U.S. Invasion? Fidel Castro‘s brother, Raul, has spoken out for the first time since becoming acting president of Cuba, revealing that after his brother’s illness he mobilized the country’s armed forces against a possible U.S. invasion. Castro tells the state communist newspaper: …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Mystery Solved The mystery senator who blocked a floor vote on a popular bill to create a public, searchable database of all government spending has now been outed. Alaska Republican Ted Stevens admitted to placing what’s known as a secret hold on …

WASHINGTON – Last year at this time, the Democratic Policy Committee, which attempts to shine a light on government, waste fraud and abuse, was holding hearings in whatever room on Capitol Hill it could grab. But in the upcoming 110th Congress, the once routinely-ignored panel, as well as other House …