As many of you know, when it comes to the race for Congress in Arizona District 3 — I am in the tank for Pamela Gorman. Last Thursday was Pamela Gorman Day on FTR Radio — and it was a huge success. Unlike Katie Couric, I like to let you know up front that I’m biased.

She is running against nine other candidates. The most well known of her opponents is Ben Quayle.(son of former V.P. Dan Quayle)

Quayle just recently moved to Arizona. Fortunately, he picked a house in a congressional district that has an open seat. What are the odds?

There has been some play about a Quayle mail piece that had a photo of him with 2 kids in his lap. The impression was left to the casual reader that they are Quayle’s kids, they are not.

From RedState:

Quayle sent out a mail piece of him holding one young child with another in a seat. The caption under it reads, in part, “Tiffany and I live in this district and we are going to raise our family here.”

To be fair, the mail piece does not claim that the kids are Ben’s. But I’m sure that if it were to leave the impression on Arizona voters that the kids are his and that Quayle is a strong family man, his campaign staff would be okay with that.

So to sum up — Ben Quayle just moved to Arizona, got married, adopted a dog and is now running for Congress. Any more politician clichés available?

Get this man some babies to kiss and pass the apple pie! Stat!!!

*My thanks go out to Melanie Hall for the artwork.

There is a story in Monday’s New York Post speculating that CNN is trying to prepare for the possibility that Larry King may retire when his contract expires in 18 months. The prospect of King leaving his nightly talk show is quite real. The challenge for CNN is to find a replacement for Larry that will not alienate his loyal viewership of 114 people. After all, the new host needs viewers too.

The Post speculates on a few possible candidates that may replace King. Here is The Snark Factor’s analysis of each potential candidate.

Joy Behar- Liked by many liberals, mostly because she is ill-informed and lacks any analytical skills. She’s not very funny. Joy Behar is to comedy what Kathy Griffin is to comedy. The combination of her lack of talent and unwatchability (yes I made that word up) makes her a front-runner to replace King and a perfect fit at CNN.

Katie Couric- She’s still spunky. Couric has actually interviewed someone all by herself. Working for CBS, Katie has proven that she has no problem being affiliated with a network that resembles the Titanic. CNN should look long and hard at Ms.Couric.

Ryan Seacrest- Plain Yogurt. But does anyone do plain yogurt better than Ryan Seacrest? He is inoffensive. But he comes with a hefty price tag. Can CNN afford to pay Ryan Seacrest Seacrest money in the hope that he can continue CNN’s dominance over MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow and Billy Mays infomercials? Pass…

The challenge for CNN is to find someone that will bring the same energy and excitement to the job that Larry King has brought all these many years. There is only one individual that can bring the same kind of electricity to CNN as King, and that’s the corpse of Barry Goldwater….