Washington in 60 Seconds: Two Reids Don't Make a Right?

Good morning, Capitolists! It's Day One of the House work session for 2010, and Day Four of the Harry Reid fallout from "Negro-dialect"-gate. We still say Reid's safe in his job as majority leader (the Democratic peanut gallery hasn't made a peep), but we're not so sure about his job back home as senator.

We've got that drama and the rest of today's headlines for you in the next 60 seconds:

* Obama's Day. The President and Mrs. Obama are in Delaware this morning to attend the funeral of Jean Biden, Joe "O'Biden's" mother. The president will be back in D.C. this afternoon and will meet with Defense Secretary Robert Gates.

* Two Reids Don't Make a Right. The Washington Post writes up the terrible irony for Harry Reid and son Rory, who will join his dad on the Nevada ballot in 2010, when he runs for governor. The Reid name that may have gotten Rory where is -- midway up the political food chain -- may also keep him there, since Nevada voters don't seem ready for a double dose of the Democratic duo.

* We're Off the Record, Right Guys? Politico has a fascinating Mike Allen piece about the promise made by the authors of "Game Change" to Harry Reid that his interview with them, which included the infamous "Negro dialect" comment, was both "on deep background" and "off the record." That somehow translated to a direct quote attributed to Reid and the rest, unfortunately for him, is history.

* Massachusetts Million-Dollar Man. Have you read Jill Lawrence's piece about the suddenly hot Massachusetts Senate race? Why should you care about it? Because the election next week is a special one to fill Ted Kennedy's seat immediately, not next January. Even the math-challenged will tell you that a Republican win by Scott Brown would spell disaster for the health care bill, which needs 60 votes to pass one way or another. A sign of Brown's strength, Jill writes, was the $1 million he raised yesterday in response to his one-day fundraiser that he called a "money bomb."

* Ford Hits the Gas in New York. Doing his party and his president no apparent favors, former Tennessee Congressman Harold Ford writes in the New York Post today, "It's true. I am strongly considering running for the United States Senate." Ford's first opponent would be sitting Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, the hand-picked replacement for Hillary Clinton. One qualification, Ford says: He's been a New York resident "for more than a year."

* John McCain or "Jersey Shore"? Can you tell the difference between the musings of the famously filthy-mouthed Republican and those of Snooki and the other crazy kids from MTV's "Jersey Shore"? Take the quiz at The Daily Beast, and get ready to fail.