Red State Rebels write that, “all these months (years?) of schmoozing the prez have finally paid off for Dirk Kempthorne,” while highlighting President Bush’s use of code: Kempthorne will preside over the “wise stewardship” of public lands. … Arizona Congress Watch points out that Rep. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) and Senator John McCain (R-AZ) introduced earmark reform, or as McCain calls it, the “Pork-Barrel Reduction Act”. … Rabbi Daniel Lapin’s non-profit Toward Tradition is having financial difficulties since it was named a money-laundering conduit in the Jack Abramoff scandal, according to the blatherWatch.