Barack Obama's highly anticipated infomercial aired at 5 PM EDT on Wednesday. While some in other parts of the country, or without access to premium cable channels have not seen it yet, we can tell you: it was powerful, and talks to all, including "Joe the Plumber."

A draft Committee report circulated by Chairman Waxman finds that in the months before the 2006 elections, the White House Office of Political Affairs “enlisted agency heads across government in a coordinated effort to elect Republican candidates to Congress,” directing them “to make hundreds of trips – most at taxpayer expense – for the purpose of increasing the electability of Republicans.”