Cheney recovering after heart transplant: USA Today

Cheney's bluster is so out of fashion

As he lies in his bed looking ashen

For a heart he has pleaded

But what he really needed

Was a hefty infusion of compassion

G.O.P. Candidates Look to Super Tuesday: NY Times

The Republican race is stuck at four

As voters show no one the door

They’re not being snide

It’s so hard to decide

Which one of the pack they least abhor

Romney narrowly wins Iowa caucuses: USA Today

The stop-Romney vote was widely split

Trying to find a savior who fit

They might have won

Had one just run

Under the name Anyone But Mitt

F.D.A. Finds Short Supply of Attention Deficit Drugs: New York Times

Bad news for folks with A D D

To get drugs they now have to plea

Supply is constrained

The Feds have explai
  

Obama signs payroll tax deal, heads to Hawaii: Chicago Tribune

There once was a tax cut extension

That passed after weeks of high tension

It’s two months of peace

Then comity will cease

A small detail I won’t even mention

Bargain hunter pepper sprays other shoppers: L.A. Times

If shopping’s a chore in which you can bask

The best day of the year you don’t need to ask

Black Friday is tops

For cruising the shops

As long as you wear a sturdy gas mask

Girl Defeats Boys to Win Girls Swim Title: NY Times

In Massachusetts where liberals throng

They passed a law to right a wrong

So it’s no big deal

Though a tad surreal

Its female athletes can have a shlong