Wednesday link dump: Hello senator... I'm in jail

Are "arguable naïveté" and "public-relations missteps" by the Cordoba House organizers to blame for the anti-Mosque hysteria? (No.)
Economists released a letter saying Meg Whitman is full of crap.
Good news: If you still have a job, you're doing pretty well for yourself.
Republicans are terrified that Democrats will do what they did during a lame duck session.
Law-enforcement officials are inventing reasons to protect police from being videotaped while on the job.
Pat Toomey claims to have "personally led a filibuster on the House floor," which is impossible.
Jeez, John McCain, why don't you just marry Snooki already.
Congressional candidate Reshma Saujani insists she's not pro-Wall Street -- as she sits in front of the Wall Street bull statue.

Lame ducks, bulls, impossible filibusters, naivete, and taping cops