Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is on the “inherited” beat today, as he testifies before the House Ways and Means Committee.

Geithner’s an interesting case because, on the one hand, he wasn’t in Washington as recent spending was turning into deficits; on the other hand, he was an architect of the TARP program that made a substantial contribution to the deficit the Obama Administration and current Congress have “inherited.”

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The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports that Norm Coleman’s lawyers have suggested that a three-judge panel set aside the November election because voting problems were substantial enough to cloud the result.

It’s time for Coleman to end this. Let’s acknowledge that November’s election – much like the 2000 presidential election – was essentially a tie. But according to the certified results, Al Franken won by a very narrow margin.

No vote is ever perfect; that’s highlighted by these situations and we should do all we can to make elections better. But Coleman doesn’t do himself any favors by standing in the way of Minnesota having appropriate representation in the Senate. Republicans already look like obstructionists. No need to reinforce that message.

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Rush Limbaugh is not the leader of the Republican Party, but it’s sure hard to tell.

Yesterday, RNC Chair Michael Steele apologized for calling Limbaugh “an entertainer,” saying, “There was no attempt on my part to diminish his voice or his leadership.”

Last night, Bobby Jindal told Larry King, “I think Rush is a leader for many conservatives and says things that people are concerned about.”

Whatever conservatives do in the privacy of their own homes or cars, let’s not make Rahm Emanuel’s case for him by openly praising Limbaugh’s leadership qualities.

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BONUS: A Google search tells me I’m not the first to think of this (by a long shot), but there would be no better slogan for a Bobby Jindal presidential race than “Jindal All the Way!”