The popularity of incumbents in Congress is at an all-time low. But Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) is hoping his campaign song will win over a few constituents.

Titled "Hank Johnson -- Taking Care of Home," the ditty sounds like a cross between a Peebo Bryson R&B number and a patriotic country and western ballad, complete with voiceovers by the lawmaker. According to Johnson's campaign website, it's being used at "events and [distributed] widely throughout the District. We all love to sing along!"

But some of the lyrics are, well, odd. Take the line, "We need strong representation, and things like our healthcare, our safety, and bad transportation." So Johnson's constituents need healthcare, safety, and bad transportation? Would that be bad as in Michael Jackson's definition of bad?

The chorus climbs up an octave to tell voters to "Vote For Hank Johnson For Congress. Cause he’s just better than the rest." That's not really a stirring endorsement, more like a process of elimination. Yet on the other hand, it's not cocky and strikes a populist theme.

One of Johnson's potential GOP opponents this fall, Liz Carter, answered the phone at her campaign headquarters Monday and told ITK she had yet to commit to a campaign song of her own, although "several people have sent in compositions" for her.

As for her reaction to Johnson's song, Carter joked that, "My initial reaction was that I wanted to get my lighter out and wave it around. But really, for voters, I'm afraid it's too little too late." Still, Johnson is a heavy favorite to retain his seat.

According to a spokesman for the congressman's campaign, the song was written in 2006 and updated for this year's cycle. The writers gave it to the lawmaker as an in-kind campaign contribution worth $750.

To hear the whole song, click here, but beware: ITK had the song stuck in my head for a week after first hearing it.

Vice President Joe Biden has a soft spot for one of his GOP predecessors, former Vice President Dan Quayle, but it's not because of a unique shared experience. It's because of a swimming pool.

Biden joked with reporters before a luncheon for visiting dignitaries on Monday that he won't say a bad thing about Dan Quayle because Quayle installed the swimming pool at the Naval Observatory behind the vice presidential mansion.

Unfortunately for Quayle, others have not been so generous. The former veep was the butt of jokes about everything from his spelling of "potatoe" to his understanding of the passage of time, "I have made good judgments in the future" he once said.

But Biden, who has had his share of foot-in-mouth disease, is keeping the Quayle legacy alive at the Naval Observatory.

"Gentlemen," he said to the visiting world leaders at his house for lunch, "I want to show you the Dan Quayle swimming pool".

Arriving guests were ushered through the house and out to the terrace before lunch, where Biden joked that they were all, "coming in the front door and [going] out the back to play golf."

NBC's longest running show, “Meet the Press with David Gregory,” is going hi-def, with a new set to boot.

On Sunday, May 2, MTP will debut in high-definition, with a brand new set design, which host David Gregory said in a press release on Monday will reflect "the ways in which the program is evolving while staying true to the core mission and traditions of the show.’”

While the details of the new set are being kept under wraps at NBC, executive producer Betsy Fischer said the set will have "added versatility that will enhance our interviews and better engage our viewers ... and contemporary design elements in a stately setting."

But the new hi-def broadcast may not be good news to the many lawmakers who regularly appear on the show: Hi-definition television makes it much easier to see make-up, and MTP is known for sparing no shade of foundation for its often middle-aged guests. House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) became the target of a widely circulated joke in the satirical newspaper The Onion last year after appearing on MTP in an especially bright shade of foundation. The Onion's headline at the time: "Congressman Boehner's Terror Alert Skin Set Back to Orange."

Rep. Jim Himes's (D-Conn.) reaction to the retirement of Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens:

Vice President Joe Biden will host an historic gathering of world leaders on Monday for lunch at his house. 

The meeting will be the largest assembly of foreign leaders ever to be held at the Naval Observatory, the vice presidential mansion on Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. According to the White House, the purpose of the lunch will be to discuss the administration’s goal of a world without nuclear weapons and to address the goals of the non-aligned movement, a group of nations comprising Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia.

As former Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Biden has met with a number of his lunch guests before, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, shown here with Biden.

The event also means that traffic will be shut down and parking restricted from about 11:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. around the Naval Observatory and Cathedral Heights neighborhoods. Check the Washington Post's live traffic monitor here for the latest details on road closures.

For all the talk of conservatives boycotting the census, there are other demographic groups slow to return their forms.

NPR notes that the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn has the lowest rate of return in New York City. Williamsburg is the home of many a "hipster."

The return rate in New York City is only around 50 percent, the publica radio station reported, but the lowest rate of return is in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where only about 30 percent of residents are returning their forms. Apparently Williamsburg's plethora of young, recent graduates with ironic mustaches and plaid shirts are apparently too busy tweeting to fill out a simple census form.

Vice President Joe Biden made money during law school by driving cheesesteak sandwiches from his home state of Delaware back to school in Syracuse, N.Y., where he would sell them for "three times as much" as he had paid for them.

The veep revealed his entrepreneurial past during a surprise visit Friday afternoon to one of Philadelphia's landmark restaurants, Pat's King of Steaks. Biden said that during his law school days he used to come home on vacations and buy a whole bunch of cheesesteaks, wrap them in foil, and then drive them back up to school to sell.

Upon hearing that the vice president was visiting the cheesesteak stand, locals flocked to the legendary spot. Biden mingled with the crowd and posed for photos accompanied by Rep. Bob Brady (D-Pa.), his wife, Debra, and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter.
 
Biden's sandwich choice? A "Whiz, widout," which translates into a freshly baked sub roll filled with steak and topped with Cheese Whiz -- hold the onions. Brady ordered for his VIP guest. According to a local pool report, upon receiving the sandwich, the vice president "scarfed the whole thing."

NEW ORLEANS -- Apparently it’s now OK for Republicans to joke about the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) recent scandal.
 
Speaking to the Southern Republican Leadership Conference on Friday, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal became the first speaker to mention the RNC’s $2,000 expenditure at a risqué nightclub.
 
"A word of warning to RNC staffers: You may want to avoid Bourbon Street,” Jindal said. “Just some advice.”

Jindal, making one of his first big national appearances since a widely panned response to President Obama in February 2009, also said he has no presidential aspirations.

He began the speech by answering the question he knew he would get asked.

"I am not running for President of the United States of America," he said. "I've got the job I want."