You say it's your birthday

Here at KPC, we'd like to wish a Happy 4th of July Birthday to Malia Obama and The Situation.

However, there is a special trio of famous 4th of July birthdays that deliciously symbolize the state of our Republic on this its birthday.

People I give you the following holiday equation:

 PT Barnum + Rube Goldberg + Meyer Lansky = American Politics in 2012!