"WHAT WORRIES ME ABOUT PRESIDENT OBAMA is really one general issue: his very concrete enjoyment of the good life ... and yet his obvious distrust of the private sector and the success of the wealthy."

Yes, our President is very much interested in wealth distribution - our wealth into his pocket.

Read it all. And as an added bonus, a wonderful put-down of the formerly great (?) Andrew Sullivan.

A REMINDER FOR 2012: "If you don’t care about winning, you’re merely handing triumph to the other side."

MORE STIMULUS, ANYONE? The (un)common-sense answer is that when you find yourself in a deep hole, stop digging.

THE MOST ENCOURAGING THING about the Republican triumph in last week's midterm elections is that so many Republicans acknowledge that it wasn't a Republican triumph.

Now it's time to hold the Republicans' feet to the fire to make sure they don't get cocky.

"SARAH PALIN PUTS PEOPLE ON HER BUS, rather than under it. And once they’re on, she doesn’t make them sit in the back." A comment on this post.

PATRONAGE: Or why New York and California went Democrat.

THE MOUTH THAT ROARED is suddenly silent.

NBC execs claim KO violated journalistic standards that no one – left or right – felt applied to him because only NBC actually considered him a journalist. Actually, few even considered him sane, luckily not a job requirement at MSNBC.

And the laughter begins.