ANOTHER HIT: ObamaCare mandate is ruled unconstitutional by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. Too bad they didn't invalidate the whole damn thing. Next stop: the Supreme Court.

THEY'RE BELOW ZERO? Surprise: Olbermann's ratings hit new low.

A LOOK THROUGH THE WAYBACK MACHINE: I just noticed that I have now been blogging over 5 years. Here's my first post from August 4, 2006. My webmistress, Daisy, is now approaching middle (cat) age, as feisty as ever.

It took a bit over 2-1/2 years to reach my 350th post, on March 28, 2009.

This post is my 6,271st, a number I still find hard to believe.

"I'LL BE LAYING OUT MORE PROPOSALS IN THE DAYS AHEAD." But Obama did not spell out any new initiatives beyond renewing his call for Congress to extend a payroll tax cut, advance trade pacts with South Korea, Panama and Colombia, and deliver patent reform.

As I wrote earlier, Obama is a broken record.

JUST GO.

Mr. Obama is the most arrogant, self-absorbed and self-obsessed president in U.S. history. Nothing is ever his fault. He blames everyone and everything for America’s economic woes - Tea Partyers, Wall Street, Japanese earthquakes, insurance executives, oil companies, millionaires and corporate jet owners. He lashes out at imaginary enemies without ever taking personal responsibility. In his mind, he is - and always will be - the Anointed One.

As Instapundit has repeatedly pointed out, a Carter-like presidency is a best-case scenario.

SPIRITED DEBATE leaves the Republican field unaltered. Agreed. It was a good debate, but I left without it altering my tentative candidate preferences.

More links to debate opinion here.

GOVERNMENT PRICE CONTROLS produce cancer drug shortages. And shortages produce rationing, which in turn causes drug prices to go up. What a surprise.

LINDA CHAVEZ: Ingratitude, Insolence and Entitlement -- Brought to You by the Welfare State.

THIS IS GOING TO GET VERY UGLY.

IF YOU THOUGHT GOVERNMENT WAS TOO BIG, here's why.