MONDAY, Monday.



Another day, another delay ....

IT'S OBAMA'S FAULT: "I'd guess we're about 36 hours away from a Beltway call for 'wise men.'"

The problem, of course, is that using "Democrat" and "wise man" in the same sentence is an oxymoron.

ELLIE LIGHT, call your office.

And yes, I did see the letter in the Washington Times. It was so obviously an Obama apologia that I paid it scant attention. I guess I should have known ....

Via Instapundit.

[Update] Wow. Ellie is a busy lady. Follow the comment stream.

[Update & bump} Ellie Light has been found! Via Instapundit.

THE NUTS VS THE CREEPS: sounds like gang warfare.

“Speaking broadly: In the 2006 and 2008 elections, and at some point during the past decade, the ancestral war between Democrats and the Republicans began to take on a new look. If you were a normal human sitting at home having a beer and watching national politics peripherally, as normal people do until they focus on an election, chances are pretty good you came to see the two major parties not as the Dems versus the Reps, or the blue versus the red, but as the Nuts versus the Creeps. The Nuts were for high spending and taxing and the expansion of government no matter what. The Creeps were hypocrites who talked one thing and did another, who went along on the spending spree while lecturing on fiscal solvency."

“In 2008, the voters went for Mr. Obama thinking he was not a Nut but a cool and sober moderate of the center-left sort. In 2009 and 2010, they looked at his general governing attitudes as reflected in his preoccupations—health care, cap and trade—and their hidden, potential and obvious costs, and thought, ‘Uh-oh, he’s a Nut!’…
“Which meant they were left with the Creeps.”

From Peggy Noonan's Declarations in the Wall Street Journal.

It reminds me of the "I may be fat, but you're ugly - and I can diet" jibe. The only question is who's ugly and who's fat.

THE WEEK THAT WAS: Krauthammer doesn't miss a beat.

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF OUR CATS

Hunting for dinner;



A little after-dinner nap;

Followed by bedtime.

WHERE ARE DEMOCRATS FROM? Gaia? Pandora?

My own opinion is Lake Wobegon, where everyone is above average and no one ever fails.

David Brooks, the right-leaning columnist for the New York Times, illustrates the "Wobegon effect". Taking President Obama as a proxy for Democrats, Brooks writes:

The country is now split on Obama, because he is temperate, thoughtful and pragmatic, but his policies are almost all unpopular.

"Temperate, thoughtful and pragmatic" - above average. The president - and by proxy, Democrats - are from Lake Wobegon.

"His policies are almost all unpopular" - below average. But, but ... Obama - and by proxy, the Democrats - are from Lake Wobegon. No one from Lake Wobegon ever fails. Therefore the failure must be with those for whom the policies are unpopular.

THAT'S THE IDEA: Democratic defeat imperils health care overhaul.

Obama may have obtained the worst possible result: blame for a crummy process that caused Democrats to look crooked and out of touch with no result to show for it.

Well, that's because (a) it was a crummy process; (b) it proved the Democrats were crooked (though probably no more than the Republicans); (c) it proved the political establishment (both parties) is completely out-of-touch with the electorate; and (d) ObamaCare should fail.

But other than that, the Times editorial is right on the mark.

LIBERALISM should be diagnosed as a form of mental illness. But if it were, there would be no one left to treat it.

LOSING INDEPENDENTS: "Perhaps most troubling for Mr. Obama and the Democrats is that independents are souring on them. That bloc backed Democrats in 2006 and 2008. Now, by a nearly 2 to 1 margin, independents said they would prefer Republicans to control Congress after November. Still, distaste for Democrats isn't translating into more love for the GOP. Just 30% of voters felt positively about the Republican Party, compared with 39% for the Democratic Party."

There is still time for the Republicans to peel off the independents, but only if they get aboard the Tea Party Express before it leaves the station. Contrary to media assertions, the "teabaggers" are not "racist rednecks", but moderates of both major parties concerned about the direction the Obama administration is taking.

OH BOY! The White House has a new iPhone app. The bad news is that you must purchase the CricketToy app separately.

ANN COULTER writes a column about the Massachusetts senatorial election results, the Democrats’ propensity to implode nearly immediately after being being returned to power, and Obama’s immensly short coattails. The title of the column is "That Old Obama Magic is Back".

Hmm. Obama magic. Black magic. I wonder when the Left will erupt with the “ra-a-acism” cry?

PROMISES KEPT, PROMISES NOT. He kept the promises he made to his family; to the country, not so much.

DEAD AIR AMERICA “It is with the greatest regret, on behalf of our Board, that we must announce that Air America Media is ceasing its live programming operations as of this afternoon, and that the Company will file soon under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code to carry out an orderly winding-down of the business.”

What’s next? Pacifica?

JON STEWART on Keith Olbermann. It isn't pretty - for Olbermann.

IS THE LONG TREK BEGINNING? Palin to campaign for McCain in March.

The former Alaska governor will also hit the campaign trail in the coming month for two conservative heroes - Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann

For someone’s who’s “a clear and present danger to the safety and security of this nation”, Palin’s pulling down some big IOU’s.

CHRISTIAN SIGHTS: "Coded references to New Testament Bible passages about Jesus Christ are inscribed on high-powered rifle sights provided to the United States military by a Michigan company, an ABC News investigation has found."

One minor detail: That the manufacturer of gun sights used by the U.S. military inscribes references to New Testament passages on them is a fact known to the public for 23 years.

Instapundit quips: “I hear each scope is equipped with ‘cross’ hairs, too. Will these Christianists never stop?”
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[Update] Muslims angry Over U.S. military 'Jesus' rifles. But it won't stop them from using them against us.

IF OBAMA seizes the opportunity that Massachusetts and its senator-elect have given him, the brightest days of his presidency may be still to come.

Never happen.

MY BET is 8 or higher.

The Democratic statist transformation suffered a sudden earthquake in Massachusetts last night. How can we measure the severity of the upcoming reaction aftershocks?

The subsequent damage will depend on the magnitude of the next round of shaking—a 7 aftershock ensuring rubble, a 1 suggesting that rebuilding can proceed.

I think the rubble will bounce.

PUFFIN - a one-man vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft. It's a NASA concept vehicle. I just wonder if NASA has learned from the Air Force experience.

[Added] Fox News noticed. Here's a video from the Fox News link.