1. Not only is Obama pumping trillions of dollars into solving the economic crisis, moving toward medical care reform this year, and promising to cut the deficit in half by the end of his first four year term -- but he is also presenting an honest budget that doesn't use accounting tricks to conceal the cost of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. And he leaps buildings in a single bound.
2. Robert Gates (undoubtedly with Obama's approval) announced the overturning of the Bush/Rumsfeld order banning any media coverage of coffins returning from Iraq. Gates announced that the decision will be left up to the families. It wasn't clear whether he meant on an individual basis or whether they're going to try to reach some consensus from families. Either way, it's one more instance of their sweeping out the stables.
3. Roland Burris has presented at least three different stories about his contact with Gov. Blagoyevich and his staff regarding the appointment and fund raising. Now it's revealed that his son, Roland Burris II, was given a job by the governor last year. Enough, already. Just go home and let the people of Illinois elect a senator.
4. Norm Coleman, who seems determined not to give up contesting his defeat so long as it keeps Al Franken from being seated, even though it disenfranchises the Illinois people for months and months, has lost another round in court. So now he's promoting the idea of a do-over election. More "enough already." Just give it up, Norm.
5. Laura Bush, busy getting settled in her new home in Dallas, said she completely forgot to watch President Obama's speech to Congress Tuesday night. Well, at least that prevented her from being asked to compare it to her husband's performances.
6. I guess she probably didn't watch Bobby Jindal's response either. Almost universally panned as a disaster, both for the party and for his own political ambitions, the most positive thing I've heard from Republicans is that he had an difficult task. My favorite quote: "It was a good night for Sarah Palin."
Ralph
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