1. The best: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is now able to speak a few words and improving every day. She asked for toast for breakfast yesterday.
2. A ridiculous fantasy: As if we didn't have enough Palin news, single mom Bristol is cashing in and trying to extend her 15 minutes of fame. She dropped a hint in an interview that she might in the future seek higher office, whereupon speculation immediately went wild that she might seek the presidency in 2032.
3. A ridiculous fact of life: Rep. Fed Upton (R-Mich) is the new chair of the House Energy Committee; and, although he accepts that the climate is changing, he does not believe that humans have any part in causing it. This certainly augers well for progress on global warming.
4. Regretable: Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) has announced that he will not seek re-election to a second term, thus making another critical Democratic seat vulnerable in a crucial swing state.
5. Let's you and him fight category: Sen. McNothing and Rummy are exchanging insults via the media: In his new self-serving book, Rummy said McNothing has a hair-trigger temper, and McN. countered with: "Thank God he was relieved of his duties." Fight it out guys, and may you both emerge the worse for wear and tear.
6. A tough place to be gay: GOProud, the gay group in the Republican Party, is waging a good fight against bigotry in the GOP, going after Pawlenty for wanting to repeal the repeal (no, I am not stuttering) of DADT. The good news: The Conservative PAC agreed to let GOProud participate in their conference last weekend. The bad news: A number of potential speakers canceled because GOProud was being welcomed.
7. Schadenfreude: Michele Bachmann is in hot water with the elections commission, which is asking for an explanation about the $1.5 million in campaign contributions she recently reported, apparently without sufficient documentation. May she stew in her own hot water.
8. Egyptian protesters haven't given up and are not buying the time-buying promises of Mubarak's regime -- the fear being that Sulieman, in his role as VP, is beginning to look more like a Mubarak loyalist instead of sympathetic to the protesters, which may undermine him as the possible transition leader.
Ralph
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Breaking News Headline: unconfirmed reports that the military is stepping in to take control and that Mubarak may step down tonight. That is good news, since the military is supposedly sympathetic to the democracy movement and will stabilize the situation and help oversee a transition to early elections.
ReplyDeleteThat was wishful thinking. Mubarak is refusing to resign. In his speech, he said "I will never accept foreign dictations."
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing he means pressure from the US to resign. It sounds like everyone else thought he was going to until the last minute, and he refused.
The next 24 hours is going to be very very dangerous, not only for Egypt but for the entire area.