Mitt Romney, the man so eager to be President that he repeatedly bad-mouthed Massachusetts while he was still our governor.

(And no, I didn't vote for him.)

Sarah Palin's next job won't be VP. It'll be a commentator spot on Fox News, pulling in the Young Republican demographic.

She won't even need to quit her Governor job -- lots of people have two part-time jobs.

Ye gods, "Mallard Fillmore" is still around? I remember it from the Boston Globe. It was the cartoon version of Jeff Jacoby, presumably for people not able to handle the very occasional three-syllable words that Jacoby uses.

(Jacoby is a C-list rightwing columnist. His central talent seems to be clumsily regurgitating the approved talking points a week or two after the rest of the echo chamber.)

... given McCain's love for Hail Mary plays.

But Alex, offshore-drilling will work ... for the oil companies.

Just as any criticism of Bush somehow became un-American, so too any criticism of Palin is being deemed sexist.

I predict two months of Republicans alternating between playing the gender card and playing the "playing the racism card" card, and a continued drumbeat of Real-Americans-vs-Them.

What I find funny is that Palin essentially referred to herself as a pit-bull with lipstick. So what I initially took as a nasty slam by Joan Walsh is actually how Palin self-identifies, and who am I to question that?

I ran a deli. Can I be VP too?

Well, that's executive experience, ain't it? I guess you're qualified. You'll have to run as a Republican though. Oh wait ... how good are you at lying through your teeth?

Can you really see that sign in the audience or is Mortimer Smyth embellishing a little bit?

I didn't watch it, but my spouse did, via CSPAN's website. According to her, the sign was clearly readable. If she could read it in that context, I imagine it was quite the poke in the eye out in TV land. (Though I imagine Fox probably didn't show it, and the rest might not have lingered very long.)

Okay, I disagree with the slam about "Half of Pennsylvania isn't ready for black quarterbacks", but in the context of a Bill Maher rant it works.

Hell, at this point I'd be happy with a President that wasn't actively preventing other people from solving problems and doing his best to create more.

Remember, Karma's a b*tch, sweeties ...

Hmm. Maybe this is the first tiny little payment in the huge karmic debt that Republicans owe.

Believe it or not, kids, it is possible to discuss a story like this -- to whatever extent it is a story -- and still have some class.

Give it a try.

Being able to get away with something doesn't mean it was okay to do it.

(Not even if the Bush Administration and their apologists and hangers-on clearly believe otherwise.)

If I was Charles Gibson, this is the question I'd ask:

"Is there any way that you know of to find out the current location of my balls? Because they're obviously missing. Maybe you could ask Dick Cheney for me?"

No doubt if I wanted to, I could find someone who swears they're going to vote for Obama and Biden because McCain pretends to be a human, but is really a Martian.

The big difference is that I couldn't get a MediaCorp "journalist" to report it. (Oh, and Dems aren't encouraging any rumors about McCain being a Martian.)

What the frack does her age have to do with it? You think there aren't any ignorant and/or misinformed people in their 20's who are nodding along with her?

Oh well, guess I'll have to try kissing boys, or, God forbid, Republicans.

Well, YKIOK ... as long as you don't do it in the street and frighten the horses.

Don't call it a bailout, call it what it is -- more corporate welfare.

Is anyone out there naive enough to honestly believe they'll pay back these "loans"?

For solar stocks to recover, Hoopes said, investors would have to see an extension of the U.S. solar tax credits that are set to expire this year.

If McCain wins, supply will be sufficient enough for demand that prices may drop. If Obama wins, production will need to be ramped up and prices will only drop to whatever extent new production technologies and economies of scale continue to have an effect.

I'm guessing the more expensive option also benefits gas companies, because if the gas is piped to tankers, it's much easier to sell on the world market.

In a political context, this is the usual translation: "I know deep in my heart that God wants people to do what I tell them to do."

John something-or-other? Awful smile, brags about voting with Bush more than 90% of the time, cheated on his first wife with a heiress, thinks being held captive for years makes him Presidential material, wanted investigators to lay off his buddy Charles Keating ... you know, that guy.

Wait, don't tell me, I'll remember his name in a minute.

And will there be any repercussions to Jackson and North?

Undoubtedly there'll be repercussions.

Serious repercussions.

I'm guessing serious bonus checks.

"There is an entire cable "news" outlet, the highest-rated one in the country, which exists for little reason other than to amplify and certify false government claims ..."

Not government claims, per se. Republican government claims.

If Obama wins, you can bet Fox's shilling for the Administration will end next January 20th.