As I recall, Davy did not get any reinforcements at the Alamo. I suppose if he had a Blackberry, he would have known how hopeless things looked and maybe come up with a different strategy; Davy was no idiot, after all. Interestingly, the President has the advantage of all kinds of newfangled technology, and dozens of reports showing how badly his current strategy is faring, yet he refuses to change it. Hmmmm.

To call something "one of the most thrilling halftime shows ever" at a Super Bowl is as to remark that "he didn't sweat much for a fat guy."

When they say that the term "'civil war' does not adequately capture the complexities" of the situation on the ground in Iraq, I'm reminded that the term "utter clusterfuck" also does not really do justice to the way the administration went about the invasion and reconstruction of that country. I would also note that the phrase "pathetic dolt" barely scratches the surface of describing Mr. Bush, and that the words "hideous devil dog" merely touches on the intracacies of the personality of Mr. Cheney.

Indeed, when considering the mess Mssrs Bush, Cheney, et. al., have made of our world, language itself often fails.

Franken's actually been talking about running since right after the right wing screeds directed to those participating in Paul Wellstone's memorial service. I doubt even he took the talk real seriously at the time, but he has steadily been moving in that direction since.

Did our brilliant leader just claim that Iraq is the only constitutional democracy in the mideast?

What next: trees cause pollution? Poland was never under the control of the Soviet Union?

I saw Huckabee's MTP performance, and I figure he must have leg cramps today from all the back-pedaling he did from his previous statements.

Time after time, Russert would read an old quote that made Huckabee look like a raving, bible-thumping, right-wing loon and Huckabee would without fail say something like: "well, Tim, I said all of that before I had decided to actually run for President, so you can't really hold me to it, or hold it against me, now that I want to look all mainstream and populist." Actually, he didn't say exactly that, but he might as well have.

I have to say, though, if I didn't know a little about the guy to start with, I probably would have been impressed. He sounded so likeable and sincere and competent. For those reasons, neither his GOP opponents, nor the left, should underestimate or overlook this guy.

I'm surprised Cheney didn't also yell out for Wolf to "stay offa my lawn, dammit." He really is just a belligerent old coot.

I also wonder, why risk the fallout from cutting funding for the Iraqi misadventure? Why not instead just cut off the paychecks for the entire executive branch? Let 'em live off their slush funds, trust funds and lobbyist cronies for a few months and see it that gets their attention.

I'm sure there's some goofy Constitutional prohibition against Congress doing something like that, but hey, the President never did like that pesky thing anyway.

Look folks, let's stop all this talk of impeachment once and for all. Why? How 'bout a quick peek at the line of succession. What would you rather have Congress doing for the next two years, impeaching Bush AND Cheney, or actually doing something to start fixing the damage those two goons have done?

This talk of impeachment sounds like a guy who wants to fire the coach at the start of the 4th Quarter and thinks that's somehow gonna make up the 20 points by which the team is trailing.

Let's get behind our Senators and Representatives, democrats and republicans alike, and keep the pressure on them to take the bold steps necessary to start turning this country around, and let the calendar take care of ending the Bush regime.

Gosh, terrorists are thinking about posing as students to slip into the country to commit some foul deed? You mean, like pretending to be students at a flying school, but not caring about landings and takeoffs? What will they think of next?!