It's all good.

It's all good.

Random thoughts, because I don't have the attention span to flesh any of them out....

Barack Obama is gonna be Ronald Reagan or Jimmy Carter (or something else...). Richard Reeves sees his inner Reagan.

Anyone upset with Ralph Nader running again should see An Unreasonable Man. Frankly, I like the 'idea guys' (Ron Paul, Nader, Kucinich) - the ones with no chance to win but who try to get a platform for ideas on the outer edge of the bell curve.

I can live with McCain. The whole 100 year war and 'fear of radical Islam' notwithstanding. I think he gets that torture is torture - he's aware of the importance of democracy as a moral argument. He's worked with his colleagues across the aisle.

It is going to be so unbelievably great when GW goes home.

Hippo Birdie, Two Ewes

In my college days I was quite the sap for Sandra Boynton's greeting cards. One that continues to reverberate is a birthday card. There are a handful of people who would recognize the phrase if (when) I use it. Now you're one more.

We read her ABC book to the girls when they were little. A, for Aardvark Admiring, B for Beavers Ballooning. Lilah looking up at me with a big grin when we'd get to Gopher's Grinning is one of those 'oh, that's why being a parent can be so incredibly cool' memories.

All triggered, ironically, by Paul Krugman's blog.

Mitt Romney, I hardly knew ye.

I hadn't been paying attention to Mitt Romney. John Stewart has, and all I can say is, I'm glad Romney's gone. Oh, well, I could say one other thing. Harper's weekly mailing pointed out that Romney's wins in Super Tuesday were limited to states where he owned a home.

Caption Contest!

Shorpy comes through again.

Dick Cavett Blogs

I think I mentioned that Dick Cavett blogs?

Now, if the prominent newsman on screen will obey my email asking him to stop pronouncing “pundit” as “pundant,” I will, in my column, give him full credit. Or as he would say, “credant.”

Yes, We Can.