I haven't had any time to blog these past two days, but if I had, these would have been the stories I blogged about.
+ California kids should pay very close attention to this story. Never, ever underestimate the power of El Piolín.
+ The Kennedy endorsement was what made the El Piolin story possible. But its not the only impact of the endorsement.
+ Everyone is focused today on the fact that the US economy shed 17,000 jobs last month. That's big, but not nearly as big as this: Last year, the US economy fell nearly 1/2 million new jobs short of keeping up with the number needed to keep up with overall population growth.
+ Exxon, meanwhile, had a great year. A $40+ billion - that's with a b - profit for them. After taxes.
+ Credit where credit is due: David Broder called McCain's resurgence many many moons ago. Like so many others, I mocked him for this. He was right, I was wrong.
+ The surge is coming to an end as troops rotate home. Violence is on the rise, with several dramatic attacks in the last few days. Political reconciliation is spiraling backwards. Spencer Ackerman has all the depressing details.
+ Meanwhile, Afghanistan - the home of the people who attacked us on 9/11 - is gradually descending into chaos. McCain rails endlessly about "waving the white flag of surrender in Iraq," but he's silent about this. Remind me again why he is supposedly "right" about national security issues? [Ah - SecDef Gates explains. More violence means we're winning! I shit you not.]
+ Obama raised $32 million in January alone, and has already made major ad buys in post-Super Tuesday states. Meanwhile, he's within the margin of error in Gallup's national tracking poll.
+ Andrew Sullivan thinks (thought?) Ghandi's pacifism was "idiotic." Clearly he doesn't understand that for Ghandi, pacifism non-violent resistance was both a means and an end. [More here.]
+ If the president ignores 200+ years of tradition and practice in the operation of the US military and almost nobody notices.... I'm at a loss for words.
+ If the president literally ignores both the constitution and the law and almost nobody notices... ditto.
+ Draft Bloomberg? Apparently not.
+ Obama just won the endorsement of MoveOn.org. They held a 24-hour, members-only primary, and the vote wasn't even close.
+ He also won the endorsement of the California SEIU.
+ At this point, Republicans are probably getting used to hearing bad news about their party. But that said, this is very, very bad news.
+ Looking for evidence that would suggest the Clinton campaign is freaked out about Obama's surging popularity? Exhibit A: A spokesperson on a conference call arranged by the Clinton camp just said Obama's tactics on health care reform are as offensive as a Nazi march in Illinois.
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