Some things that deserve attention but not a post of their own...
+ Looks like I've got the filibuster thing all wrong. Invoking cloture (i.e. ending a filibuster) is an affirmative process that requires the majority to show up and deliver 60 votes. The only time the side working to sustain the filibuster needs to show up is if and when that number is reached. Then and only then can they be forced to hold the floor by reading from phone books and such. It's not Sen. Reid's fault; its the rules.
+ If you want to understand why the debate over health care reform will be different this time, read this. And this.
+ Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich thinks long term.
All for today....
