Quickies

• This is something I was discussing with a friend the other day. Since 2007 Democrats have been in control of Congress and guess what? They've actually accomplished quite a bit. More than any Congress post-WWII actually. There's the minimum wage increase, stem cell research expansion. There's also the stimulus bill, the CHIP expansion, regulation of tobacco, credit card holder's bill of rights, and a huge reform to defense contracts. That's a lot really. For more, here's a good read.


• I'm beginning to like David Weigel more and more. This time he's way ahead of the next Republican conspiracy theory: Hillary will challenge Obama in 2012. It's so crazy Fox News will surely help talk it up.


• Republicans are regretting allowing the president to take their questions, which I'll say again, was unprecedented in American history.

Barack Obama, for an hour and a half, was able to refute every single Republican talking point used against him on the major issues of the day. In essence, it was almost like a debate where he was front and center for the majority of it. … One Republican said to me, off the record, behind closed doors: “It was a mistake that we allowed the cameras to roll like that. We should not have done that.”

• The best Republican demand of how President Obama could be more bipartisan and demonstrate to everyone that he is Serious about Republican ideas: He should meet with Republican Rep. Tom Price (GA) every week for a year! Completely insane. I bet the president's lead advisers don't even get to meet with him every week. Who does Price think he is???? This is the haughtiness of the GOP, however. Did George Bush meet with Barney Frank every week for a year? Would he have even considered it? No way. It really must suck to be Republican. Get over yourselves.