Gridlock It Ain’t. And Anyway, is It What’s Needed? No.

There is an old adage, which states that it is impossible to get ahead, if you spend all your time getting even.
James at OTB notes McQ’s rehashing of his take on the purposes, and utilities of ‘divided government, by

Kathryn Jean Lopez, Natonal Review, posts: 

Bill Bennett asked this at the top of his show this morning: If Jeri Thompson’s old boyfriend is front-page news, will we get prominent treatment of Hillary Clinton’s husband’s extracurricular activities? Investigative

It is hard to find precedent for a supposed major presidential canidate as inept as Barack Obama, who is causing such international embarrassment.  Consider this Assocxated Press item:

Pakistani tribal protesters gather to condemn the U.S. presidential hopeful candidate Barack

“He’s gone from Jane Fonda to Dr. Strangelove in one week,”

Mitt Romney on Barack Obama (video).  

Hat tip:  Allah Pundit, Hot Air

I agree with Allah, that Mitt’s remark was scripted.  However, Obama did leave himself wide

Joe Strummer, call your office.

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo‘s campaign stood by his assertion that bombing holy Muslim sites would serve as a good “deterrent” to prevent Islamic fundamentalists from attacking the United States, his spokeswoman

It is amusing to see so many people who were so overly concerned about the FBI investigation of William Jefferson, he of the the “cash in the freezer” ploy, now doing a victory dance of sorts, over the similar investigation

Apparently, Patrick Ruffini is worried. I think, needlessly.

A “biparistan” bill is a democrat sponsored bad idea with a useful idiot republican as a obstensive co-sponsor.   Not content to attempt to strangle free speech on the public airwave, democrats are now proposing to regulate private speech.  Adam Thomas

Jackie Calmes at the WSJ is reporting:

WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain’s media team has resigned, an indication that a campaign shake-up two weeks ago is continuing to backfire and further imperil the Arizona Republican’s presidential candidacy.

Political ad-makers

When Eliot Spitzer played the Sheriff of Wall Street, his targets lacked the ability to fight back.  Well Spitzer has learned that his new target, State Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, has the power to fight back and intends to

Peter Brown, writes for Real Clear Politics:

When one political party tries to influence the other’s presidential primary race the reasonable assumption is that someone is trying to stop the nomination of a candidate that party does not want

Sen. John McCain’s top three press aides resigned this morning, Republicans close to the campaign said and one of those aides confirmed.

The campaign’s research director and two other press staffers also stepped down.

The departure of Brian Jones,

 Color Susan Estrich green with envy.  It seems the only explanation for her hit piece on Fred Thompson.  Evidently Fred failed to hit on Estrich during his dating days.  So Estrich is striking back in the only way she know

Captain Ed, this morning, mentions David Brody’s column this morning in which he discusses Fred Thompson’s take on the uselessness of party platforms.

I tend to agree with the basic position that the party platform has become more of a

I still regard Ron Paul as a bad joke.  And yet, we see that he’s managed to out fundraise John McCain.

I’m not quite sure what this is indicative of, except perhaps the bump that Paul got from the left