But you forgot one element. It also means he frequents prostitutes.

The problem I see looming is that Barack's sense of humor is purely deadpan. Deadpan straight up -- dry, no ice. I'm not sure whether America "gets" deadpan. The journalists at the presser didn't even chuckle.

I know that viewers of the Colbert show are used to deadpan -- but even Colbert mugs for the camera. I think Barack's sense of humor is going to take a while to sink in.

Pull yourself together, man!

It sounds like there's no proof that Lieberman has approved this use of his words. Justin Elliott is getting a little sloppy about attribution --or at any rate the headline is a little sloppy.

Personally, I scorn, despise, and revile Lieberman. But we're the reality-based community, and we're supposed to respect rules of evidence before playing "guilt by association."

I was all ready to call my senator (though, since my Senators are Obama and Durbin it hardly seemed necessary) when Obama came out in support of Lieberman.

The deal I'm hearing now is that maybe Joe stays to chair Homeland Sec, but loses his seniority rights on a couple of other committees.

Fine with me. I hate Lieberman's guts, but if our president is willing to prioritize cooperation over vengeance, I guess I could reluctantly go along with that.

Still plan to donate to Joe's primary opponent in 2012!!

I don't think that's true anymore. There's really no reason why people like Emmanuel and people like Moulitsas can't work together to kick the other side's butt. In fact, they just did. So I would humbly suggest that we take a break from the reflexive mutual suspicion between DLCers and dirty f**king hippies.

It may no longer be necessary.

I think one reason this is hard for us Dems to acknowledge is that we've gotten used to thinking of Republicans as Rovian masterminds who always win by doing brilliantly evil divisive things.

When you look back at the McCain campaign, there's a lot not to like. A lot of lies, and a lot of triviality.

But very little of it really belongs in the "brilliantly-evil" category. A whole lot belongs in the "what the f**k were they thinking?" category? Organize your campaign around an attack on Paris Hilton -- WTF? Nominate a VP you've met once -- WTF? Call a graduated income tax "socialism" -- WTF? Suspend your campaign -- then get nothing for it, back down, and attend the debate anyway. Oh my god, WTF? Center your campaign around Joe the plumber, who isn't named Joe, isn't a licensed plumber, and admits he would get a tax cut under Obama's plan -- WTF?

To repeat Talleyrand's line, "it was worse than a crime, it was a mistake." We need to acknowledge the possibility that the other side was just lame.

I'm not sure why McCain didn't go all-in on race-baiting. I'm sure some of it was enlightened self-interest. But I also think we need to consider the possibility that the guy was actually trying to run an honorable campaign. "If that's true, why did he do so many dishonorable things?" Because he's terrible at thinking these things through, relies on terrible advisors, believes his own goddamn spin, and tends to make stupid mistakes.

Thank God that Obama won, because in this race the other side was worse than criminal -- they were lame.

First-time CA voters broke for No on 8 by a 60-something to 30-something margin.

The young people are solidly with us on this. So Time, to quote Mick Jagger, is on our side! It's going to be a slow state-by-state battle, in the courts and the ballot boxes. But it's a battle that we are winning.

I was afraid otherwise I might end up like those poor shambling Obamabots in the Onion video, staring listlessly into space, and clicking ceaselessly on change.gov.

Now I've found a new mission. Yes we can elect a Democrat in a Georgia run-off election with low turnout. Yes we can!

And ruthless efficiency.

The House Republicans may get shriller -- but they're so outnumbered that, frankly, they could spend the next four years building ships out of toothpicks and it wouldn't make any difference.

I did love that video of Pennsylvania Ave, though!! Especially when they sing the Star Spangled Banner.

They didn't project Begich to beat Stevens -- just said it might be possible. Likewise with Martin. They just said that special elections really depend on organization and motivation.

However, I'm psyched about OR!

I'm going to go to bed confident that we're adding a Democratic senator from MN.

In brighter news, Franken has pulled to within 1,000 votes of Coleman, with 12% of precincts still to be counted.