Personally, I think Lieberman is the biggest piece of shit in Washington, and I hope they strip him of his chair AND send him crying to the GOP. But I also don't think it hurts Obama to be seen as being above that sort of thing.

I do agree that allowing him to keep the Oversight chair will result in the kind of sanctimonious grandstanding we haven't seen since Bill Clinton's wang was threatening to crack the foundation of democracy.

Lieberman = Scabbers the Rat. He owes Obama a life debt now.

SNL doesn't finalize anything until after the initial run-through tonight, so they could have accurately told Palin, "We don't know what the skit will be, but it'll be something similar to what we've done before." After that, everything is on her. If she wants to walk at the last minute, let her do it.

On the other hand, if SNL does give in and get friendly with her, it completely takes the edge off everything they've done before, and further proves how far they've fallen since the original cast. That's why it was so important that Letterman never let up -- it proved that he meant what he said.

Keep firing, assholes!

I live pretty close to DC, in Maryland, and get all of the DC/Northern VA channels. For at least the past two weeks, I've seen nothing but Obama ads-- it's been Barack TV. Tonight during a Seinfeld rerun, for instance, I saw the ad attacking McCain's healthcare plan during one break, and the biography spot during another. Over the summer, on the other hand, any time I'd see an Obama ad, I'd see the "Celebrity" ad soon after, and vice-versa.

Who would win in a race -- mini-Ditka driving the Bears team bus or Sarah Palin flying her wolf-shooting airplane?