The governor of California. Smoking Pot.

Niiice.

Thoughts on Michael Oren as Israeli Ambassador

From Jeffrey Goldberg... good insight, I think.

“These are the Jews and the Palestinians here.”

So describes an RNC member about the state of various factions within the Republican party. Nice.

49%

... is the percentage of Americans who support same-sex marriage, not just civil unions, according to a new ABC/WashPost poll. Other fun facts, support for the legalization of marijuana is at all time highs (hehe...) with 46% over all- that's 49% of dems, 53% of independents and... 28% of republicans, who I would think would have wanted to spend the next 4-8 years stoned out of their minds... ah well.

Club for growth spokesman related to the Rav?

Her name is Nechama Soloveichik. Just asking.

60 in the senate!

Holy cow. Senator Arlen Spector, formerly R-PA, is switching parties to be a Democrat. With Franken, this gives Democrats 60. Of the top of my head, this probably means that Republicans will try every possible trick to keep Franken out of the senate. Wow....

Update: Why did he do it?

21%

... is the number of self identifying Republicans in the USA right now, according to WaPo/ABC.

(35 identified as dem, 38 as independent)

I was wrong

Apparently Orszag, Obama's OMB director, isn't gay. Huh. Oh well.

Update: Read this article! It's a great of example of the long New Yorker format that gives such a full picture of what it's describing, which, in this case is Orszag and Obama's whole economic policy- not to mention some wonderful details of how the Obama White House works.

Best headline of the day

Yes, it's a bit early in the day to crown a best headline, but here it is:

"Two homes good, Four Homes bad."

Awesome.

Texas Seceding?

Texas Republicans are 48%-48% on whether or not Texas would be best as an independent country. See the bottom of the page.

Head Scratcher

Levi Johnston on Larry King last night:

What was he doing when Sarah Palin's candidacy was announced? Sheep huntin'. "Sheep herding?" King asked, confused. Sheep huntin'.

Is that like quail hunting in an enclosed area?

Blago: Judge save me from eating bugs

Maybe the judge should have let him go?

We do not F*cking Torture!

Shep Smith everybody.

Where does oil come from?

This is a question that Energy Secretary David Chu was asked by a congressman. It appears that the congressman thought he stumped the energy secretary. WTF?