LOU CRANKY DOBBS

Has anyone else noticed how Lou Dobbs has become a complete crank on the issue of free trade and illegal immigration? Every day, he bangs on and on about it in the most hysterical and xenophobic terms. It’s pretty good television for a few minutes, but, after a while, it’s like listening to the bar bore after one too many drinks. I’m sure it’s also good for the ratings. But the distinction between CNN and Fox has been narrowing a little of late.

DELAY ENABLERS: I have to say Josh Marshall has been having a great deal of fun at the expense of all those Republican Congressmen who have been loosening the ethics rules so that Tom DeLay can stay in charge. Check out the squirming.