The Dish

Senior moments might not be such a bad thing.

His spirit lives on:

Oh, the elitism of it all! Then this:

When asked if he’d consider being a Vice-Presidential candidate on an Obama ticket, Webb’s non-reply–" I like being a Senator" — –suggested to me that he’s ready to rumble. And his media blitz these last few days –Meet the Press, Late Show With Letterman, Olbermann and Dobbs tomorrow–second that emotion.

"Here’s the truth: the Soviet Union had thousands of nuclear weapons, and Iran doesn’t have a single one. But when the world was on the brink of nuclear holocaust, Kennedy talked to Khrushchev and he got those missiles out of Cuba. Why shouldn’t we have the same courage and the confidence to talk to our enemies? That’s what strong countries do, that’s what strong presidents do, that’s what I’ll do when I’m president of the United States of America." – Barack Obama.

That’s Gallup’s latest. Maybe all those Clinton pitches to "hard-working" "white" Americans had an effect.

The joke’s better if you watch the original.

An Obama lover writes:

To watch Obama actually campaigning, freehanded and fullthroated, against McCain? I’m really excited about this new stage of things.

He seems liberated. And the first skirmish – about how to deal with enemies in wartime – is a core issue that needs unpacking. We forget how unlikely it was that these two would be our choice. it is a remarkable and good thing.

One word: bitter.

Well: one person agrees with Bush’s and Cheney’s and Lieberman’s loathing of Iran.

A silver lining for tonight.