Monday Morning Open Thread

Good morning.

It's Columbus Day. Not everybody treats this as a holiday. The federal government is closed, but the stock market is open. In DC, most organizations follow the federal schedule. Congress is out, too.

This was quite a weekend. The National Equality March exceeded all expectations. I don't think anyone expected 150,000+. The teabaggers had half of that number and the media fawned over them for days. The marchers for equality weren't as vicious and nasty as the teabaggers, but are as determined.

Then, last night, we found out someone at the White House, someone who has the ear of John Harwood, a reporter for NBC and the New York Times, thinks we're all the "internet left fringe." All we want is for Barack Obama to keep his promises. That's apparently the standard for new left fringe. Wow.

Let's start threading the news....