Thursday Morning Open Thread

Good moring.

This morning, my radio woke me up to the repeated intonation, "You can't get H1N1 from eating pork." I'm not sure who the speaker was, but she was very adamant. Now, I've got that mantra stuck in my head.

The President has a busy day, including a briefing from Afghanistan and signing the "Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act" into law. He's also having lunch with Speaker Nancy Pelosi. I'm sure the President, who supports the public option, will be thrilled to know that the Speaker has the votes to pass health insurance reform with a strong public option. Now, the president has to apply some of presidential muscle in the Senate to get it done.

The Senate will be voting on cloture on the Defense Authorization bill today. That legislation includes the Hate Crimes Act. The GOPers have been playing games with this bill, hence the need to cut off debate, which requires 60 votes.

Let's get threading...