Tuesday Morning Open Thread

Good morning.

Well, good thing those Blue Dogs achieved the "victory" of delaying the vote on health insurance reform. That's opened up the floodgates for the GOPers and their teabagging allies to disrupt town hall meetings and other events back in the districts. That is supposed to be intimidating to members of Congress. It should reinforce their desire to pass real reform. Otherwise, thuggery becomes an acceptable form of politics in the U.S.

Happy Birthday to my friend, Robin Carnahan, the Secretary of State in Missouri, who is running for Senate. It's Obama's birthday, too. He's having the entire Senate Democratic caucus over to the White House for lunch.

Let's get started...