Wednesday Morning Open Thread

Good morning.

The final vote on the Senate's health insurance bill will occur tomorrow morning around 8:00 a.m. , not tomorrow night at 7:00 p.m. The Republicans agreed to cut back the debate by 11 hours. Now, doesn't that really reflect the spirit of the season? One thing to watch for tomorrow is how many people get bumped from their already delayed flights so Senators can get home. The airlines do make special accommodations for members of Congress.

Like so many, I'm scratching my head over Obama's assertion to the Washington Post that he didn't campaign on a public option. He did. And, he told us for the past eleven months how important it was for reform. We'll have more on this, but suffice it to say that it's disconcerting.

The federal government here in DC is fully operational today for the first time since the blizzard. The area is slowly getting back to normal. But, let's just say, no one around here is going to win any awards for snow removal.

Let's get threading...