Wednesday Morning Open Thread

Good morning.

Yesterday was quite a day with the Senate hearing on Don't Ask, Don't Tell. I'm still struck by the very powerful words of Admiral Mullen. It's so rare these days to see a person in power speak with such conviction, especially when it wasn't the easy thing to do. We just don't expect our leaders to do the right thing anymore, which is pretty sad. Now, Obama and the Democrats should seize the momentum and include the DADT repeal language in the Defense authorization bill. Delay, as we saw with health care, only empowers the opposition.

The President is taking questions from Senate Democrats at their issues conference today. It's open to the press and I suspect it will be televised. There are only 59 Democrats in the caucus now, so it's really hard for them to get anything done. Poor things.

Let's get it started..