Thursday Morning Open Thread

Good morning.

The President is in Portland, Maine today. He's going to talk about the new health care bill. This begs the question of why the President never went to Maine during the debate on health insurance reform. The two Senators from Maine, Snowe and Collins, talk like moderates in Maine, but stick with Mitch McConnell (and the insurance companies) in DC. Obama could have really pressured them by appearing in Maine. He probably didn't want to pressure them, for fear of not being bipartisan. We now know that that was a mistake.

On NPR this morning, I heard a report on the President's plan to drill off the coast of Virginia. The people who are trying to protect the Chesapeake Bay have grave concerns about the impact on the bay (around this area, the health of the bay is always a topic of concern.) I didn't realize until I read the post below from Chris that this drilling off Virginia, which could negatively impact the bay, is about six days worth of oil. Wow.

It's Holy Thursday. Big day for the Catholic Church -- and other Christian faiths. But, it provides another opportunity for the Catholic Church's leaders to defend their indefensible behavior. I think they think they're all infallible and beyond the law. They're not.

What's the news?