Wednesday Morning Open Thread

Good morning.

Today, the President is meeting with his counterpart from Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai. They have a meeting in the Oval Office, followed by a press conference, then a lunch. That's a lot of face time for a foreign leader, but Karzai is very important to Obama's presidency.

Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan begins one-on-one visits with Senators today. According to the White House, she will meet with Majority Leader Reid, Minority Leader McConnell, Senator Leahy (Chair of Senate Judiciary), Senator Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III (the ranking Republican on Senate Judiciary), Senator Durbin, Senator Hatch, Senator Kohl, and Senator Feinstein. Last night, I saw an ad promoting Kagan's nomination from a group called the "Coalition for Constitutional Values." It wasn't a very good ad and wasn't all that inspiring. But, someone is on the air.

The Senate is still debating the financial reform bill.

And, what else?