Friday Morning Open Thread

Good morning.

Obama was on the campaign trail yesterday in Missouri and Nevada. And, he was all fired up and ready to go. I watched the speech at the event with Missouri Senate canddiate Robin Carnahan and he was ripping into the Republicans. Good. More of that, please. Robin also got the crowd riled up by taking on the GOPers and her likely opponent, Roy Blunt. Her best line was "I know bull when I see it." And, she does. Literally. She runs the family farm and has bulls. Real ones. She's told me many, many stories about the bulls and the cows and the calves.

Today, Obama starts his day in Las Vegas. He'll be giving a speech on the economy at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Then, back to DC.

Congress returns next week. They'll all be in town for four weeks before the August recess. The Senate has a packed agenda, which includes the confirmation of Elena Kagan -- and, hopefully, some action on unemployment for those Americans who can't find jobs in this still feeble economy.

And, yesterday, history was made. DOMA, at least part of it, was found unconstitutional. I have to say, winning is much more fun. Way more fun, especially when the win is for basic equality. The big question now is how the Obama administration handles the appeal of the DOMA rulings.

What else?