Friday Morning Open Thread

Good morning.

There's plenty of big news. The Wall Street reform passed. Oil has stopped gushing into the Gulf of Mexico (for now, anyway.) DC, however, is abuzz about something else this morning: An earthquake. Yes, the DC area had a "minor earthquake" early this morning. It was a magnitude 3.6. There's been no reported damage. I did hear two women discussing it when I was walking Petey this morning. One asked -- and I'm not making this up -- "Did any buildings collapse?" See, we don't get earthquakes very often. And, we didn't feel it.

The Obama family is heading to Bar Harbor, Maine for the weekend. What an excellent choice for a weekend getaway. There's no place like Maine in the summer. And, that part of the state, home to Acadia National Park, is just beautiful. And, the fact that one of my best friends heads the Maine Tourism Bureau has nothing to do with this plug for Maine.

Plus, we've got another heat advisory in DC today. Ugh.

The House and Senate are in recess today.

Okay...let's get started...