Wednesday Morning Open Thread

Good morning.

Congress is gone again. The House convened yesterday to pass the jobs bill, then left town to get back on the campaign trail. Speaker Pelosi has stayed truest to the progressive agenda over the past eighteen months. She's been the real leader. It sucks that she and her caucus are bearing the brunt of Democratic voter apathy. We need her as Speaker.

The President has a meeting this morning with his national security team to discuss the situation in Iraq. Let's hope they're really talking about winding down the U.S. presence in that country. Of course, according to Robert Gibbs, those of us who want to end the war in Iraq really just want to shut down the Pentagon -- or something like that. It's disturbing how disdainful the professional Democrats in DC (electeds, long-time staffers, consultants) are towards those of us who expect politicians to keep their promises.

I just watch NBC's ace reporter, Jenna Bush Hager, interview George W. Bush on a trip to Haiti. I guess that's why NBC hired her in the first place. It was, as you can imagine, an awesome interview. Just awesome.

And, one more thing: Servicemembers United Action Fund has begun airing ads in target states that challenge the opponents of DADT repeal. And, there's a new website: militaryreadiness.org. Here's the first ad: