Molly, I arrived at these fine shores during another US administration's vacation from reality. When old orders are under pressure, there is only a small window of opportunity for the well meaning to intervene. That window in the Syrian war is closed now, and short of an Iraq style full invasion, there is very little chance for a good outcome. The liberal forces are underarmed. If we intervene, the Al-Qaeda types will win, if we don't, Iran and the shiites will remain in power.

There is a price to pay for absence of a coherent American policy. Progressives are confused because they have no strongly held beliefs to guide them.

Anyone remember McDermott's claims to have served in combat roles in Vietnam, which were all found to be true if by "Vietnam" you meant Long Beach, and by "combat" you meant sunning oneself on the beach.

Plus, who can ever forget his performance in Baghdad in 2002, stating that Saddam Hussein was forthcoming and truthful.

The man has a high capacity for lying.

What difference does it make at this point? Krugman has already ran around without his pants on. No one on the left ever pays a penalty for being wrong. Same intellectual dishonesty was on display last night on The Kudlow Report, the left wing guest kept bringing up the California news, while filibustering the guest trying to explain what happened in Oregon.

A bump in the road in our march toward a multi-culti world.

Well Molly, why not? He has gone Larry, Curly and Moe on us for a while now. Perhaps later on he can go Captain Louise Renault on us too, standing outside the WH claiming that:  'I am shocked there is corruption in this establishment'.

The shirt is not buttoned to the top and the tie is askew (and he is talking). This is the genuine article, a real photo of Professor Epstein.

Perhaps he can personalize his comments like with every other issue that he comments on. "If I was an abortion doctor, I....", "If I wanted to abort a late term, I....", and blah blah blah....drone on as he normally does.

AP just woke up in the Democratic Party ghetto. Ask African-Americans how they have fared there?!

Casey, you crack me up! In my original comment, I wanted to add that we should worry if Rob Long shows up with a Stalin mustache one day. I deemed it too silly, but the photo evidence does not lie, he is half way there. I want to go on one of these cruises.

The Drone President (every possible pun intended).

Teleprompter: "I do all the work anyways, might as well take my rightful spot as the Commander in Chief".

Facial hair is a dead giveaway....!

My guess is that Obama will try to stay relevant to Democratic party politics (smoked filled rooms of Chicago style). He will try his best to build a large database of voters and use that to keep the big donors tied up. Basically America will have his own Putin.

Ooh, the Che t-shirt sellers at US colleges are going to have some competition.

While the outcomes are the same, each of these formerly red states turned blue under different circumstances. In the case of Oregon (where I worked and lived for 10 years), the Republicans made the mistake of taking two deep pocketed business interests (Intel and Nike) out of state politics by exempting them from state taxes. This left the Teachers Union and State Employee Unions as the king makers of state politics. I suspect that if you look in each of the formerly red states you will find similar strategic mistakes.

Dallas or Nashville are fine, any place other than DC please. I will help Dave Carter hijack the Twinkie truck.