Morgan is a pompous windbag, and when Shapiro gets going he's great.  But Morgan does his best to keep interrupting him and kill his momentum.  O'Reilly does the same thing, as does Chris Matthews, and I don't watch either of them for the same reason.

Shapiro did nail him nicely with the little impersonation and the point that Morgan does to his guests exactly what he accuses others of doing - using bullying tactics.  Notice Morgan had no answer for that, but simply restated the question that Shapiro had already answered.

Semi-related, I recently learned that the feast day for St Nicholas is actually 12/6, and that day is supposed to be the source of all the gift-giving, since that was one thing St Nick was known for.  This also separates the gift-giving from Christmas by a couple weeks, allowing the focus of Advent and Christmas to be where it belongs: On the Christ child.

The fact that this race was even close tells me that the country has shifted leftward. With the myriad of scandals, missteps, and outright incompetence displayed by Obama as president, Romney should have beaten him by 20 points. We're fast becoming a European-like country of mice who discover the drug dispenser and keep banging on it to stay high until it finally kills us.  Selling a message of independence, hard work and competitive spirit, in the face of that, will not be easy.

One wonders what goes through the minds of all those national reporters who, day after day, choose not to ask these same questions of the president and his press secretary, when they see a local reporter like Clark show them how it's done.  They're in a much stronger position to demand a straight answer, yet they don't bother.

I'm with Mitch Noyes.  You didn't watch any of the Romney speech, don't have anything to say about it so you just linked a libertarian review of it, but you're negative about the whole thing for some reason. I'm missing the whole point of your post. 

I thought she did a fine job.  They had said at the outset that while she is a very natural speaker on the campaign trail, wowing audiences, she is inexperienced with teleprompters, so I suspect that may have had something to do with her stiffness tonight.

No one has yet mentioned Juan Williams' bizarre "corporate wife" comment that practically drew gasps from his panel-mates on Fox.  Asked to clarify, he said he "didn't buy" her story, that she is a very rich woman and he thought she still didn't relate at all to average women.

I saw the Romney's with Chris Wallace this past Sunday and found them to be down-home Americans. She buys his shirts at CostCo (she knew the Kirkland brand name right offhand).  He irons them himself.  Staged?  Juan Williams must think so; I didn't.  Thus Ann's speech tonight struck me as heartfelt and strong.  Great job.

One other note: Mitt seemed uncomfortable with all the adoration during Christie's speech. I saw great humility. David Axelrod tweeted that he looked "strangely uncomfortable" when Christie made his "leaders don't follow polls" comment, as if to say "hypocrite." Unreal.

The thing I find the most amazing about Vin is that he's been broadcasting for the Dodgers since 1950.  Think about that.  He was broadcasting plays for the Brooklyn Dodgers from Ebbets Field for years before they came here to L.A.  So for me he is a direct connection back to a time in baseball many of us have only heard about.  And if you flip on KABC today, you can still hear him doing the games.  That is amazing.

Thanks, Foxfier, for cutting me off at the knees.  Was that really necessary?  Don't you have something productive you could add to the conversation instead?

I made it to about 3:30. It was better than what we're used to seeing, the standard non-apology or the hostage video. However he can't stop himself.  Showing up at the store the next day was wrong, and he should have wrapped up the apology after 2 minutes or so and been done with it.  The rest, it seems to me, is his ego talking.
FWIW, I hope that young lady at the restaurant gets a promotion or recognition from Dan Cathy for exuding great values in the face of an incredibly rude customer, and at such a young age, too.  She will go far, no doubt.

Another win for President Transparency.

Gender-equality nuts are all about how individual people feel.  They feel discriminated against, and that is unjust in their minds.  They don't give a damn about what's best for the unit, the Corps, the country, the other men in the infantry.  They don't care about operational readiness and the lethality of the infantry.  They don't consider the consequences of what they promote.  They simply declare something personally offensive and that's the end of that argument.  It is S.O.P. for the left and it must be pushed back against.

Paules et al, it's been a pleasant challenge reading through this post and the comments.  So much wisdom here, and everyone is so articulate.  I agree, Post of the Week!

The frustration I feel at Carney's arrogance is surpassed only by the press pool's lack of anything resembling a challenge.  This reporter had a good point to make, but asked it in wiffle ball fashion ("Jay, is there anything the president can do to be more transparent?").  Then when Carney ridicules the question, the reporter still does not offer 3 or 4 specific examples on the subject, nor does he point out that the question had zero to do with birth certificates, but was about college transcripts, a legitimate question that no reporter has been able to get answered after 4+ years in the hot seat.  Obama and his buddies never fail to tell us how brilliant he is, yet this simplest of evidence is nowhere to be found.  Why is that?  Was he a middling student?  If so, how did he get into Harvard?  Did he have help?  Affirmative Action?  This is a legit story that no one bothers to report on.  And Carney knows this, and treats them all like the lapdogs they are.

These people who oppose nuclear power are fools.  They are not basing their objections on the facts (e.g. "the fallout of nuclear accidents does not know national borders (and) severely impacts the global environment." - really?  Fukushima leaked virtually nothing, after suffering the worst natural disaster one could imagine: multiple earthquakes and a tsunami. What better evidence do you need that nuclear power is safe?) but on emotion.  They also apparently fail to consider the alternatives.  Shut down these plants, and where will your electricity come from?  Solar?  Wind?  Give me a break.  Doing without is a non-starter.

Nuclear power is safe, clean, and efficient.  There are risks, but engineers have perfected a system over decades that manages them well. 

I've always thought Rubio was THE choice because he would help attract the Hispanic vote and help win Florida, besides his obvious talents and conservative cred's.  If he's out that's disappointing.

How about Nikki Haley?  Is she seasoned enough?  Would she help with any swing states?  Where is there a reliable (albeit speculative) short list of those under consideration?

This statement kind of jolted me.  Are you saying we are moving toward PCP's going away entirely and the majority of my appointments (say, annual physicals) being handled by a PA or a NP?  Is this due to the evolution of insurance, or Obamacare, or something else?  Is it inevitable?  Should I get out of my HMO for a PPO instead so I can guarantee I get the care I want?  How can we get general practitioner incomes up?