I am good, aren't I?

And I'm sure you make some excellent points in your post, Ben, but I stopped reading after "Rob Long wrote a fantastic piece..." because I'm a malignant narcissist and that's sort of what we do.

Okay, now I've read the whole thing, and I think you're right.  The trouble here, though, is that Romney has been told to relentlessly focus on the middle class -- that's the great fat election-winning center a candidate needs in the general election -- but he assumes that the middle class is unconcerned with the underclass, which gets more entrenched every moment, thanks, in large part, to what we call the "safety net," but what is actually a lot more like an anchor than a net.

But your main point still holds, which is that I wrote an excellent piece in 2010.

I am defenseless against anything from Tartine.  

I'd vote to criminalize it, if I lived any closer to Valencia.

I think the simplest way to participate in the IPO is to buy shares in the T. Rowe Price funds that own the pre-IPO shares. They invested in the company while ago, and are about to reap the benefit. That is, if you're bullish on FB.

I certainly hope not.  What I hope is that there's always something here happening -- and with enough person-to-person links and following tools, you'll be able to have big and small conversations.

Oh, who am I kidding?  We'll never be profitable!

(Memo to investors:  that was a JOKE....)

I'll be there!

The prosecution rests.

Thanks, Hang On.  That's how we think of it, anyway.  We're not running for anything, except maybe the privilege of hosting the best and smartest conversation on the web.  What I hope -- and I feel like we're getting there -- is that if you're a politician or a journalist or a pundit who wants to know what's happening, you simply have to be a reader of Ricochet.

So spooky!

Oh please.  Skrillex is so last year.  

Double touche!

This is a great point.  We're just talking basics.  Nothing fancy.  

Such bad planning on my part!

Husk?  I'm green with jealousy.

Husk is maybe the best restaurant in America right now.  And the bar next door is a revelation of bourbon.  Start the day with a Big Nasty at Hominy Grill, and you've eaten better than any American that day.

Yes!  We're trying.   We've been trying to get them on the podcast and on the Main Feed.  I'd love to have those guys talking to and with our members.  Every time we get a politician on here, they always say the same thing: they're energized and challenged by our membership and our smart conversation.  

I agree.  Look, it's all about clout.  The more members we have -- hint, hint -- the more leverage we have with the campaigns.  Ideally, I'd like to do this kind of forum for the midterms, too.

Truer words....