{"id":14645,"date":"2015-02-03T13:12:22","date_gmt":"2015-02-03T21:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=14645"},"modified":"2015-02-03T13:12:22","modified_gmt":"2015-02-03T21:12:22","slug":"open-thread232014-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/03\/open-thread232014-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–2\/3\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 90.  I\u2019m waiting for Store to Door to  call and take my grocery order.  Correction: They just called.  Today I get to configure Mailwasher Pro, the software I use to filter the hundreds of SPAM email I get daily to work with my new Comcast email addresses.  Also, the building managers will be around sometime today for their quarterly sanitation and maintenance inspection, so I\u2019ve been house cleaning to prepare for that.<\/font><\/p>\n

Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s took me 3:13 (average 4:42).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

From The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>President Barack Obama\u2019s increasing popularity is forcing congressional Democrats to consider admitting that they know him, a leading Democratic staffer revealed on Monday.<\/p>\n

After months of denying ever having been in the same room as the President, some Democrats are tentatively rethinking that position now that his approval rating has hit fifty per cent, the staffer said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re watching that number very closely,\u201d the Democratic staffer Robinson Petrack said. \u201cWe could be looking at a scenario where it\u2019s safe to acknowledge his existence again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Petrack said that while many congressional Democrats have not used the word \u201cObama\u201d in a sentence since the President\u2019s approval rating dropped to thirty-nine percent last year, they are toying with the idea of resuming that practice now.<\/p>\n

But even as Democrats contemplate admitting that they have met Obama or even shaken his hand, some worry that such moves could have perilous consequences if his approval rating drops again.<\/p>\n

Andy may be on to something here. People love to whine about Obama. But, while I fully admit Obama has done many things I don’t like, consider the alternative. If McConJob had won six years ago, there is only one thing that would have prevented nuclear global destruction to the tune of Bomb Bomb Iran<\/em>.  A Teabagger might have Second Amendment Solutioned<\/em> him, giving us President Drill Baby Dingbat, instead!<\/font><\/p>\n

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>This has happened to me a few times through my lifetime, but I just can’t stop giggling like a teenager. I can just hear the comedians now. Enjoy-we need it.<\/p>\n