{"id":15211,"date":"2015-05-10T10:51:13","date_gmt":"2015-05-10T17:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=15211"},"modified":"2015-05-10T10:51:13","modified_gmt":"2015-05-10T17:51:13","slug":"open-thread5102015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/10\/open-thread5102015\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–5\/10\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

My day off seems to have helped.  I\u2019m still tired and swamped, but not so much so as to render me unable to function.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today;s took me 3:14 (average 4:59).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Huffington Post<\/a>: <\/font>More Americans feel comfortable with a presidential candidate who identifies as gay or lesbian than with one who identifies as an evangelical Christian, according to a new poll.<\/p>\n

The latest WSJ\/NBC poll<\/a> listed a series of qualities in a potential presidential candidate and asked respondents whether they’d "be enthusiastic," "be comfortable with," "have some reservations about" or "be very uncomfortable with" a candidate with each of those qualities. <\/p>\n

The results revealed that Americans are actually quite open to having a gay presidential candidate. Sixty-one percent said they would be either enthusiastic about or comfortable with a gay or lesbian candidate, while only 37 percent said they would have reservations or be uncomfortable. <\/p>\n

That’s not a hard choice. Gay is certainly preferable to evil, a word that identifies Republican Supply-side pseudo-Christianity.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>Own man, my foot. From The Washington Post:<\/p>\n

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When asked this week at an exclusive Manhattan gathering about who advises him on U.S.-Israel policy, Jeb Bush surprised many of the 50-plus attendees by naming his brother, former president George W. Bush, as his most influential counselor. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf you want to know who I listen to for advice, it\u2019s him,\u201d Bush said Tuesday, speaking to a crowd of high-powered financiers at the Metropolitan Club, according to four people present.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

That’s strike 4 on Strike 3!<\/font><\/p>\n

From Alternet<\/a>: <\/font>As we\u2019ve learned through the course of the month, David Letterman\u2019s departure means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. For Americana musicians, it means saying goodbye to one of the genre\u2019s biggest champions<\/a>. For POTUS, it means losing an \u201cescape\u201d<\/a> after a long day at work. And for the 20-time visitor of the show, Tina Fey? It means saying sayonara to gendered expectations of wearing fancy dresses.<\/p>\n