{"id":2362,"date":"2010-07-27T02:17:30","date_gmt":"2010-07-27T09:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=2362"},"modified":"2010-07-27T02:17:30","modified_gmt":"2010-07-27T09:17:30","slug":"open-thread-7272010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/07\/27\/open-thread-7272010\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 7\/27\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I managed to catch up on comments, but by the time I finished, the temperature in my apartment was over 90\u00b0, where it remains at midnight.  I wilted.  I don\u2019t know how I will do today, because I have a medical appointment, the heat wave continues, and I have had almost no sleep because of it.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 4:29.  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Fantasy Football<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

To join our fantasy football league,<\/font> click here<\/a>.  We may not get to play.  We still need three.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Alternet<\/a>: <\/font>Bombshell intelligence leaks on the Afghan war will likely deepen public pessimism over US hopes of victory and heighten President Barack Obama’s political exposure over the bleak conflict, analysts say.<\/p>\n

The tens of thousands of leaked files have already added heat to slow boiling skepticism of Obama’s war strategy in Congress, including among Democrats, and will cement suspicion of imperfect ally Pakistan.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m holding off on this until I see more in depth analysis.  It appears to confirm the flaws we already knew were there.  The Obama administration meme that the files are outdated is true.  But with so many officials saying the exact same thing, it appears to me that they are covering-up the reality that the same conditions still exist.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Denver Post<\/a>: <\/font>Former Congressman Tom Tancredo is in the race for Colorado governor, he said this morning. <\/p>\n

\u201cI will officially announce at noon that I will seek the nomination of the constitution party,\u201d Tancredo told The Denver Post.<\/p>\n

Third parties are wonderful as long as they split the Republican vote, not ours.<\/font><\/p>\n

From TPM<\/a>: <\/font>Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele has a party fundraising event coming up in August that is scheduled to feature a very special guest: Conservative media activist Andrew Breitbart, according to a copy of the invitation exclusively obtained by TPM.<\/p>\n

What gall!  After what he has just done, decent people would shun him, until he makes amends.  But the Republicans honor him.  The Republican leadership are NOT decent people.<\/font><\/p>\n

Cartoon<\/strong>: from Cagle.com<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

\"27darkow\" <\/font><\/p>\n

What\u2019s up?<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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