{"id":653,"date":"2010-02-23T02:52:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-23T10:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=653"},"modified":"2010-02-23T02:52:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-23T10:52:00","slug":"open-thread-%e2%80%93-2232010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/02\/23\/open-thread-%e2%80%93-2232010\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread \u2013 2\/23\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I not only stayed up to date on replying to comments and returning visits, but also made a few extra visits as well.  Today looks good for staying that way.<\/p>\n

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

It took me 3:52.  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/p>\n

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

What a quote<\/a>!  \u201cI love gridlock,\u201d Coburn said. \u201cI think we\u2019re better off when we\u2019re gridlocked because we\u2019re not passing things.\u201d<\/p>\n

Only one Democrat voted against cloture to debate Harry Reid’s puny jobs bill. If you guessed Ben Nelson, you’re right.<\/p>\n

I hear ChickenHawk Cheney was hospitalized for heart trouble.  There must be another explanation, as Cheney lacks the necessary preexisting condition.<\/p>\n

Did Marcy Kaptor (D-OH) tear into \u2018too bought\u2019 Timmy or what?<\/p>\n

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Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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See Cartoons by Cartoon by Pat Bagley<\/a> – Courtesy of Politicalcartoons.com<\/a> – Email this Cartoon<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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

Yesterday I not only stayed up to date on replying to comments and returning visits, but also made a few extra visits as well.  Today looks good for staying that way. Jig Zone Puzzle: It took me 3:52.  To do it, click here.  How did you do? Short Takes: What a quote!  \u201cI love gridlock,\u201d […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-35-id","category-3-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}