{"id":668,"date":"2010-02-27T02:30:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-27T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=668"},"modified":"2010-02-27T02:30:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-27T10:30:00","slug":"open-thread-%e2%80%93-2272010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/02\/27\/open-thread-%e2%80%93-2272010\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread \u2013 2\/27\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I did manage to get caught up replying to comments.&#160; I spent the rest of the day working on website design for my nonprofit.&#160; Today, I\u2019ll just have to see what the day brings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>It took me 4:06.&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2010-02-27-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an idea. Democrats should agree to not to use reconciliation in return for Republicans agreeing not to use the filibuster. Since both are political tactics occasioned by arcane Senate rules, it&#8217;s a fair trade.?&#160; Fat chance, huh?<\/p>\n<p>Gov. David A. Paterson <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/02\/27\/nyregion\/27paterson.html\" target=\"_blank\">ended his campaign<\/a> for election on Friday amid crumbling support from his party and an uproar over his administration\u2019s intervention in a domestic violence case involving a close aide.&#160; While I cannot comment on his guilt or innocence, I consider his resignation a plus.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/news\/2010-02-17\/top-earners-averaged-345-million-in-2007-irs-says-update1-.html\" target=\"_blank\">average income<\/a> reported by the 400 highest-earning U.S. households grew to almost $345 million in 2007, up 31 percent from a year earlier, Internal Revenue Service statistics show.&#160; That shows that in 2007, the GOP\u2019s only successful program, <strong><em>No Millionaire Left Behind<\/em><\/strong>, was working just as they intended.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Plus Humor<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>The boys from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redstateupdate.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Red State Update<\/a> weigh in on the health care summit.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<object width=\"560\" height=\"340\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/qtahS2IDV80&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/qtahS2IDV80&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: inline\"><a title=\"Cartoon by Daryl Cagle\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cagle.com\/politicalcartoons\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Cartoon by Daryl Cagle\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cagle.com\/working\/100225\/cagle00.gif\" \/><\/a>     <br \/><a title=\"See Cartoons by Cartoon by Daryl Cagle\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cagle.com\/politicalcartoons\/pccartoons\/archives\/cagle.asp\" target=\"_blank\">See Cartoons by Cartoon by Daryl Cagle<\/a> &#8211; <a title=\"Politicalcartoons.com Cartoon\" href=\"http:\/\/politicalcartoons.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Courtesy of Politicalcartoons.com<\/a> &#8211; <a title=\"Cagle.com\" href=\"http:\/\/cagle.com\/caglecards\/main.asp?image=http:\/\/www.cagle.com\/working\/100225\/cagle00.gif\" target=\"_blank\">Email this Cartoon<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s up for your weekend?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I did manage to get caught up replying to comments.&#160; I spent the rest of the day working on website design for my nonprofit.&#160; Today, I\u2019ll just have to see what the day brings. 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