{"id":7023,"date":"2012-02-07T00:01:11","date_gmt":"2012-02-07T08:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=7023"},"modified":"2012-02-07T00:01:11","modified_gmt":"2012-02-07T08:01:11","slug":"open-thread272012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/07\/open-thread272012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;2\/7\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday I must have been very tired, because I slept much later than normal.&#160; I still got out, got my errands done and had enough time left to get my research in.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Tomorrow I have paperwork and housework to do.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today it took me 4:37 (average 6:10).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2012-02-07-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/hosted.ap.org\/dynamic\/stories\/U\/US_OBAMA_JUDGES?SITE=AP&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT\" target=\"_blank\">AP<\/a>: <\/font>Despite his slow start in nominating judges and Republican delays in Senate confirmations, Obama has still managed to alter the balance of power on four of the nation&#8217;s 13 circuit courts of appeals. Given a second term, Obama could have the chance to install Democratic majorities on several others.<\/p>\n<p>Fourteen of the 25 appeals court judges nominated by Obama replaced Republican appointees.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Given enough time, Democrats in the White House can break the Republican stranglehold on the courts.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/front.moveon.org\/what%2Dwould%2Dhave%2Dhappened%2Dto%2Ddetroit%2Dif%2Dmitt%2Dromney%2Dwere%2Dpresident\/\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>What Would Have Happened To Detroit If Mitt Romney Were President<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JxvURgyJ26w?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">And some people still say there is no difference between the parties. How blind!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2012\/02\/06\/us-jfk-affair-idUSTRE8151VS20120206\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>: <\/font>A former White House intern is speaking out about an 18-month affair she had with President John F. Kennedy while he was in office, revealing intimate details in a new book to be published on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Mimi Alford, who was 19 when she started her internship at the White House in 1962, discussed her secret sexual affair with the president in her book &quot;Once Upon a Secret: My Affair with President John F. Kennedy.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Republicans are probably scurrying like mad, looking for a way to impeach him posthumously.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"7Cartoon\" alt=\"7Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/7Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I must have been very tired, because I slept much later than normal.&#160; I still got out, got my errands done and had enough time left to get my research in.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Tomorrow I have paperwork and housework to do. 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