EJ Dionne's column today strikes me as pretty silly.  A McCain/Jeb ticket, though probably attractive to a few folks out there, isn't really worth 800 words gaming it out.  Not in a world where, you know, there are real things that are actually happening.  And conceptual critique aside, Jeb Bush doesn't lift McCain's overriding weakness: the primary.  If McCain can get the nomination, the election will be run on his terms, he'll not need a Bush to pull it out.  If he pulls out the primary, expect Hagel or Lindsey Graham to be joining him on that stage, not Jeb.  I guess Dionne might be imagining a scenario where Jeb is announced as his Veep pick before the caucuses, but such an obvious at

The Medium Lobster does global warming:

Interesting numbers in this Survey USA poll of ever Senator in the country.  Of the top 10 most popular, a full eight are Democrats.  Of the 10 least popular, eight are Republicans.  If you restrict it to only Senators up for reelection next year, seven of the 10 most popular are Democrats (I'm counting Jeffords as a Democrat here) and, again, seven of the 10 least popular are Republicans.  Odd synchronicities, really. 

You know what?  I want to work forever.

I do.

No, I mean it. 

I want to be 93, with big coke-bottle glasses and an out of style suit (because, come age 93, I don't expect to give a fuck), striding into my office.  Okay -- at 93, I probably won't stride much, but I'll do the best I can.  And I want to greet my many young colleagues, make old Jewish guy jokes as I wind my way to my desk, sit down at my holographic laptop (which will now be a hopeless relic compared to the Cornea Computers others will use), and blog for a bit.  Then I'll work the phones for awhile, trying to figure out what my next column will be.  Then I'll blog a bit more.  Work phones.  Have lunch with somebody interesting.  Go out with my wife to dinner.  Etc.