Surveying the leaf-strewn lawn from atop a chimney tile, Babe is more concerned with fending off feline intruders than playing the cabinet-shuffle game. Check out Baby and Tiny and all the usual suspects (plus a few mew-comers) at Your Moosey Fate, host of this week's 34th Carnival of the Cats.
Colin Powell is stepping down, and Beltway types are chattering a mile a minute. So far, the most often-mentioned names are Condoleeza Rice and UN Ambassador John Danforth. Official announcement is imminent (it was announced that he would announce) . . . Wait a sec, he's mounting the podium as we blog. The man does have a way with words:
I think there are still challenges out there, but I think there are more opportunities out there.
Speaking of possible secretaries of state, we read in a NewsMax Insider Report (no link -- it comes via e-mail) there had been talk that the nation might have been blessed with a Secretary of State George Soros had Kerry won. The thought gave us a renewed appreciation for the congressional confirmation process.
We never cared for the idea that a single megalomaniac like Soros -- or any billionaire kingmaker type -- might be able to buy a US election. We were gratified to be reminded by an Opinion Journal op ed today that even as Soros fed millions into "grassroots" 527s like MoveOn, the Swift Boat Vets mounted a genuine grassroots effort, tapping "an army of 140,000 contributors and raised an astonishing $27 million, equaling George Soros's contributions to anti-Bush groups."
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