Senator Evan Bayh jumps at the chance to attack John McCain on one of the Sunday shows.
Why? Not simply because Democrats had wondered if he had the fortitude to go after McCain; but because he wants the vice-presidential nomination from Senator Obama, and is auditioning for it.
So why hasn't the prosecutor in the case, or Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, been able to broker a deal with embattled Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick? Simple--Kilpatrick seeks a "deal" in which he gets off almost scot-free, and has very little penalty. Details here.
And good for Michigan officials for not caving in to the corrupt Mr. Kilpatrick. Sometimes people are eager to "move on" from a crisis such as this, that they'll accept almost any deal. But in this no deal is better than a bad one.
And what is there left to be said about Michael Phelps? 8 for 8 in gold medals.
It took 36 years, then, for someone to equal and surpass Mark Spitz (who earned 7 golds in 1972). I suspect it will take much longer than that for anyone to match Phelps--which tells you how monumental is his accomplishment.
Some Democrats are definitely nervous about how Barack Obama is doing right now in the presidential race. "Gov. Phil Bredesen, Democrat of Tennessee: “Instead of giving big speeches at big stadiums, he needs to give straight-up 10-word answers to people at Wal-Mart about how he would improve their lives.” Think about this--is there one issue, that you can think of, about which you can immediately summon up the notion of what Obama would do about it? (example--back in 1980, when people thought of Reagan, they knew--"cut taxes; tougher on defense.") Nope, I can't think of one either.
Brett Favre looks good in his pre-season debut with the New York Jets.
I recorded this from the NFL Network, and it watched it a bit ago; and he did look good. His passes had zip, he moved the chains, and while he was in there he got the Jets in and out of the huddle, no false starts, etc. Not bad for a guy only with the team a week.
