Was out in the barn this afternoon and I keep NPR on the barn radio and they say that the Dem caucus has voted against the Obama "deal"... Of course that does not mean that it won't get thru Congress... Reckon there will be more info on the 7:00 news as to the numbers but if I had to guess it won't be enough to stop the insanity...

Nice op-ed by E.J. Dionne in today's Post... His theory is that all this is going to help Obama in the '12 election??? I donno... He has really pissed off the progressive side of his base who won't be knockin' on doors and making telephone calls if Obama doesn't figure out a way to push at least some of the progressive agenda... Right now, Obama is battin' "zero" on the progressive side...

B~