SUPER RECAP BLOG POWER POST - GO!!!

I've been bad about keeping up with things here as of late, and there has been a lot going on. So what to do?

SUPER RECAP BLOG POWER POST - GO!!!

+ The health care reform thing is getting messy, and from what I gather both sides are to blame. The GOP has called in the Fox/Tea Party crowd to disrupt town hall meetings held by congressional members, and while it is creating the media exposure they wanted I'm pretty sure this one will come back to bite them in the ass. The tighter they tie themselves to the radical right, the tougher its gonna be to swing back to the center when elections roll around. As for Obama and the Dems, I think they have done a pretty lame job about framing this whole thing, which is weird considering how well they played "narrative-over-news-cycle" during the election. Also, they really haven't utilized their Obama for America tool until now so I think Barack may be willing to break out the big gun on this one. The MSM seems to worry he might not pull this off, but I think this Chuck Todd interview (Hat Tip: TPM) shows where Obama's head is at. There will be reform before the end of the year.

+BTW, the local Worcester Telegram & Gazette made it to TPM's frontpage for all the wrong reasons. Haha, any of you that thought Massachusetts is a "liberal bastion" obviously have never been to where I grew up.

+ President Clinton still has his mojo, even though former UN Ambassador John Bolton thinks he just mortgaged the ranch to North Korea. No matter who's right, this video seems to make it all better for me.

+ Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight has a great post up about the inconvenient truth of claiming to be from the party of fiscal conservatism but still being a neo-con Republican.

+ Ahmadinejad was sworn in as Iran's president, but as Robert Gibbs can tell you, that doesn't mean he was elected.

+ The Birther Queen is crazy. Really.

And lastly, my favorite story of the past 24 hours.

+ I saw this last night as I went to bed, and even in my booze-induced weariness I could tell this girl is an idiot. Andrew and friends agree.

Listen honey: it sucks for all of us recently-graduated-unemployment-"victims" right now, but this is how life works. I've been where you are - it took me a few months to get myself used to the fact that this "finding a job" thing works on its own time and not mine. I was mad at BU because I felt like they did nothing to help me out of this spot it dumped me into after graduation. I lived in a constant state of frustration. Heck, even now i still get frustrated and nervous. But it goes away with time, and you're doing a disservice to yourself and the rest of our generation by throwing this legal temper tantrum. You didn't pay Monroe College to get you a job, you paid them for a degree. That degree is now yours to do with as you please, and my advice: this lawsuit is not the best use of it.

The Constitution says "the pursuit of happiness," not that happiness itself is guaranteed for you. That's up for you to find, and you won't find it where you're looking right now.