The Middle Distance

I have to say, one of the many reasons I admire Obama is his willingness to step into this mess. I know all about Republican pundits' ability to give their guy the credit for everything good and blame the Dem predecessor for everything bad. That won't change.

Chris Rock said, "Typical. White guy gets drunk and makes a mess, and some black guy has to come in and clean it up."

I wouldn't want that job. But it has to be done, and I'm gonna take the first black president of the Harvard Law Review (knowing he had to be at least twice as smart and hard-working as the nearest white candidate for the job) and a U of C Constitutional Law professor, knowing that Bush's interest in the Constitution was pretty much limited to "I don't like this brittle old yellow toilet paper, it's scratchy."