Random thoughts

Well, all quiet on the Ware front… so I thought I’d open a general thread for whatever y’all want to yak about.

Michael Kingsley has an excellent column in Time this week about the way that Republicans who don’t like McCain are still rallying behind him… and what might happen if the Clintonites don’t get their act together and support Obama. (Hint: I’ll be moving to Canada.) The cover story on Nelson Mandela is also excellent reading.

Anyone planning on watching HBO’s Generation Kills? I haven’t decided yet, although I’m leaning towards it.

It’s been announced that Obama will travel to Iraq later this month (so presumably no meeting with Michael, darn it…) along with Senators Chuck Hagel and Jack Reed. I’m delighted that Hagel will be with him — he is former military, so he knows how their PR game is played, but more importantly, he is a Republican who isn’t wearing Bush-colored glasses.