I'm more or less with Bert on this. Robin, your hatred for Christianity is palpable, and I'm sorry for that. To wrap Christianity up in a box and tie a bow on it as if you've defined it is a bit disingenuous in my opinion. There's a wide, wide chasm between Fred Phelps and Tony Jones.

Mark, I'm well aware of the mudslinging from Republican blogs over the Franken recount. There's a reason I don't read any of those blogs.

(By the way, it's "Mr. White," not "Ms. White." :) )

Lynda, nobody cares about the county clerk election. Really, think of the last time a county clerk election was contentious or was a race anyone engaged any energy in? This is the result. And not that it makes it any better, but the problem was discovered the next morning, not 2 days later...

That's some pretty brutal analysis of the Waukesha County clerk. Did you watch her news conference? It was a simple mistake of apparently not saving an Access spreadsheet. The mistake was discovered on Wednesday, before the final results were submitted. Additionally, prior to the missing votes, people were already noting that Waukesha County had the 3rd lowest turnout in the state, which didn't make sense given their electoral history.

I don't recall seeing analysis this demeaning of...

Great topic! This underscores my issues with both parties. Neither one is willing to get serious. Of course, it's only because the American people are pretty divided over how to address the issue too, but someone has to step forward with a plan that makes sense that will unite everyone. Representatives from both parties shouldn't have any problem getting together and hammering out a solution. Of course, that would require them to actually get together though...