WSJ proves it has a sense of humor

[is humor the right word? It's not ironic. But it's "ha-ha" funny. I giggled. That is not a meaningful statement. You're not saying it's serious. That's not the same as saying it's humorous.]

Anyway. I thought it was great.

[any comments about the article (WSJ Subscription Required) it appeared in? Uh. Not really no.]

Wait... I have something.

Then, looming over all the campaigns, even those of Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Obama, is the most prominent noncandidate, Al Gore. The former vice president has repeatedly told people he isn't running, but prominent local Democrats are making extravagant offers in the hope he'll change his mind.
"I told him I would give him our house in Aspen if he ran," says Mrs. Resnick, the
businesswoman and philanthropist. Mr. Gore's reaction? "He laughed," she says.

This Resnick person is completely insane.

oooh shiny new Republican presidential candidates

I admit it. I don't know who Fred Thomson was. [shouldn't that be is? I don't know. You're the editor.] But the WSJ is pimping him like he's Ronald Regan reborn (WSJ Subscription Required). I liked this comment:

The challenges, he says, are numerous. On Iraq, he admits "we are left with nothing but bad choices." However, he says the "worst choice" would be to have Osama bin Laden proven right when he predicted America wouldn't have the stomach for a tough fight. The costs of Iraq have been high, but they could be even higher "if we have another stain on America like that infamous scene from Saigon 1975 in which our helicopters took off leaving those who supported us grabbing at the landing skids."

I think that's basically right. Not the part about Bin Laden particularly, but the rest of it. [Isn't Bin Laden the point of the sentence? That we're in it for our pride now? It's about commitment. Uh, anything more than that mr.-if-i-put-it-together-in-a-sentence-it-sounds-like-a-logical-thought? Not now. Talking about Thompson.]

This sentence was unintentionally hysterically funny:

Fred Thompson clearly hasn't decided whether to run for president;...

The I'm-running I'm-investigating-but-not-running I'm-not-running-but-the-people-have-chosen-me stuff is just priceless. [I have been completely distracted by your witty banter and have forgotten to follow up on your opinions on Iraq. You'll get your chance later.]

Republicans fear Edwards

Look! They're linking him to homosexuals in an attempt to undermine his popularity. [The vast right-wing conspiracy comith? Exactly. Who are we talking about again? Edwards! He would have beaten Kerry in 2004 if he'd had another week. Thought I'd heard of him. He was Kerry's running mate right? Yeah! And he's done what in the last few years? Uh. I think he was waiting to run again. That's a very compelling biography. He must be polling well. Silence! He could beat Bush! Bush isn't running. He's young and compelling and likable and positive. Ok. So he's like Obama. But... but... Except Obama's also black-but-not-scary-to-white-people-black, and done things in the past few years. But... but...]

Obama is totally getting too much early press. He's the new Dean. And then we're stuck with the safe bet: Kerry/Hillary. [I love it when you make predictions.]

McCain is going to thrash Giuliani (you heard it here first)

The WSJ says that Guiliani leads McCain 55% to 34%.

I don't think McCain could be in a better position if he wanted to be. He's presented as the older more experienced war-hero politician and lagging in the polls against Giuliani. With a year to go. The US election cycle loves to crush the front runner. It's like a bowel movement. One day right around the primaries it will just get up and completely destroy the front runner for some reason like 'he made a funny noise'.
[Are you going to talk about how you were insisting a few months ago that Guiliani would never run? -ed. No.]

Guiliani is the new Dean. In 6-9 months when people are having violent physical reactions to Guiliani's over exposed mug McCain will be right there, the battered trusty old warhorse, showing the same charisma and grit that makes people go weak in the knees.

[Are you going to mention that you've never correctly called a political race in your life? -ed. No.]

Dark Horse Democractic candidates

Freakonomics pimps Richardson. He's appealing in that he's a southern former governor. [You mean he's appealing in that he's not Hillary -ed. That too.]
Dubner doesn't mention that he's also for medical marijuana. But that may not be an asset.