Things I’d Like to Post About Today ….. (111908, Morning)

….. But I Don’t Have Any Time For:

• “We won. The Iraq War is over.” VI (Victory in Iraq) Day is Saturday, November 22.
• Eric Holder for Attorney General? In addition to his inexcusable role in Bill Clinton’s Marc Rich pardon in 2001, the guy is no stranger to court-defying thuggish behavior, as his handling of the Elian Gonzalez seizure and deportation proves — which of course makes him eminently qualified to work for a president-elect who acts like a ___ ___ ___ ___ (go to the link and see). Update: NixGuy has a related quiz for Holder.
• Chris Matthews dissed Hillary Clinton while on a train ride, and was overheard. Can’t wait to see what his reax will be as Obama’s adviser and cabinet lineup, instead of representing “change,” starts looking more and more like a third Clinton term.
• At IBDeditorials.com — “Today the total market capitalization of the Big Three has fallen to about $7 billion. Is it better for the owners of those companies to suffer a total loss or for taxpayers to lose $25 billion? The answer is obvious.
• Here’s a point I probably won’t have a chance to expound on further — I believe that the presidential transition time period is too short. Solution: Move Inauguration Day back to January 4, and move Election Day forward to nine days before Thanksgiving. This would of course require a constitutional amendment. Eleven weeks is too long; seven or eight is about right.
• This is a distraction from punishing the people who did wrong — “Bill readied to prevent ‘Joe the Plumber’ snoops.” At an absolute minimum, there are general personnel-related employee-misconduct rules that should lead to firings. Beyond that, it’s hard to believe that laws already on the books weren’t broken. The fact that Ohio House Majority Leader Jon Husted is going the “we need new laws” route instead of insisting that heads should roll and prosecutions explored exemplifies why the GOP will be the House minority come January.