Democrats will not let go of the New Hampshire GOP phone-jamming case. All's fair in love, war and politics, I say. But, I am a little queasy about using the coercive power of the state (police, courts, jails) when trying to crush one's political opponents.

John Edwards, as expected, endorsed Barack Obama late yesterday. Will Edwards be the V.P. candidate? Considering the fact that Obama will need some Southern white voters to try and prevent McCain from winning every Southern state in the Fall, it might not be a bad idea. Still, I would think that someone with a military and/or foreign policy background might make a better choice.

In Iraq, the war goes on as U.S. and Iraqi Government forces try to build a wall in Sadr City.

In Lebanon, Hezbollah wins the day as the government backs down on two initiatives that caused Hezbollah fighters to take to the streets.

You would think that a United States Senator has better things to do than get involved in a controversy over a professional football team breaking league rules (but not breaking any Federal, State or local laws that I am aware of). Arlen Specter, though, apparently thinks that making a Federal case out of the Patriots Spygate scandal is worth his time and energy.

Some inside the GOP believe they could lose 20 House seats in November. I have long believed that if the people of this country want big, nanny government, they should get it, but that it should be given to them by the party that professes to believe in such stuff rather than the party that professes not to. Because the GOP, upon taking power in Congress in 1994 and ever after, refused to really pare down the size of government and, instead, merrily joined the big government party, they should be punished. I expect that my party will return to the minority status it held through much of the middle part of the last century and ought to remain in that position unless and until the majority of Americans decide they really want smaller government.

Marie Cocco points out that in the Clinton-Obama contest, racism is not tolerated, but misogyny is a different story. She has a point.

Bob Novak celebrates 45 years. I wish him many more.