In the hypothetical match-up between Republican Kelly Ayotte and Democrat Paul Hodes to fill Judd Gregg's Senate seat (Gregg is retiring), Ayotte consistently leads Hodes. There is, of course, still a primary ahead, so things can change. Ayotte will have to earn her place on the ticket.

An Obama Administration official says their critics on counter-terrorism policy are aiding Al Qaeda. Sorry, pal. It's your weakness, real and perceived, that is helping the terrorists. Perino and Burck in The National Review take apart the op-ed, point by point.

Jeff Jacoby says extending a hand to the Iranians has not worked, and will not.

Should Scott Brown eschew the filibuster?

Video games reach a new level. Increasingly, these games are full-blown Hollywood productions (oftentimes with top Hollywood actors providing the voices for characters in the games). We are reaching a point where the best games will be like interactive movies in which players can insert themselves and manipulate the storyline based on their game play.

Is Obama being done in by his team of Chicago advisers?

As soon as President Obama said it, I figured it for a trap. His call for a bipartisan, open meeting with Republicans on health care is designed to politically box in the GOP, since the President will not agree to restart the health reform debate from scratch. Michael Gerson also believes this, and today writes about GOP Rep. Paul Ryan, who has a budget plan that leads to balanced budgets, who questioned the President during that televised "question time" session about debt and deficits, leading the President to coo niceties. Later, of course, the President's attack dogs went after Ryan's proposals with a vengeance.

Jonathan Last writes about the comparison between the Presidential primary results, which showed Obama faring poorly with working-class white voters, and the recent general election results in Virginia, New Jersey and Massachusetts. Essentially, the Clinton voters are voting Republican. Why is this happening? Michael Barone calls them "Jacksonian" Democrats. I call them non-ideological voters (regardless of party registration). I will put something on this blog a little later more fully explaining what I think is happening.

Tom Friedman writes about the education crisis in Yemen, which is aiding Al Qaeda and their Islamist followers in their efforts to bring the Arab world back to the Middle Ages.