SNIPPET OF THE DAY – AT 9:24 A.M. ET:

From The Hill:  President Obama’s strategy for dealing with the new Republican majority in the House is to stay above the fray and look presidential for the 2012 race.  The president gave a preview of that strategy during his trip home from his Christmas vacation in Hawaii, when he ventured back to Air Force One’s press cabin and suggested he would essentially take a spectator’s role while House Republicans beat their chests and howl.

Okay, just stop laughing.  I mean it.  It's not becoming.   After all, we're talking about the president here.  If he wants to be a spectator, who are we to judge?  And he really is working at being presidential.  After all, look at those regal vacations.  That's presidential relaxation.  Hail to the sleep.

January 5, 2011