- Amy Klobuchar has quickly gained a rep in DC as having a wickedly funny sense of humor. She showed it off to the Natl Press Club, LOVE the Edwards’ bit. Enjoy…
http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/83198927.html

- I couldn’t be more excited about the new fast-rail proposal. Means getting to Chicago is about two hours. Means lots of jobs.

- The domain industry is a good economic bellweather because we see all the ad dollars through our dealings with Yahoo, MSN and Google. Consensus among industry heads I met last week is that the trend lines are definitely on the upswing. I have heard similar from other industries. Anyone else?

- I LOVED the movie ‘Moon’ with Sam Rockwell. Just the music and the ‘exterior’ moon shots are worth the price of admission. Rockwell rocks as does Kevin Spacey as Gerty. Put it on your biggest screen and turn the volume UP!

- Just consider the intellectual huevos it takes to go into a room filled with 170+ of the opponents best – on live, national TV to do a Q&A! It has no precedent. I can think of few others who could have pulled it off and even remotely looked good…maybe Clinton but I think this was singular in our history.

Even more amazing is how the President manhandled them – totally unscripted, no notes, no teleprompter. He had a mastery of the details that was overwhelming, referring specifically at one point to ’sub-appropriations used to fund the war’ and then responding to a complaint about “not having read a proposal” by pulling out specific items in the proposal in question.

I caught the whole thing live and encourage all to go back and watch it in its entirety. From the first question he pounces on them with sincerity and wit, intellect and eloquence – finishing all of them with a firm hand and a smile. For Repubs, this is your representation at work, take a gander.

The point may be that sometimes we do choose the best possible candidate our country has to offer. Maybe sometimes the system works. Because in truth, it was 170 to 1 and the one was clearly the brightest bulb in the whole room.

My confidence in him soared after seeing it. Never seen or even read anything like it (from Hamilton to Jackson and beyond), destined to studied for decades to come.

But really my sincere hope is that the American people begin to recognize and punish the obstructionists on ALL sides – instead of electing them because they spout the easiest and most populous message. They slide by, by NOT making decisions!!

He’s given us the opportunity to force our politicians to focus on their civic duty, with the same heart of men who founded it.

Write your representative and Senator, scold them for politics as usual and maybe we CAN change the poisoned environment – looks like someone is finally leading that coup. Don’t hesitate, hit them ALL hard for the better good, we can’t afford to stand still anymore.