Jenber marveled at the audacity of Crazy Nancy invoking the Almighty on behalf of a SCHIP bill that, depending on your point of view, will either take kiddie health care insurance from the “poor” and give it to the middle class, or impoverish the middle class and make every child who isn’t rich (i.e. a Democrat) poor.  Perhaps she needs to bone up on where it is written, “Then some children were brought to Him so that He might lay His hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them.  But Jesus said, “Let the children alone, and do not hinder them from coming to Me; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.“  If you check the passage, you’ll discover there wasn’t anything in it for Him.

Meanwhile, I speculated on whether open McGovernism can win in 2008.  The short answer is, “It depends on whether the Reagan paradigm is still in electoral vogue.”  If it is, Hillary - who isn’t exactly hiding behind a “New Democrat” mask anymore - will sink like an anchor.  If it isn’t, she’s president-for-life.

And there are ill winds blowing beyond the Iraqi front.  Evil portents, indeed.