https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo7HiQRM7BA

If we undertand the visuals correctly, Carly Fiorina thinks California Republicans are a bunch of sheep. Which sounds about right to us.

[via TPM]

John McCain, October 2006:

The day that the leadership of the military comes to me and says, Senator, we ought to change the policy, then I think we ought to consider seriously changing it because those leaders in the military are the ones we give the responsibility to.

Mike Mullen, JCS chairman, Tuesday:

No matter how I look at the issue, I cannot escape being troubled by the fact that we have in place a policy which forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens… Allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing to do.

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Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, today:

In remarks before a House appropriations hearing, Mr. LaHood said his advice to owners of recalled Toyotas was to “stop driving it, take it to a Toyota dealer because they believe they have a fix for it.”

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, later today:

Afterward, at a news conference, Mr. LaHood, backing away from his off-the-cuff remarks, said: “What I said in there was obviously a misstatement.”

One question: In the hearing room, was he under oath?

LaHood Backs Off Call Not to Drive Recalled Toyotas [NYT]

Barack Obama, Tuesday:

“We had to go into overtime. But we are now in the red zone. That’s exactly right. We’re in the red zone. We’ve got to punch it through.”

Nancy Pelosi, Tuesday:

“We are very close to doing that in a comprehensive way.”

Well, then! Let’s git ’er done!

What?

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What else can we say?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBGZ934–AQ

Hey kids!  Illinois voted today!  And guess who has two thumbs and lives in Illinois?  This guy!

Sparse running commentary / Open Thread lies beneath.

1912 (Chicago War Time) — So this morning I voted.  And then I rode my bike (8.5 miles) to work.  Last second thing at said workplace had me there until 1810.  As every Chicagoan knows: dry cleaners close at 7:00 p.m.  Not 7:01 or 7:02, but 7:00 p.m.  Bust my ass to get home, pick up dry cleaning, and write this here post.

I say this for two reasons.  One: I now get to tell my grandkids, “in my day, I biked 8.5 miles to work in the snow.  Both ways.”  Two: the rage inside me when I heard when turnout was “extremely low” in Chicago due to — excuse me — a quarter-inch of SNOW??  Christ, the rage was massive.  We have 275 snowfighting trucks and CONTINUING TEAM COVERAGE, and nobody can roll out of bed and vote?  After Blago?  After Stroger?  Bad day to flake out, people.

Downstate turnout, however, was steady.  This could end really badly. 
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Whatever else you might think of Mark Sanford, it’s clear that he’s a, um, visionary:

South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford recalls how she made the “leap of faith” to marry husband Gov. Mark Sanford even though the groom refused to promise to be faithful, insisting that the clause be removed from their wedding vows.

“It bothered me to some extent, but… we were very young, we were in love,” she said in an exclusive interview with Barbara Walters to air on “20/20” Friday. “I questioned it, but I got past it… along with other doubts that I had.”

Pure genius: You can’t break a vow you never made in the first place.

Jenny Sanford Exclusive: Husband Refused to Be Faithful in Wedding Vows [ABC, via TPM]