Tuesday Morning Open Thread

Good morning.

We just had a wild and intense thunderstorm here in DC. We get them often in the summer, but usually in the afternoon. Very cool, but no doubt screwed up the morning commute.

Today at the White House, Obama is doing an event with the House Blue Dog Democrats on the subject of fiscal responsibility. While that crew is at the White House, Obama better get commitments from them not to screw up health care reform. Because, they're just the kind of Democrats who will sell out to the insurance industry.

Let's get it started...