Thursday Morning Open Thread

Good morning.

The President is still in Italy at the G-8 summit. He's going to be meeting with Pope Benedict the 16th Century tomorrow. According to Robert Gibbs, they're going to have a "frank" talk when the subject of abortion comes up. Frank? The Pope sees the world through a very narrow lens. Very narrow. Although, he does love Prada.

Joe Biden will be in Ohio and upstate New York today to tout the benefits of the stimulus package. That's a good project for Joe Biden, especially after that comment earlier this week, "We misread how bad the economy was." I suspect people in Ohio and upstate New York did know how bad the economy was. Biden should have listened to them instead of Tim Geithner and Larry Summers.

Let's get it started...