I know this has nothing to do with this post, but David Gregory is taking of Meet The Press. Boy does that suck. Not much else to say.

Is Mark Halperin the new Larry King?

6. BEEEEEEES!!!!

I WANNA TRY -- Five random observations Mark Halperin will pass off as insightful and serious reporting between now and election day:

1. "It's a chicken or the egg thing."

2. "How many Obama advisors does it take to screw in a light bulb?"

3. "Obama is giving the impression that he's afraid of Fox News"

4. "Sarah Palin was crucial to getting Saxby Chambliss re-elected in Georgia."

5. "Benjamin Netanyahu is highly regarded as a peacemaker."

Are we talking about Mark Halperin or Bob Woodward? When I saw Woodward on Real Time a few months ago I wished that I was in the studio so I could boo the hell out of him. To this day he continues to make really tepid, vague, moronic statements about the current administration out of fear that... OOHHH MY GOD, IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS THEY MIGHT NOT TALK TO ME ANYMORE-- AND I'M IMPARTIAL. In Woodward's mind "impartiality" means that 2+2 might equal 10 if you consider the various possibilities.

One of my friends just looked up the long-term weather projection for Inauguration Day: sunny and relatively mild, they say. That means that everyone who can walk will show up, I bet. If the temp hovers around zero, with snow and frigid winds, as it did for Reagan's 2d inaug, only the out-of-towners who'd paid big money for travel and lodging would show, along with locals with snow gear and mojo. Either way, Mark Halperin will gritch and moan...

About Stretch hosting MTP, oi gevalt! But I was sure that when Tina Brown recommended Rachel Maddow for the job, that was a kiss of death if Maddow hadn't been passed over already. One woman, suggesting another who is not only brilliant but has a very successful teevee gig already, equals NO WAY.