Huge thank you to John Amato of Crooks and Liars who pulled this video clip for me and converted it.  You are a peach, John! Last Saturday, I was on a panel with Jonathan Singer of MyDD, Taylor Marsh, Digby and James Rucker of ColorofChange.org.  It was ostensibly a panel on the "hot topics" of the day in terms of news items but, on Saturday, we were all really pissed off about how

Last week Rudy Guiliani's health plan adviser, market think-tanker Sally Pipes, was unleashed to attack Mitt Romney for being . . . well, a closet socialist for supporting a form of universal health insurance while governor of Massachusetts. Even worse for Pipes: Romney, was "in cahoots" with that liberal Ted Kennedy.

Good morning. Just a few stories to get the day started, so when you're ready, bring your coffee up to the next thread. In Utah, the good news from last night is that they've managed to drill a 2-inch hole into the region of the coal mine where the miners are believed to be trapped.