Fluffy rhetoric meets reality of being POTUS

War on Terror -
It's a wonder what a good dose of reality in the form of several months of intelligence briefings can do.

While AG Holder seems to be moving towards prosecuting CIA professionals who, under the Bush admin (of course), harshly interrogated al-Qaida leadership, President Obama has gone one-better by dramatically expanding the Evil Bush Administration policy to have armed drone attacks on al-Qaida people inside Pakistan without first obtaining authorization from the Pakistani gov't.

The two men seem to have divergent opinions on whether looking back or looking forward best serves our Said the AG to Newsweek recently, "I hope that whatever decision I make would not have a negative impact on the president's agenda, but that can't be a part of my decision." September 10th, anyone?

It will be interesting to see whose opinion reigns, as Holder marches on towards investigation and prosecution of career CIA pros who successfully executed the Bush administration's plan to kill the leadership of the organization responsible for the 9/11 attacks. I hope our new Decider will remember who the boss is and stand up for national security.

Stimulus -
I cannot possibly say it any better than my man-crush, George Will, did at the conclusion of his most recent column:

"At the June 29 White House briefing, press secretary Robert Gibbs was asked, with reference to health care legislation, if the president's pledge not to raise taxes on couples making less than $250,000 is "still active." Gibbs answered: "We are going to let the process work its way through." What is your guess?"