Roger, do you have one of those nasty colds that make the world look grim and gray? Little else I can think of explains your slough of despond except heavy losses at the poker table. The November elections show a powerful current moving our direction. Faux conservative Democrats like Kent Conrad have read the tea leaves and others like Claire McCaskill hope they’ve not seeing what’s at the bottom of the cup. Obama said he was going to get us out of our cars and $5 gas should do it nicely, but people aren’t going to like it (not to mention the economy). They will remember the Gulf oil drilling ban and the regulations that make explorations elsewhere all but impossible. The MSM will continue its Hallelujah Chorus, but the mistrust it has created for itself will further lessen its influence. Look for a wrenching foreign crisis that Obama’s amateurs will bungle. Issa’s investigations will produce a bonanza. Two years in a long time in this volatile period. Drink some orange juice and gin and buck up.