Politics and other nightmares

Gov. Daniels wants big, bold ideas from his commission on government change, and even a constitutional convention is on the table:

I was glad to learn that one of my favorite comedians got a long-lasting and well-paying gig. I doubt that even Drew Carey's being the host would make me want to watch "The Price Is Right," but it might make me hate it less.

Let's see. We're too dependent on oil from the Mideast, so using Canadian oil would be a good thing. The lack of refining capacity is really hurting us, so a refinery in Indiana increasing its capacity would be a good thing. Creating jobs in Indiana and adding money to the state economy would be good things. So if BP wants to do all that at its Whiting refinery, and the state allows it, reasoning that, although more pollutants would be dumped into Lake Michigan, the refinery would still be within state and federal clean-water guidelines, how would Congress react?

All you people who voted in a Democratic majority in Congress -- is this really what you had in mind?

The "squeaky wheel" effect:

A presidential candidate who understands the concept of federalism?

I know we're in the midst of an extended presidential campaign, which means talking about how bad things are so we can choose the candidate who can best fix all our terrible problems. But can we pause occasionally to remember that we live in the most advanced country in the history of the world, with unlimited opportunities and lives that get better and better all the time?

Hillary is not a "liberal" -- that has come to mean "big government," you see. She is a progressive -- a "modern" progressive, no less. What in the world would an "old-fashioned progressive" be for, I wonder?

Oh, come on, fella. Don't beat around the bush -- say what's really on your mind:

If we're going to stop the scourge of global warming, sacrifices must be made:

The politics of global warming got very concrete, and oddly difficult, In a meeting with local environmentalists in the coastal town of McClellanville today, where Elizabeth Edwards raised in passing the importance of relying on locally-grown fruit.