Agenda

Mitt Romney will be in Washington, D.C., for a fundraiser at the JW Marriott tonight. (For interested readers with some cash on hand, it's $1,000 for a ticket to the general reception, $2,500 for a photo opportunity, and $10,000 to attend a “policy roundtable.”) In attendance will undoubtedly be many of the dreaded Washington “insiders” Romney has been attacking, including “those who have been compromised by the culture of Washington,” those whose “soul is corrupted by a Washington culture,” as Romney put it Tuesday night in Colorado. We trust Governor Romney will avoid being corrupted by this brief venture into our nation's capital.

Supposing Wall Street were to be occupied . . . what then? Would the left’s occupation be brutal, like that of occupied Poland or France? Presumably not. Would it be a reluctant and benevolent occupation, like Israel’s of the West Bank? Perhaps. Or would its occupation resemble an occupied restroom—temporarily in use, not properly cleaned upon departure, and then occupied by the next in line needing relief?

Liberal Susan Estrich makes her side's case that all is not lost for the Democrats in the lower chamber. She makes some good points, but I have to disagree with this:

President Barack Obama, at an exclusive fundraiser last night in San Francisco for Senator Barbara Boxer:

Let's face it this has been the toughest year and a half since any year and a half since the 1930s.