According to Politico: Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), the longest-serving Democratic senator, is criticizing President Obama’s appointment of White House “czars” to oversee federal policy, saying

As in, Obama needs to stay on his side of the line drawn by it: Byrd: Obama in power grab Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) … bit next week is how that Rove executive privilege thing that the Politico article mentions later

Polar Research Reveals Worse Than Expected Ice Melt (AFP) … for the Steve Jobs of Clean Tech (Politico) With new economic stimulus funding expected to spur

Football is like life: it has a playbook, and when it breaks down, people get hurt. Enjoy. The play begins thusly … politico-style party. (We apologize to the non-reptiles reading this piece who dwell in DC

As in, Obama needs to stay on his side of the line drawn by it: Byrd: Obama in power grab Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) … bit next week is how that Rove executive privilege thing that the Politico article mentions later

I’m kidding. Actually, I’m doing satire. So the guy didn’t give a great speech. Big deal. But people ARE making a big deal about it. Over at Politico, they (apparently without irony) pose this question: “Did he blow the chance to be the GOP’s 2012 hope?” In the attached article, they quote a political scientist who says

Why was he talking like that (or was it like Kenneth the Page from 30 Rock ?) … during his official Republican response to President Obama’s address last night? Like we’re toddlers?? Related: Gov. Jindal’s response: Panned and seared! Politico Bobby Jindal Response

Floating Nonsense by digby DougJ at Balloon Juice caught this amazing exchange from Shailagh Murray of the Washington Post : Baltimore, Md … s dwindling chances. The Politico last week published an article discussing Coleman’s need for a miracle

Well – I watched the big speech last night. General impressions. He looked happy. He should be … and Politico has a good “what he really meant”. These are the lines that struck me from the speech

The Washington Post posted a collection of tweets about the Obama and Jindal speeches from media figures and political observers … Ben Smith (Politico): benpolitico DanaGoldstein (The American Prospect): DanaGoldstein … (Slate): jdickerson Matthew Yglesias (CAP): myglesias (private tweets) Mike Allen (Politico