Odds and Ends

Only one more day of New Hampshire mania! Wooo! (?) Here's the news...

White House on economic worries... Recession? What recession? Fingers crossed, George!

Here's a story that'd be getting a lot more attention (especially from Drudge, etc) if we weren't a day from the NH primary... "In what U.S. officials called a serious provocation, Iranian boats harassed and provoked three U.S. Navy ships in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, threatening to explode the American vessels... U.S. forces were on the verge of firing on the Iranian boats in the early Sunday incident, when the boats — believed to be from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's navy — turned and moved away, a Pentagon official said." Iran's response? OMGZ guys, this was just a big understanding! Videos of CNN reports on the incident-- here, here, here, and here.

Meanwhile, in Afghanistan... "A former Afghan Taleban leader who switched sides has been made governor of a town in Helmand province won back from the rebels in December."

In campaign news, MSNBC's Joe Scarborough admits that the media is hoping their BFF, John McCain, will be the GOP nominee. Of course, this National Review post is a reminder that grassroots conservatives still hate him.

Meanwhile, ol' Mitt Romney wins the little-covered Wyoming caucus.

NYC Mayor Bloomberg arrived in Oklahoma for the big bipartisan circle jerk summit.

Rep. Ron Paul, hoping for a surge in NH, crosses the picket line to appear on Jay Leno.

Finally, Fox's favorite psycho, Bill O'Reilly, freaks out at an Obama rally. Video here.