This and that...

Just a couple of quick thoughts on the past few hours/days in politics:

• Obama's speech has been analyzed to death. Politico has a nice review of what Obama was saying between the lines.
• Jindal was just plain weak. He's been analyzed to death too. There's a reason I call him the Indian Clarence Thomas: extreme right-wing ultra-conservative that doesn't say much but when he does say something he sounds like an idiot.
• I don't know anything about Gary Locke other than his Democratic response to one of W.'s State of the Union addresses. I reached out to a friend in Washington state to get his thoughts but haven't heard back.

That's it for now. More when I get another chance...