Switched off "Morning Joe" because the baby-faced guy wouldn't stop talking about the Jets. Clicked onto blog postings, instead. Best of the bunch so far is E.J. Dionne's pre-analysis of State of the Union. Especially liked these lines: "... The next election hangs on whether jobs are coming back to Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin." ... and "... Obama should have the guts to call, at the very least, for a ban on those large gun magazines that made the slaughter in Tucson worse. Even Dick Cheney says he is open to that."
Speaking of guts, I wonder if any Arkansas legislators will call out Rep. David Meeks for his ludicrous legislation calling on Arkansas to disregard the federal health care law when the time comes for uninsured individuals to purchase insurance (with subsidies as needed), or face a fine. This is why we elect U.S. senators and representatives, Mr. Meeks. Health care and the lack thereof are national problems, although particularly acute in Arkansas where an estimated half-a-million are uninsured. The Patient Protection and Affordability Act is the law of the land. Whether changes are in store will be up to the balances of power at the federal level. A state's rights issue, this isn't.
As for voices worth heeding, I hope state lawmakers will listen to the likes of University of Arkansas Chancellor G. David Gearhart when debating any proposed legislation or constitutional amendments affecting state aid to higher education, tuition costs and scholarship programs. The folks in the field can be enlightening.
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